CrimeMetric

Crime in Hanceville, Alabama

Major crime in Hanceville is 27% below the U.S. rate per resident: 35% lower for persons crimes and 25% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 5.4% from a year earlier.

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

Major crime
73
27% below the U.S. rate
27% below the Alabama rate
down 5.4% in a year
Persons crimes
65
35% below the U.S. rate
39% below the Alabama rate
about flat in a year
Property crimes
75
25% below the U.S. rate
24% below the Alabama rate
down 6.3% in a year
Social disorder
197
2.0 times the U.S. rate
46% above the Alabama rate
about flat 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

Simple assault stands out most, at 2.6 times the U.S. rate

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

Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live

IndexPer year

Neighborhoods in Hanceville

Hanceville is made up of 4 census block groups. The typical resident lives where the major-crime index is 70; the middle half of residents live where it is between 66 and 84.

Map of Hanceville, with its census block groups shaded by major-crime index band
Block groups shaded by major-crime index, in the key's bands below; pale gray where fewer than 100 people live. Highways and boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau.
  • 0–500.0%
  • 50–100100.0%
  • 100–2000.0%
  • 200–4000.0%
  • 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 6pm86
Sunday to Thursday nights, 6pm to 6am62
Saturday and Sunday, 6am to 6pm75
Friday and Saturday nights, 6pm to 6am59
Trend and outlook

Major crime fell 5.4% in a year; across Alabama it fell 8.3%

Past yearBy 2031
Major crime-5.4%AL -8.3%-11.4%AL -12.4%
Persons crimes-0.6%AL -5.4%+3.5%AL -0.5%
Property crimes-6.3%AL -8.9%-14.2%AL -15.2%
Social disorder-0.7%AL -5.4%-2.9%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

Hanceville against U.S. places with 2,000 to 5,000 residents

651 of the 1,761 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Hanceville; the middle of the group is 58. The 9 nearest in population:

Dunean, SC4,533130
Hanceville, AL4,53673
Buena, NJ4,53824
Irwin, PA4,53824

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

Nearby places

Hanceville has a higher major-crime index than 2 of its 8 nearest neighbors

The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Cullman (9 mi), is 2.1 times Hanceville's rate.

Sumiton27 mi176
Cullman9 mi152
Oneonta19 mi145
Arab24 mi141
Warrior18 mi115
Pinson26 mi98
Hanceville73
Clay26 mi67
Kimberly19 mi27

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

Questions about crime in Hanceville

What are the most common crimes in Hanceville?

By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are other larceny (about 24 a year), burglary (about 10 a year) and aggravated assault (about 7 a year). Compared with the U.S., simple assault stands out most: 2.6 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. Hanceville's figures add up its 4 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.

  • Hanceville 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: 4,536. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2

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

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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100