Crime rates for Fairhope, AL

The crime rate in Fairhope is considerably higher than the national average across all communities in America from the largest to the smallest, although at 56 crimes per one thousand residents, it is not among the communities with the very highest crime rate. The chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime in Fairhope is 1 in 18. Based on FBI crime data, Fairhope is not one of the safest communities in America. Relative to Alabama, Fairhope has a crime rate that is higher than 80% of the state's cities and towns of all sizes.

Separately, it is always interesting and important to compare a city's crime rate with those of similarly sized communities - a fair comparison as larger cities tend to have more crime. NeighborhoodScout has done just that. With a population of 12,212, Fairhope has a combined rate of violent and property crime that is very high compared to other places of similar population size. Regardless of whether Fairhope does well or poorly compared to all other cities and towns in the US of all sizes, compared to places with a similar population, it fares badly. Few other communities of this size have a crime rate as high as Fairhope.

The crime data that NeighborhoodScout used for this analysis are the seven offenses from the uniform crime reports, collected by the FBI from 17,000 local law enforcement agencies, and include both violent and property crimes, combined.

Now let us turn to take a look at how Fairhope does for violent crimes specifically, and then how it does for property crimes. This is important because the overall crime rate can be further illuminated by understanding if violent crime or property crimes (or both) are the major contributors to the general rate of crime in Fairhope.

NeighborhoodScout's research shows that Fairhope's violent crime rate is 2 per one thousand inhabitants, which is about average for all communities in America, across all population sizes. Violent crimes that are tracked and included in this rate are armed robbery, aggravated assault, forcible (not statutory) rape, and murder and non-negligent manslaughter. Roughly similar to the national average, our analysis shows that your chance of becoming a victim of violent crime in Fairhope is one in 643.

In addition, NeighborhoodScout found that a lot of the crime that takes place in Fairhope is property crime. Property crimes that are tracked for this analysis are burglary, larceny over fifty dollars, motor vehicle theft, and arson. In Fairhope, your chance of becoming a victim of a property crime is one in 18, which is a rate of 54 per one thousand population.