Recorded crime per resident in Spanish Fort fell 55% from 2023 to 2025
Taking everything together, Spanish Fort scores B (#23 of 130 graded towns in Alabama): close to the middle of U.S. towns, measured on crimes its police reported between 2023 and 2025. Violence and property crime split as 0.9 violent crime and 12.6 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, beside 4.7 and 21.3 in the rest of Alabama. On violence it beats 71% of U.S. towns; on property crime, only 44%.
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 Spanish Fort
1 of the 3 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 4 Alabama towns on Spanish Fort’s borders, 3 have a Safety Grade: Daphne (B+), Loxley (C−), Mobile (D). Stapleton is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own. Neighbors ↓
Among Alabama towns, higher
Alabama’s cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Spanish Fort’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 82% of the 130 Alabama towns we grade, against 56% 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 Spanish Fort’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds Spanish Fort’s grade up; property crime pulls it down. Its property rate (12.6) 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 per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Spanish Fort property | Rest of Alabama property | Spanish Fort violent | Rest of Alabama violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 17.3 | 24.8 | 0.4 | 5.4 |
| 2023 | 16.9 | 22.3 | 1.2 | 4.9 |
| 2024 | 13.7 | 21.8 | 0.9 | 4.8 |
| 2025 | 7.5 | 20.0 | 0.6 | 4.4 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Spanish Fort | Rest of Alabama | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.4 | 5.4 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.2 | 4.9 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.9 | 4.8 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.6 | 4.4 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Spanish Fort’s police reported 30 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.9 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 Spanish Fort 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.
92 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.
7 violent and 85 property, as reported to the FBI by Spanish Fort’s police.
Three people died in crashes on Spanish Fort’s roads in 2019–2023
Spanish Fort had 3 fatal crashes in five years, in which three people 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 Spanish Fort’s size would see about 5 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Spanish Fort’s own rate (5.6) 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.
Spanish Fort and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spanish Fort | B | 0.9 | 12.6 |
| Daphne | B+ | 0.5 | 9.3 |
| Loxley | C− | 4.3 | 23.0 |
| Mobile | D | 7.4 | 18.6 |
| Stapleton | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Stapleton is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own.
Alabama towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spanish Fort | B | 0.9 | 12.6 |
| Rainbow City | B | 1.0 | 10.2 |
| Russellville | C+ | 1.3 | 19.4 |
| Eufaula | D | 5.6 | 22.8 |
| Sylacauga | D | 5.6 | 29.1 |
| Valley | D | 3.8 | 37.2 |
The five graded Alabama towns closest to Spanish Fort’s population (11,203), 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 Spanish Fort. 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 Spanish Fort’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (11,372 in 2025); our figure for Spanish Fort is 11,203 (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 Spanish Fort
Is Spanish Fort, AL safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Spanish Fort reports less crime per resident than 56% of U.S. towns, a B Safety Grade and #23 of 130 in Alabama. Its police reported 0.9 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 Spanish Fort?
0.9 violent and 12.6 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 Spanish Fort safer than Daphne?
Daphne reports less crime per resident than Spanish Fort: Daphne grades B+ for safety and Spanish Fort B. Daphne’s police reported 0.5 violent and 9.3 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Spanish Fort?
Spanish Fort’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Spanish Fort”. 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.