The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Eufaula, AL
Eufaula is a city of 12,600 in Barbour County, about 40 miles south of downtown Columbus · Updated November 2026
Is Eufaula, AL safe?
Crime in Eufaula is moderate, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of B+. Most US neighborhoods have little crime: 65% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime than Eufaula. Property crime grades better than violent crime here, A against B. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Eufaula run from A+ to F, so check the map below.
B+
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 742 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
35% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Eufaula as a whole, and 65% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Eufaula scores 742.
Crime is concentrated in a small share of places, so most neighborhoods score high on the 0 to 1,000 scale. That is why a score in the 800s can still mean more crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its crime with the people, homes and cars there, on one national scale, from green for the least crime to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy shopping center can show red while the homes beside it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a strong connection. Compare high speed internet in Eufaula, AL at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Eufaula, and anyone thinking about buying or renting a home there.
Business and enterprise customers: this free map shows neighborhood areas. CrimeGrade™ business reports map crime at about 66-meter detail and estimate it for one address and type of business. See business reports
What stands out in Eufaula
Aggravated assaults run high. Eufaula has aggravated assaults at about double the US rate: 5.4 a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.6 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Eufaula
Most of Eufaula grades well: 66% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 13% in areas graded D or F. Grades across Eufaula run from A+ to F; 38% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
66%21%13%
A or B 66%C 21%D or F 13%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Eufaula, the southwest side has the least crime and the center the most.
Crime rates and types in Eufaula
CrimeGrade™ estimates Eufaula has about 54 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 45% more than the US as a whole and 34% more than Alabama.
Overall crime
Violent crime
Property crime
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. These figures include simple assaults and vandalism, which the FBI's violent and property crime rates leave out.
Assault is the most common crime in Eufaula, about 41% of everything reported.
Each CrimeGrade™ compares a crime with what it affects: people for assaults and robbery, homes for burglary, parked cars for vehicle theft. Rates count crimes per 1,000 residents.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
Where and when crime happens in Eufaula
Eufaula has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Eufaula, 67% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 50% of them, against 34% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (67%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Car theft
Homes (59%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Theft from cars
Homes (50%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (60%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (63%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
How Eufaula compares with nearby cities
Eufaula has the most crime of its 2 nearest cities.
Two things set Eufaula apart: it has 15.1% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally, and 16.0 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally. Places like that tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson, and burglary runs high here.
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.15.1% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 96% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.16.0 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 91% of US city residents
Walk GradeBestNeighborhood's grade for getting through daily life on foot, traced along real walking routes to shops, schools and parks. Walkable places tend to report more theft and assault. 88% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D- (11 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 74% of US city residents
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Lit at nightSatellite images show which neighborhoods are lit at night, a sign of busy streets and businesses. Brightly lit places tend to report more theft and vandalism.52% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 86% of US city residents
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft and robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Eufaula: F (0 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 84% of US city residents
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.5% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 73% of US city residents
BestNeighborhood, a sister site of CrimeGrade™, ranks the neighborhoods of Eufaula on shops, parks, home prices, getting around and more.
These traits tend to go with more or less crime; none of them causes it on its own. Sources: Census job counts and housing figures, OpenStreetMap and Overture business listings, CrimeGrade™ parking estimates, NASA night-light imagery, US Forest Service tree cover, EPA transit data and BestNeighborhood's Walk Grade.
What crime costs Eufaula
Crime costs Eufaula about $2,455 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, about double the US figure of $1,205.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost comes to about $65 million a year, or $5,152 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$6.8 million
$540
Rape
$290,000
$23
Robbery
$270,000
$21
Assault
$3.5 million
$275
Burglary
$460,000
$36
Theft
$1.1 million
$86
Vehicle theft
$460,000
$36
Arson
$98,000
$8
Vandalism
$620,000
$49
Total
$14 million
$1,075
How CrimeGrade™ works
A CrimeGrade™ shows how much crime an area has compared with the rest of the country, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most. Every neighborhood in the US is graded on the same scale, so a B in Eufaula means the same as a B anywhere else.
CrimeGrade™ starts from the crimes people report to police and measures each kind of crime against what it affects: people for assaults, homes for burglaries, parked cars for car thefts.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them.
Comparisons with US neighborhoods use the Census Bureau's block groups, small areas of about 1,400 residents, and count the people who live in each. The figures count crimes reported to police; many crimes, shoplifting above all, never are. Behind the grades, CrimeGrade™ tested 21,607 factors from 125 data families. For business owners, paid CrimeGrade™ location reports estimate crime at a single address for each type of business.
Where the numbers come from
Crime reports that police departments file with the FBI
State crime records and city crime data, where they are published
Published research on what crime costs victims and communities
These are estimates of reported crime for whole areas, not a record of what happened on any one street. CrimeGrade™ updates them once a year and provides them free and without guarantee. Check local sources before you rely on them for a decision.
Schools in Eufaula, AL average a SchoolGrade of F: 24% of students test proficient, against 22% projected for schools like them. Overall, they don't meet expectations. See schools in Eufaula on SchoolGrade
