CrimeMetric

Crime in Talladega, Alabama

Major crime in Talladega is 1.8 times the U.S. rate per resident: 25% higher for persons crimes and 1.9 times for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 8.6% from a year earlier.

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

Major crime
176
1.8 times the U.S. rate
1.8 times the Alabama rate
down 8.6% in a year
Persons crimes
125
25% above the U.S. rate
16% above the Alabama rate
down 4.9% in a year
Property crimes
187
1.9 times the U.S. rate
1.9 times the Alabama rate
down 9.2% in a year
Social disorder
178
1.8 times the U.S. rate
31% above the Alabama rate
down 5.4% 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

Murder stands out most, at 6.0 times the U.S. rate

Expected crimes per year in Talladega 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 Talladega

The middle half of Talladega residents live in neighborhoods with a major-crime index between 86 and 171; the typical (median) resident's is 99. The citywide figure (176) is higher than that because crime concentrates in a smaller set of areas.

Map of Talladega, 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%
  • 50–10055.6%
  • 100–20024.2%
  • 200–40015.4%
  • 400+4.9%

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

When it happens

Highest in the daytime

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

Monday to Friday, 6am to 6pm195
Sunday to Thursday nights, 6pm to 6am149
Saturday and Sunday, 6am to 6pm194
Friday and Saturday nights, 6pm to 6am162
Trend and outlook

Major crime fell 8.6% in a year; across Alabama it fell 8.3%

Past yearBy 2031
Major crime-8.6%AL -8.3%-16.9%AL -12.4%
Persons crimes-4.9%AL -5.4%-3.5%AL -0.5%
Property crimes-9.2%AL -8.9%-18.9%AL -15.2%
Social disorder-5.4%AL -5.4%-8.1%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

Talladega against U.S. places with 10,000 to 25,000 residents

171 of the 2,149 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Talladega; the middle of the group is 72. The 9 nearest in population:

Talladega, AL14,479176
Marshall, MN14,47144
Forest, VA14,47726

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

Nearby places

Talladega has a higher major-crime index than 7 of its 8 nearest neighbors

The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Lincoln (12 mi), is 47% below Talladega's rate.

Anniston23 mi221
Talladega176
Childersburg19 mi165
Sylacauga19 mi153
Oxford18 mi117
Ashland17 mi101
Lincoln12 mi93
Pell City13 mi91
Saks24 mi61

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

Questions about crime in Talladega

What are the most common crimes in Talladega?

By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are other larceny (about 131 a year), shoplifting (about 90 a year) and burglary (about 68 a year). Compared with the U.S., murder stands out most: 6.0 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. Talladega's figures add up its 10 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.

  • Talladega has no published incident records in our data, so its estimate relies on agency totals and neighborhood characteristics.
  • 53.7% 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: 14,479. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2

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

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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100