What is the crime rate in Anniston, AL?

In 2025, the Anniston Police Department reported 153 violent crimes and 758 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 728 violent and 3,604 property crimes per 100,000 of the 21,030 residents it serves.

Across Alabama the rates were 353 and 1,502.

Nationally they were 330 and 1,552.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Violent per 100,000: 728
Property per 100,000: 3,604
Violent crimes: 153
Property crimes: 758

Crime reported by the Anniston Police Department, 2023 to 2025

Offenses known to law enforcement, reported to the FBI; rates per 100,000 residents of the area the department serves
Year	Violent crimes	Violent per 100,000	Property crimes	Property per 100,000	Residents served
2023	190	904	1,051	5,000	21,018
2024	178	846	921	4,375	21,052
2025	153	728	758	3,604	21,030

Violent crimes reported went from 190 in 2023 to 153 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 1,051 in 2023 to 758 in 2025.

In a small town a handful of incidents moves these numbers a long way, so one year’s change says little on its own.

Anniston against Alabama and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Anniston	728	3,604
Calhoun County	465	1,529
Alabama	353	1,502
United States	330	1,552

These are rates per resident; they are not adjusted for visitors, commuters or the size of the area, which raise or lower a town’s figures without changing anybody’s risk.

Crime reported in places near Anniston, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Anniston	—	728	3,604
Weaver	5.9 mi	302	1,993
Oxford	6.3 mi	181	2,381
Jacksonville	10.0 mi	631	2,218
Heflin	14 mi	167	557
Ohatchee	15 mi	331	3,471
Southside	19 mi	31	372
Lincoln	19 mi	324	1,644
Ragland	19 mi	292	1,459

Neighboring departments count the same offenses the same way, but their areas, populations and visitors differ, so a difference between two towns is a starting point for a question, not an answer.

How to read these numbers

These are offenses known to the police and reported to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program: crimes nobody reported, or that a department did not record, are not in them.

Violent crime is murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property crime is burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft and arson.

A department reports the crimes in the area it polices, which can differ from the town’s boundaries, and the FBI estimates the population it serves.

The FBI asks that these figures not be used to rank places or to judge how safe a neighborhood is: crime depends on many local factors, and the counts describe a whole town, not any street or home.

A year is shown only when the department reported all twelve months.

FBI: Uniform Crime Reporting statistics and their proper use

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