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Opelika Crime Rate Report (Alabama)

Opelika crime statistics report an overall downward trend in crime based on data from 17 years with violent crime decreasing and property crime decreasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in Opelika for 2025 is expected to be lower than in 2018.

The city violent crime rate for Opelika in 2018 was higher than the national violent crime rate average by 43.23% and the city property crime rate in Opelika was higher than the national property crime rate average by 79.07%.

In 2018 the city violent crime rate in Opelika was higher than the violent crime rate in Alabama by 4.89% and the city property crime rate in Opelika was higher than the property crime rate in Alabama by 39.81%.

Property and Violent Crime
Opelika Property Crime vs. State and National Per Capita
Opelika Violent Crime vs. State and National Per Capita

Opelika Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2018 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault119
Arson0
Burglary143
Larceny and Theft991
Motor Vehicle Theft80
Murder and Manslaughter5
Rape13
Robbery31
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)1,849
Property Crime1,214
Violent Crime168
2025 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault248
Arson0
Burglary0
Larceny and Theft918
Motor Vehicle Theft168
Murder and Manslaughter8
Rape13
Robbery16
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)1,675
Property Crime1,040
Violent Crime284

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Opelika Property Crime

Opelika Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Opelika Crime 2018

Opelika Crime 2025

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

Opelika Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

Opelika Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this Opelika, Alabama crime rate report is the FBI Report of Offenses Known to Law Enforcement for the corresponding year or years. Arson numbers are reported inconsistently. Zero values may indicate the data was not available. The projected crime rate data displayed above was generated from the trends and crime data available from previous years of actual reported data. In this case, the Opelika crime report data for 2025 was projected from 17 years of actual data. The last year of actual available crime data, as reported above, was 2018.

The FBI cautions the data users against comparing yearly statistical data solely on the basis of their population coverage. The comparisons made herein are thus, only meaningful upon further examination of all variables that affect crime in each reported city, state or other reported jurisdicition.



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