Hayneville has an overall crime rate of 10 per 1,000 residents, making the crime rate here near the average for all cities and towns of all sizes in America. According to our analysis of FBI crime data, your chance of becoming a victim of crime in Hayneville is 1 in 98. How does Hayneville fare compared to other communities in Alabama of all population sizes? Hayneville's crime rate is lower than approximately 58% of Alabama communities.

However, when you compare Hayneville to other communities of similar population, then Hayneville crime rate (violent and property crimes combined) is quite a bit higher than average. Regardless of how Hayneville does relative to all communities in America of all sizes, when NeighborhoodScout compared it to communities of similar population size, its crime rate per thousand residents stands out as higher than most.

Now let us turn to take a look at how Hayneville does for violent crimes specifically, and then how it does for property crimes. This is important because the overall crime rate can be further illuminated by understanding if violent crime or property crimes (or both) are the major contributors to the general rate of crime in Hayneville.

From our analysis, we discovered that violent crime in Hayneville occurs at a rate higher than in most communities of all population sizes in America. The chance that a person will become a victim of a violent crime in Hayneville; such as armed robbery, aggravated assault, rape or murder; is 1 in 261. This equates to a rate of 4 per one thousand inhabitants.

Significantly, based on the number of murders reported by the FBI and the number of residents living in the town, NeighborhoodScout's analysis shows that Hayneville experiences one of the higher murder rates in the nation when compared with cities and towns for all sizes of population, from the largest to the smallest.

Moreover, the rate of property crime in Hayneville; burglary, larceny ($50 or more), grand theft auto, and arson; is 6 per 1,000 residents. This is about average for all cities and towns in America of all population sizes.