Shawmut Historic District · Photo: Rivers Langley; SaveRivers · CC BY-SA 3.0Valley reports more crime per resident than 91% of U.S. towns
On crimes reported to the FBI by Valley’s police in 2023–2025, it grades D for safety: #105 of 130 graded towns in 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 Valley
Valley reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 1 Alabama towns on Valley’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Lanett (D). Neighbors ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Valley’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; violent crime is the closer of the two to typical.
For every 1,000 residents, about 35 property crimes reported
And about 4 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
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.
Violent crime, by year and by type
Valley’s police reported 115 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 3.8 per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.7 in the rest of Alabama and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
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| Year | Valley | Rest of Alabama | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5.2 | 5.3 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 4.0 | 4.9 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 3.8 | 4.8 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Reported crime is steady
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.
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| Year | Valley property | Rest of Alabama property | Valley violent | Rest of Alabama violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 36.7 | 24.8 | 5.2 | 5.3 |
| 2023 | 38.5 | 22.2 | 4.0 | 4.9 |
| 2024 | 38.4 | 21.7 | 3.8 | 4.8 |
| 2025 | 34.5 | 19.9 | 3.5 | 4.4 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
383 crimes reported in 2025
35 violent and 348 property, as reported to the FBI by Valley’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
12 people died in crashes on Valley’s roads in 2019–2023
Valley had 9 fatal crashes in five years, in which 12 people died. Most of these deaths (7 of 12) were on an Interstate passing through, so they say more about through-traffic than about the town’s own streets.
That is 23.4 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.
Valley and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Alabama towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valley | D | 3.8 | 37.2 |
| Southside | A | 0.7 | 3.1 |
| Rainbow City | B | 1.0 | 10.2 |
| Spanish Fort | B | 0.9 | 12.6 |
| Russellville | C+ | 1.3 | 19.4 |
| Sheffield | C | 3.9 | 16.4 |
The five graded Alabama towns closest to Valley’s population (10,294), by grade.
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 Valley. 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 Valley’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (10,075 in 2025); our figure for Valley is 10,294 (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 Valley
Is Valley, AL safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Valley reports more crime per resident than 91% of U.S. towns, a D Safety Grade and #105 of 130 in Alabama. Its police reported 3.8 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 Valley?
3.8 violent and 37.2 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Alabama reports 4.7 and 21.2; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is crime going up or down in Valley?
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings.
Is Valley safer than Lanett?
Lanett reports more crime per resident than Valley: Lanett grades D for safety and Valley D. Lanett’s police reported 6.4 violent and 27.3 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Valley?
Valley’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Valley”. 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.