Foley Downtown Historic District (Boundary Increase) · Photo: Chris Pruitt · CC BY-SA 3.0Reported crime per resident in Foley fell 28% from 2023 to 2025
Overall, Foley grades C+ for safety (#32 of 130 graded towns in Alabama): close to the middle of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported to the FBI in 2023–2025.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of AL” is every other Alabama city and town in the FBI’s tables; the U.S. figure is the FBI’s national estimate as published, averaged over the three years. The FBI publishes no national homicide or robbery rate in our data, so those compare with all U.S. cities and towns in its tables.
What stands out about safety in Foley
Foley reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 3 Alabama towns on Foley’s borders, 3 have a Safety Grade: Gulf Shores (C−), Orange Beach (C−), Summerdale (D). Neighbors ↓
Among Alabama towns, closer to the middle
Alabama’s cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Foley’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 75% of the 130 Alabama towns we grade, against 44% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Reported crime is falling
Crime reported per resident fell from 2023 to 2025 by more than ordinary year-to-year swings, on the grade’s own score. Trend ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Foley’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Both violent and property crime are higher than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the closer of the two to typical. Its violent rate (1.9) is below the FBI’s national estimate (3.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns. Its property rate (13.7) is below the FBI’s national estimate (17.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Reported crime is falling
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Alabama.
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| Year | Foley property | Rest of Alabama property | Foley violent | Rest of Alabama violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 23.4 | 24.8 | 1.6 | 5.4 |
| 2023 | 15.6 | 22.3 | 1.8 | 4.9 |
| 2024 | 15.3 | 21.8 | 1.9 | 4.8 |
| 2025 | 10.7 | 20.0 | 1.9 | 4.4 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Violent crime, by year and by type
Foley’s police reported 153 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.9 per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.7 in the rest of Alabama and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
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| Year | Foley | Rest of Alabama | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.6 | 5.4 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.8 | 4.9 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.9 | 4.8 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.9 | 4.4 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
For every 1,000 residents, about 11 property crimes reported
And about 2 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
381 crimes reported in 2025
57 violent and 324 property, as reported to the FBI by Foley’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
10 people died in crashes on Foley’s roads in 2019–2023
Foley had 10 fatal crashes in five years, in which 10 people died; 1 was a pedestrian.
That is 8.3 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, about the same as the median for Alabama towns of 5,000–25,000 people (9.6, 96 towns).
Deaths are counted where the crash happened, not where the people lived: a highway through town adds through-traffic deaths, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Town rates sit below state and U.S. rates because a third of fatal crashes happen outside any town. Road safety is described here and is not part of the Safety Grade. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023.
Foley and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foley | C+ | 1.9 | 13.7 |
| Gulf Shores | C− | 3.5 | 18.8 |
| Summerdale | D | 5.4 | 27.7 |
| Orange Beach | C− | 4.3 | 19.0 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many crimes are never reported to police.
- One number for all of Foley. A town-wide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of town to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Foley’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (30,196 in 2025); our figure for Foley is 30,354 (2025 Census estimate).
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.
How the grade is calculated, for every town: How TownRatings grades safety →
Questions about safety in Foley
Is Foley, AL safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Foley reports more crime per resident than 56% of U.S. towns, a C+ Safety Grade and #32 of 130 in Alabama. Its police reported 1.9 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.7 in the rest of Alabama and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Foley?
1.9 violent and 13.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Alabama reports 4.7 and 21.4; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is crime going up or down in Foley?
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
How many homicides were there in Foley in 2025?
Foley’s police reported 0 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 0.0 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Foley safer than Gulf Shores?
Gulf Shores reports more crime per resident than Foley: Gulf Shores grades C− for safety and Foley C+. Gulf Shores’s police reported 3.5 violent and 18.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Foley?
Foley’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Foley”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Road deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.