Auburn, AL Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Auburn, AL Summary

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

  • There were 1,043 total crimes committed in Auburn the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,291.5 total crimes per 100K people in Auburn.
  • The overall crime rate in Auburn is -44.43% below the national average.
  • Auburn ranks #88 safest out of 262 cities in Alabama.
  • Auburn ranks #4,699 safest out of 9,869 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 doing per capita comparisons and isn't conveying that there are 100,000+ people in a location.

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Auburn Vs Alabama And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Auburn is 1,291.5 per 100,000 people. That's -44.43% lower than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and -50.14% lower than the Alabama total crime rate of 2,590.3 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Auburn
/ 100k People
Alabama
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 1,043 1,291.5 2,590.3 2,324.2
Murder 3 3.7 9.6 6.3
Robbery 8 9.9 54.2 66.1
Aggravated Assault 72 89.2 357.1 268.2
Violent Crime 106 131.3 453.6 369.8
Burglary 74 91.6 399.5 269.8
Larceny 797 986.9 1,515.3 1,401.9
Car Theft 66 81.7 222.0 282.7
Property Crime 937 1,160.2 2,136.8 1,954.4

Auburn Crime Compared To Alabama Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Alabama.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2022.

Violent Crime Rates In Auburn

106
Violent Crimes
131.3
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-64.51%
Below The National Average
  • There were 106 violent crimes in Auburn in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Auburn is 131.3 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 761.9 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Auburn each year. That compares to a 1 in 220.5 chance statewide.
  • That's -64.51% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -71.06% lower than the Alabama violent crime rate of 453.6 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Auburn

937
Property Crimes
1,160.2
Property Crimes / 100k People
-40.63%
Below The National Average
  • There were 937 property crimes in Auburn in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Auburn is 1,160.2 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 86.2 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Auburn each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -40.63% lower than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And -45.70% lower than the Alabama property crime rate of 2,136.8 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Auburn

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Columbus, GA 204,986 6,111 2,981.2 2,350.9 630.3
LaGrange, GA 32,146 1,615 5,024.0 4,367.6 656.4
Opelika, AL 32,010 1,136 3,548.9 2,739.8 809.1
Tuskegee, AL 8,600 212 2,465.1 1,511.6 953.5

Auburn SnackAbility

7
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
7/10
Housing
8
Affordability
5
Diversity
8.5
Safety
N/A
Amenities
8
Education
8.5
Commute
8.5
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