  We report anomalous Hall effect (AHE) and transport properties of trigonal
Cr$_5$Te$_8$ (tr-Cr$_5$Te$_8$) single crystals. The electrical resistivity as
well as the Seebeck coefficient shows a clear kink at the
paramagnetic-ferromagnetic transition of tr-Cr$_5$Te$_8$, which is also
confirmed by the heat capacity measurement. The scaling behavior between
anomalous Hall resistivity $\rho^A_{xy}$ and longitudinal resistivity
$\rho_{xx}$ is linear below $T_c$. Further analysis suggests that the AHE in
tr-Cr$_5$Te$_8$ is dominated by the skew-scattering mechanism rather than the
intrinsic or extrinsic side-jump mechanism.
