What is the crime rate in Centre, AL?

In 2025, the Centre Police Department reported 8 violent crimes and 129 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 205 violent and 3,301 property crimes per 100,000 of the 3,908 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: 205
Property per 100,000: 3,301
Violent crimes: 8
Property crimes: 129

Crime reported by the Centre 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	11	297	155	4,190	3,699
2024	15	390	131	3,407	3,845
2025	8	205	129	3,301	3,908

Violent crimes reported went from 11 in 2023 to 8 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 155 in 2023 to 129 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.

Centre against Alabama and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Centre	205	3,301
Cherokee County	351	1,460
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 Centre, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Centre	—	205	3,301
Leesburg	6.3 mi	492	492
Cedar Bluff	6.7 mi	51	204
Collinsville	14 mi	581	1,114
Hokes Bluff	16 mi	42	529
Piedmont	16 mi	1,217	1,324
Cave Spring	19 mi	0	0
Glencoe	21 mi	93	685
Crossville	21 mi	0	219

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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