Saks is an unincorporated community of 10,900 in Calhoun County, about 4 miles north of downtown Anniston · Updated November 2026
Is Saks, AL safe?
Crime in Saks is moderate, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of B+. Most US neighborhoods have little crime: 63% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime than Saks. Property crime grades better than violent crime here, A against B. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Saks run from A to B-, so check the map below.
B+
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 755 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
37% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Saks as a whole, and 63% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Saks scores 755.
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 Saks, AL at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Saks, 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 Saks
Theft runs low. Saks has 4.0 thefts a year per 1,000 residents, less than half the US rate of 13.1.
The safest and least safe parts of Saks
Every part of Saks where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Saks run from A to B-; 31% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Saks, the northwest side has the least crime and the center the most.
Crime rates and types in Saks
CrimeGrade™ estimates Saks has about 25 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 34% less than the US as a whole and 39% less 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 Saks, about 65% of everything reported, and it also accounts for the largest share of what crime costs here.
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.
How Saks compares with nearby cities
Of the 5 cities closest to Saks, 3 have less crime. Alexandria and Oxford have the least.
Two things set Saks apart: it has 5 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole, and 15.7% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally. Places with few jobs tend to report less theft and robbery, and theft runs low here.
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.5 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 99% of US city residents
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.15.7% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 97% 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. 97% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D- (8 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 85% of US city residents
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Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.under 1% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 93% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.5.3 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 91% of US city residents
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.54% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 85% of US city residents
BestNeighborhood, a sister site of CrimeGrade™, ranks the neighborhoods of Saks 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 Saks
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Saks about $1,070 a year per household, 11% less than 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 $19 million a year, or $1,733 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$770,000
$71
Rape
$86,000
$8
Robbery
$30,000
$3
Assault
$2.8 million
$257
Burglary
$120,000
$11
Theft
$220,000
$20
Vehicle theft
$360,000
$34
Arson
$26,000
$2
Vandalism
$72,000
$7
Total
$4.5 million
$413
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 Saks 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. Saks is the other kind of example: few people work in, shop in or visit it, so its crime per resident looks lower than its CrimeGrade™ suggests.
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 Saks, AL average a SchoolGrade of D+: 31% of students test proficient, against 24% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Saks on SchoolGrade
