Owens Cross Roads sees less crime per resident than two in three U.S. towns
It grades B+ for safety on crimes Owens Cross Roads’ police reported from 2023 to 2025: #13 of 130 graded towns in Alabama. Police counts work out at 1.2 violent crimes and 7.7 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents annually; in the rest of Alabama they are 4.7 and 21.3. On top of that, on violence it beats 62% of U.S. towns, and on property crime 65%.
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 Owens Cross Roads
Owens Cross Roads reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 2 Alabama towns on Owens Cross Roads’ borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Huntsville (C). New Hope reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2024 but not 2025. Neighbors ↓
Among Alabama towns, higher
Alabama’s cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Owens Cross Roads’ place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 90% of the 130 Alabama towns we grade, against 66% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Owens Cross Roads’ 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 lower than in most U.S. towns; property crime is the stronger of the two.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Owens Cross Roads | Rest of Alabama | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.5 | 5.4 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.5 | 4.9 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.0 | 4.8 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.2 | 4.4 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Owens Cross Roads’ police reported 11 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.2 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 Owens Cross Roads 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 1 violent crime, 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 | Owens Cross Roads property | Rest of Alabama property | Owens Cross Roads violent | Rest of Alabama violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 12.1 | 24.8 | 1.5 | 5.4 |
| 2023 | 8.6 | 22.3 | 1.5 | 4.9 |
| 2024 | 7.9 | 21.8 | 1.0 | 4.8 |
| 2025 | 6.7 | 19.9 | 1.2 | 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.
26 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.
4 violent and 22 property, as reported to the FBI by Owens Cross Roads’ police.
Four people died in crashes on Owens Cross Roads’s roads in 2019–2023
Owens Cross Roads had 4 fatal crashes in five years, in which four people died.
That is about what is typical for Alabama towns of 2,500–5,000 people: at their median rate (11.2 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Owens Cross Roads’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Owens Cross Roads’s own rate (28.3) 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.
Owens Cross Roads and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Owens Cross Roads | B+ | 1.2 | 7.7 |
| Huntsville | C | 3.4 | 18.0 |
| New Hope | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. New Hope reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2024 but not 2025.
Alabama towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Owens Cross Roads | B+ | 1.2 | 7.7 |
| Moulton | C | 2.3 | 22.1 |
| Warrior | C− | 4.9 | 13.3 |
| Weaver | C− | 3.2 | 21.1 |
| Livingston | C− | 5.3 | 15.2 |
| Elba | D | 4.5 | 28.8 |
The five graded Alabama towns closest to Owens Cross Roads’ population (3,334), 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 Owens Cross Roads. 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 Owens Cross Roads’ residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (3,307 in 2025); our figure for Owens Cross Roads is 3,334 (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 Owens Cross Roads
Is Owens Cross Roads, AL safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Owens Cross Roads reports less crime per resident than 66% of U.S. towns, a B+ Safety Grade and #13 of 130 in Alabama. Its police reported 1.2 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 Owens Cross Roads?
1.2 violent and 7.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Alabama reports 4.7 and 21.3; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is Owens Cross Roads safer than Huntsville?
Huntsville reports more crime per resident than Owens Cross Roads: Huntsville grades C for safety and Owens Cross Roads B+. Huntsville’s police reported 3.4 violent and 18.0 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Owens Cross Roads?
Owens Cross Roads’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Owens Cross Roads”. 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.