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Safest Counties (Lowest Violent Crime) in Alabama (2026)

Hale has the lowest violent crime rate of any county in Alabama, at 31.4 per 100k, followed by Morgan and Lamar. Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer (per-agency, 2018-2022 average), FBI CDE 2020-2024 avg. The full ranking of the top 25 counties is below.

Data updated 2024 - Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer (per-agency, 2018-2022 average)

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Safest counties for violent crime rate in Alabama

Top 25 of 67 counties with data.

Ranked by violent crime rate (FBI Crime Data Explorer (per-agency, 2018-2022 average), FBI CDE 2020-2024 avg), lowest first.

Safest counties for violent crime rate in Alabama
RankCountyValue
1Hale31.4 per 100k
2Morgan69.7 per 100k
3Lamar84.3 per 100k
4Geneva85.7 per 100k
5Shelby88.4 per 100k
6DeKalb97.6 per 100k
7Jackson101.7 per 100k
8Winston102.9 per 100k
9Fayette112.2 per 100k
10Marshall114.5 per 100k
11Lawrence119.4 per 100k
12Elmore122.0 per 100k
13Russell124.0 per 100k
14Cleburne134.0 per 100k
15Choctaw136.3 per 100k
16Baldwin147.5 per 100k
17Sumter151.5 per 100k
18Cullman157.4 per 100k
19Madison165.0 per 100k
20Marion166.9 per 100k
21Conecuh169.6 per 100k
22Pickens176.9 per 100k
23Colbert179.2 per 100k
24Wilcox193.5 per 100k
25Perry199.3 per 100k

How this ranking works

This page ranks Alabama counties by violent crime rate, sorted so the safest places appear first. Click any county to see its housing, schools, crime, and demographics in detail.

For violent crime rate, a lower value is generally more favorable, so the top of the list is the lowest. Want to weigh violent crime rate against schools, taxes, commute, and more at once? Use the live map to build a custom match.

Data comes from public sources. Source attribution and the exact data vintage are shown above and on the full map of violent crime rate.

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