Crime & Safety in Fairhope
Fairhope's crime data reads mostly favorably -- an overall City-Data crime index roughly 2.6x below the US average, and a violent-crime rate below the national rate -- with one honest, disclosed exception: property crime runs above the national rate.
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Learn moreA favorable overall index, with real recent improvement
Fairhope's overall City-Data crime index was 90 for 2024 -- roughly 2.6 times smaller (safer) than the US average -- and fell 16% from 2023, a real, recent, positive trend.
Violent crime runs below the national rate
Fairhope's violent crime rate was cited at 15.7 per 1,000 residents, below the national average of 22.7 -- a genuinely favorable figure for anyone weighing personal-safety risk specifically.
Property crime is a real, disclosed exception
Property crime in Fairhope ran ABOVE the national rate: 46.8 per 1,000 residents vs. 35.4 nationally -- a real exception to the otherwise favorable safety picture, worth knowing and not smoothing over just because the overall index and violent-crime rate read well.
What this research pass could not confirm
Neighborhood-level crime variance within Fairhope specifically was not independently confirmed this pass beyond the citywide figures above -- disclosed as a gap; check a specific address directly with more than one source before relying on the citywide averages alone.
Key takeaways
- Fairhope's overall crime index (90, City-Data) runs roughly 2.6x below the US average, down 16% from 2023.
- Violent crime (15.7/1,000) runs below the national rate (22.7/1,000) -- a genuinely favorable figure.
- Property crime (46.8/1,000) runs ABOVE the national rate (35.4/1,000) -- a real, disclosed exception, not smoothed over.
- Neighborhood-level variance within Fairhope was not independently confirmed this pass -- check a specific address with more than one source.
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