Sheffield, AL Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Sheffield, AL Summary

Crime in Sheffield research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Sheffield 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 Sheffield:

  • There were 224 total crimes committed in Sheffield in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 2,413.8 total crimes per 100K people in Sheffield.
  • The overall crime rate in Sheffield is 13.90% above the national average.
  • Sheffield ranks #182 safest out of 278 cities in Alabama.
  • Sheffield ranks #7,924 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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Sheffield Vs Alabama And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Sheffield is 2,413.8 per 100,000 people. That's 13.90% higher than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and 25.40% higher than the Alabama total crime rate of 1,924.9 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Sheffield
/ 100k People
Alabama
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 224 2,413.8 1,924.9 2,119.2
Murder 3 32.3 8.7 5.0
Robbery 2 21.6 34.0 61.0
Aggravated Assault 42 452.6 291.4 256.0
Violent Crime 48 517.2 359.9 359.0
Burglary 35 377.2 243.5 229.0
Larceny 126 1,357.8 1,148.5 1,272.0
Car Theft 15 161.6 173.0 259.0
Property Crime 176 1,896.6 1,565.1 1,760.0

Sheffield 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 Sheffield

48
Violent Crimes
517.2
Violent Crimes / 100k People
44.08%
Above The National Average
  • There were 48 violent crimes in Sheffield in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Sheffield is 517.2 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 193.3 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Sheffield each year. That compares to a 1 in 277.9 chance statewide.
  • That's 44.08% higher than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 43.73% higher than the Alabama violent crime rate of 359.9 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Sheffield

176
Property Crimes
1,896.6
Property Crimes / 100k People
7.76%
Above The National Average
  • There were 176 property crimes in Sheffield in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Sheffield is 1,896.6 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 52.7 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Sheffield each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 7.76% higher than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And 21.18% higher than the Alabama property crime rate of 1,565.1 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Sheffield

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Decatur, AL 58,514 1,706 2,915.5 2,308.8 606.7
Florence, AL 43,076 1,140 2,646.5 2,017.4 629.1
Athens, AL 32,862 760 2,312.7 2,069.3 243.4
Muscle Shoals, AL 17,501 554 3,165.5 2,982.7 182.8
Hartselle, AL 16,011 466 2,910.5 2,685.7 224.8
Corinth, MS 14,142 494 3,493.1 3,139.6 353.6
Russellville, AL 10,679 225 2,106.9 1,994.6 112.4
Tuscumbia, AL 9,208 47 510.4 445.3 65.2
Booneville, MS 9,075 353 3,889.8 3,647.4 242.4
Pulaski, TN 8,243 233 2,826.6 2,365.6 461.0

Sheffield SnackAbility

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