What is the crime rate in Clayton, AL?

In 2025, the Clayton Police Department reported 12 violent crimes and 17 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 552 violent and 782 property crimes per 100,000 of the 2,175 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: 552
Property per 100,000: 782
Violent crimes: 12
Property crimes: 17

Crime reported by the Clayton 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	23	1,041	33	1,493	2,210
2024	9	410	21	956	2,197
2025	12	552	17	782	2,175

Violent crimes reported went from 23 in 2023 to 12 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 33 in 2023 to 17 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.

Clayton against Alabama and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Clayton	552	782
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 Clayton, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Clayton	—	552	782
Clio	15 mi	0	0
Eufaula	18 mi	458	1,601
Union Springs	23 mi	803	1,734
Brundidge	24 mi	1,338	4,460
Abbeville	25 mi	168	1,853
Troy	30 mi	518	2,428
Ozark	32 mi	383	2,414
Headland	37 mi	180	1,135

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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