Photo: Rivers A. Langley; SaveRivers · CC BY-SA 3.0Recorded crime per resident is higher in Sylacauga than in 91% of U.S. towns
Per resident, the graded crimes were down 16% from 2023 to 2025. Graded on crimes Sylacauga’s police reported from 2023 to 2025, it scores D for safety: #105 of 130 graded towns in Alabama. On top of that, in a usual year, 5.6 violent crimes and 29.1 incidents of property crime are logged per 1,000 inhabitants; in the rest of Alabama, 4.7 and 21.3.
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 Sylacauga
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 Sylacauga’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; property crime is the closer of the two to typical.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Sylacauga property | Rest of Alabama property | Sylacauga violent | Rest of Alabama violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 32.8 | 24.8 | 6.1 | 5.3 |
| 2023 | 28.1 | 22.2 | 6.6 | 4.9 |
| 2024 | 34.8 | 21.7 | 5.6 | 4.8 |
| 2025 | 24.5 | 19.9 | 4.5 | 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.
Crime in Sylacauga 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 5 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Sylacauga | Rest of Alabama | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 6.1 | 5.3 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 6.6 | 4.9 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 5.6 | 4.8 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Sylacauga’s police reported 202 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 5.6 per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.7 in the rest of Alabama and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
349 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.
54 violent and 295 property, as reported to the FBI by Sylacauga’s police.
Six people died in crashes on Sylacauga’s roads in 2019–2023
Sylacauga had 5 fatal crashes in five years, in which six people died; 1 was a pedestrian.
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 Sylacauga’s size would see about 6 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Sylacauga’s own rate (9.7) 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.
Sylacauga and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sylacauga | D | 5.6 | 29.1 |
| Childersburg | — | — | — |
| Fayetteville | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Childersburg reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023. Fayetteville 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sylacauga | D | 5.6 | 29.1 |
| Spanish Fort | B | 0.9 | 12.6 |
| Russellville | C+ | 1.3 | 19.4 |
| Irondale | C | 2.2 | 18.9 |
| Leeds | C− | 3.3 | 23.4 |
| Eufaula | D | 5.6 | 22.8 |
The five graded Alabama towns closest to Sylacauga’s population (12,055), 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 Sylacauga. 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 Sylacauga’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (12,020 in 2025); our figure for Sylacauga is 12,055 (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 Sylacauga
Is Sylacauga, AL safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Sylacauga reports more crime per resident than 91% of U.S. towns, a D Safety Grade and #105 of 130 in Alabama. Its police reported 5.6 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 Sylacauga?
5.6 violent and 29.1 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.
Who polices Sylacauga?
Sylacauga’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Sylacauga”. 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.