Mobile, AL Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Mobile, AL Summary

Crime in Mobile research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Mobile over the past eight years using the FBI Crime Explorer. Based on the most recently available data released on October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Mobile:

  • There were 5,753 total crimes committed in Mobile in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 2,426.5 total crimes per 100K people in Mobile.
  • The overall crime rate in Mobile is 14.50% above the national average.
  • Mobile ranks #184 safest out of 278 cities in Alabama.
  • Mobile ranks #7,947 safest out of 9,896 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as per capita comparisons and isn't meant to convey that 100,000+ people live in a location.

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Mobile Vs Alabama And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Mobile is 2,426.5 per 100,000 people. That's 14.50% higher than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and 26.06% higher than the Alabama total crime rate of 1,924.9 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Mobile
/ 100k People
Alabama
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 5,753 2,426.5 1,924.9 2,119.2
Murder 39 16.4 8.7 5.0
Robbery 125 52.7 34.0 61.0
Aggravated Assault 1,557 656.7 291.4 256.0
Violent Crime 1,783 752.0 359.9 359.0
Burglary 743 313.4 243.5 229.0
Larceny 2,818 1,188.6 1,148.5 1,272.0
Car Theft 409 172.5 173.0 259.0
Property Crime 3,970 1,674.5 1,565.1 1,760.0

Mobile Crime Compared To Alabama Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Alabama.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2024.

Violent Crime Rates In Mobile

1,783
Violent Crimes
752.0
Violent Crimes / 100k People
109.48%
Above The National Average
  • There were 1,783 violent crimes in Mobile in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Mobile is 752.0 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 133.0 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Mobile each year. That compares to a 1 in 277.9 chance statewide.
  • That's 109.48% higher than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 108.97% higher than the Alabama violent crime rate of 359.9 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Mobile

3,970
Property Crimes
1,674.5
Property Crimes / 100k People
-4.86%
Below The National Average
  • There were 3,970 property crimes in Mobile in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Mobile is 1,674.5 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 59.7 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Mobile each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -4.86% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 6.99% higher than the Alabama property crime rate of 1,565.1 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Mobile

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Daphne, AL 31,256 281 899.0 844.6 54.4
Fairhope, AL 25,782 325 1,260.6 1,152.0 108.6
Prichard, AL 18,672 518 2,774.2 2,142.2 632.0
Saraland, AL 16,505 295 1,787.3 1,702.5 84.8
Spanish Fort, AL 11,199 163 1,455.5 1,366.2 89.3
Satsuma, AL 6,880 57 828.5 668.6 159.9
Chickasaw, AL 6,226 161 2,585.9 2,152.3 433.7
Semmes, AL 6,105 358 5,864.0 5,143.3 720.7

Mobile SnackAbility

6
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
5/10
Housing
6
Affordability
6
Diversity
9
Safety
N/A
Amenities
8.5
Education
8
Commute
8
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