Photo: formulanone · CC BY-SA 2.0Odenville reports less property crime than most U.S. towns, but more violent crime
One of the 2 towns next door with figures records less crime per resident. In sum, crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025 put Odenville at B− (#26 of 130 graded towns in Alabama): close to the middle of U.S. towns. Recorded violent crimes ran at 2.9 per 1,000 residents a year and property crime at 6.5, against 4.7 and 21.3 in the rest of Alabama.
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 Odenville
1 of the 2 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 3 Alabama towns on Odenville’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Moody (B), Springville (B−). Margaret reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023. Neighbors ↓
Among Alabama towns, higher
Alabama’s cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Odenville’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 80% of the 130 Alabama towns we grade, against 51% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Odenville’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Property crime holds Odenville’s grade up; violent crime pulls it down. Its violent rate (2.9) 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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Odenville | Rest of Alabama | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.2 | 5.4 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 2.6 | 4.9 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 3.3 | 4.8 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 2.7 | 4.4 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Odenville’s police reported 47 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 2.9 per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.7 in the rest of Alabama and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Crime in Odenville per 1,000 residents
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.
And about 3 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Reported crime is steady
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| Year | Odenville property | Rest of Alabama property | Odenville violent | Rest of Alabama violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 11.5 | 24.8 | 2.2 | 5.4 |
| 2023 | 9.4 | 22.3 | 2.6 | 4.9 |
| 2024 | 6.7 | 21.8 | 3.3 | 4.8 |
| 2025 | 3.7 | 20.0 | 2.7 | 4.4 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Alabama.
38 crimes reported in 2025
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
16 violent and 22 property, as reported to the FBI by Odenville’s police.
One person died in crashes on Odenville’s roads in 2019–2023
Odenville had 1 fatal crash in five years, in which one person died.
That is about what is typical for Alabama towns of 5,000–25,000 people: at their median rate (9.6 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Odenville’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Odenville’s own rate (3.8) is context, not a ranking.
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.
Odenville and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Odenville | B− | 2.9 | 6.5 |
| Moody | B | 1.9 | 7.6 |
| Margaret | — | — | — |
| Springville | B− | 1.6 | 13.2 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Margaret reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023.
Alabama towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Odenville | B− | 2.9 | 6.5 |
| Rainsville | A | 0.5 | 4.5 |
| Chickasaw | C− | 4.7 | 18.6 |
| Loxley | C− | 4.3 | 23.0 |
| Attalla | D− | 5.9 | 48.7 |
| Semmes | D− | 6.5 | 52.2 |
The five graded Alabama towns closest to Odenville’s population (6,023), by grade.
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
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 Odenville. 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 Odenville’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (5,919 in 2025); our figure for Odenville is 6,023 (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 Odenville
Is Odenville, AL safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Odenville reports less crime per resident than 51% of U.S. towns, a B− Safety Grade and #26 of 130 in Alabama. Its police reported 2.9 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 Odenville?
2.9 violent and 6.5 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Alabama reports 4.7 and 21.3; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is Odenville safer than Moody?
Moody reports less crime per resident than Odenville: Moody grades B for safety and Odenville B−. Moody’s police reported 1.9 violent and 7.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Odenville?
Odenville’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Odenville”. 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.