What is the crime rate in Athens, AL?

In 2025, the Athens Police Department reported 52 violent crimes and 578 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 150 violent and 1,672 property crimes per 100,000 of the 34,571 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: 150
Property per 100,000: 1,672
Violent crimes: 52
Property crimes: 578

Crime reported by the Athens 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	69	228	678	2,240	30,265
2024	80	243	712	2,167	32,862
2025	52	150	578	1,672	34,571

Violent crimes reported went from 69 in 2023 to 52 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 678 in 2023 to 578 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.

Athens against Alabama and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Athens	150	1,672
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 Athens, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Athens	—	150	1,672
Madison	12 mi	152	958
Decatur	14 mi	634	1,884
Trinity	15 mi	38	840
Ardmore	16 mi	135	809
Huntsville	17 mi	399	2,297
Ardmore	17 mi	644	3,218
Triana	18 mi	59	393
Priceville	18 mi	50	530

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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