CrimeMetric

Crime in Clanton, Alabama

Major crime in Clanton is 1.7 times the U.S. rate per resident: 12% lower for persons crimes and 1.8 times for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 7.0% from a year earlier.

Modeled estimates per resident, not counts of incidents. How we calculated this

Major crime
167
1.7 times the U.S. rate
1.7 times the Alabama rate
down 7.0% in a year
Persons crimes
88
12% below the U.S. rate
19% below the Alabama rate
down 3.4% in a year
Property crimes
185
1.8 times the U.S. rate
1.9 times the Alabama rate
down 7.4% in a year
Social disorder
265
2.6 times the U.S. rate
2.0 times the Alabama rate
down 5.2% in a year

Index: crimes per resident compared with the U.S., where 100 is the U.S. rate and 200 is twice it.

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Crime by type

Drugs and alcohol stands out most, at 4.0 times the U.S. rate

Expected crimes per year in Clanton for each type, and the index against the U.S. rate per resident.

Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live

IndexPer year

How crime varies across Clanton

The middle half of Clanton residents live in neighborhoods with a major-crime index between 118 and 258; the typical (median) resident's is 122. The citywide figure (167) is higher than that because crime concentrates in a smaller set of areas.

Map of Clanton, with its census block groups shaded by major-crime index band
Block groups shaded by major-crime index, in the bar's bands below; pale gray where fewer than 100 people live. Highways and boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau.
  • 0–500.0%
  • 50–10019.2%
  • 100–20049.9%
  • 200–40030.8%
  • 400+0.0%

Share of residents by the index of their census block group, a neighborhood of roughly 600 to 3,000 people.

When it happens

Highest on weekday daytimes

Major-crime index by time of week, against the U.S. rate for the same hours.

Monday to Friday, 6am to 6pm212
Sunday to Thursday nights, 6pm to 6am128
Saturday and Sunday, 6am to 6pm186
Friday and Saturday nights, 6pm to 6am105
Trend and outlook

Major crime fell 7.0% in a year; across Alabama it fell 8.3%

Past yearBy 2031
Major crime-7.0%AL -8.3%-10.3%AL -12.4%
Persons crimes-3.4%AL -5.4%+4.0%AL -0.5%
Property crimes-7.4%AL -8.9%-11.8%AL -15.2%
Social disorder-5.2%AL -5.4%-2.7%AL -5.7%

Change in expected crimes, with Alabama as a whole in gray. The past year uses the reporting agencies' year-to-date FBI data; 2031 is the model's projection.

Similar-size places

Clanton against U.S. places with 5,000 to 10,000 residents

201 of the 2,163 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Clanton; the middle of the group is 63. The 9 nearest in population:

Clanton, AL8,793167
Mayo, MD8,80651
Tuttle, OK8,78035
Isanti, MN8,78931

Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; residents in gray.

Nearby places

Clanton has a higher major-crime index than all of its 8 nearest neighbors

The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Calera (21 mi), is 68% below Clanton's rate.

Clanton167
Millbrook28 mi134
Prattville28 mi97
Wetumpka31 mi79
Montevallo23 mi56
Calera21 mi53
Columbiana23 mi51
Alabaster29 mi40

Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; distances between where residents live, in miles.

Questions about crime in Clanton

What are the most common crimes in Clanton?

By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are other larceny (about 128 a year), shoplifting (about 53 a year) and theft from vehicle (about 20 a year). Compared with the U.S., drugs and alcohol stands out most: 4.0 times the U.S. rate per resident.

How we calculated this

Each police agency's crimes, as reported to the FBI, are spread across the census block groups it serves using population, jobs, points of interest and, where available, local incident records. Clanton's figures add up its 7 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.

  • Clanton has no published incident records in our data, so its estimate relies on agency totals and neighborhood characteristics.
  • 0.0% of residents live in block groups whose estimate has high confidence (80% interval within about 5x).
  • Rates are per resident, so places where many people work or visit but few live, such as downtowns, airports and stadiums, can read high.
  • Disorderly conduct and trespassing are modeled, because the FBI records them only through arrests.
  • Residents: 8,793. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2

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CrimeMetric. "Crime in Clanton, Alabama." Vorp Labs, model updated Oct 20, 2026. https://crimemetric.com/al/clanton

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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100