What is the crime rate in Fort Payne, AL?

In 2025, the Fort Payne Police Department reported 26 violent crimes and 213 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 173 violent and 1,415 property crimes per 100,000 of the 15,054 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: 173
Property per 100,000: 1,415
Violent crimes: 26
Property crimes: 213

Crime reported by the Fort Payne 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	33	222	204	1,371	14,880
2024	24	160	240	1,602	14,984
2025	26	173	213	1,415	15,054

Violent crimes reported went from 33 in 2023 to 26 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 204 in 2023 to 213 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.

Fort Payne against Alabama and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Fort Payne	173	1,415
DeKalb County	140	842
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 Fort Payne, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Fort Payne	—	173	1,415
Rainsville	8.8 mi	83	779
Sylvania	9.8 mi	109	765
Henagar	12 mi	129	1,204
Collinsville	17 mi	581	1,114
Cedar Bluff	17 mi	51	204
Summerville	19 mi	203	1,039
Leesburg	20 mi	492	492

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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