What is the crime rate in Opelika, AL?

In 2025, the Opelika Police Department reported 165 violent crimes and 723 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 457 violent and 2,005 property crimes per 100,000 of the 36,066 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: 457
Property per 100,000: 2,005
Violent crimes: 165
Property crimes: 723

Crime reported by the Opelika 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	235	698	955	2,835	33,681
2024	199	578	913	2,650	34,448
2025	165	457	723	2,005	36,066

Violent crimes reported went from 235 in 2023 to 165 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 955 in 2023 to 723 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.

Opelika against Alabama and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Opelika	457	2,005
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 Opelika, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Opelika	—	457	2,005
Auburn	7.7 mi	99	871
Valley	14 mi	347	3,494
Lanett	17 mi	511	2,286
Tuskegee	24 mi	507	2,097
Phenix City	25 mi	708	2,495
Dadeville	26 mi	517	1,483
Hamilton	30 mi	0	164
Columbus	31 mi	366	1,915

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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