Photo: Carol M. Highsmith · Public domainCrime in Scottsboro: the figures, without a grade
Widen the search to 25 miles and 8 graded towns turn up. Grant, 15 miles away, is the nearest town with a Safety Grade (D). Scottsboro’s police reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023, so there is no Safety Grade: the grade needs all three years, 2023–2025.
For every 1,000 residents, about 22 property crimes reported
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.
The years Scottsboro’s police reported
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| Year | Scottsboro | Rest of Alabama | Scottsboro | Rest of Alabama |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | not reported | 24.8 | not reported | 5.3 |
| 2023 | not reported | 22.2 | not reported | 4.9 |
| 2024 | 17.7 | 21.8 | 2.0 | 4.8 |
| 2025 | 21.9 | 19.9 | 2.7 | 4.4 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents, against the rest of Alabama. A year the department didn’t report in full is a gap, not a zero.
396 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.
44 violent and 352 property, as reported to the FBI by Scottsboro’s police.
The nearest Alabama towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grant | D | 15 mi | 2.8 | 33.3 |
| Sylvania | B+ | 15 mi | 0.6 | 7.9 |
| Rainsville | A | 16 mi | 0.5 | 4.5 |
| Henagar | B− | 18 mi | 1.7 | 12.0 |
| Stevenson | C− | 21 mi | 4.4 | 15.5 |
| Guntersville | C− | 22 mi | 3.5 | 28.1 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Scottsboro. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Scottsboro.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
18 people died in crashes on Scottsboro’s roads in 2019–2023
Scottsboro had 17 fatal crashes in five years, in which 18 people died; 2 were pedestrians and 2 were cyclists.
That is 22.9 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above 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.
Scottsboro and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
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Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
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 Scottsboro. 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 Scottsboro’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (16,054 in 2025); our figure for Scottsboro is 16,123 (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 Scottsboro
Is Scottsboro, AL safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Scottsboro. The nearest Alabama towns with a grade are Grant (D, 15 mi), Sylvania (B+, 15 mi), Rainsville (A, 16 mi).
Who polices Scottsboro?
Scottsboro’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Scottsboro”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Neighbors looking out for each other in Scottsboro.
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.