Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Birmingham, AL Crime Grade
How Birmingham grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of Alabama — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
10/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Alabama
10/10
vs. Alabama cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Birmingham, AL was 1233.9 per 100,000 residents (2,411 incidents over a population of 195,393). That puts Birmingham Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 252% above the Alabama statewide rate of 350.8.
That ranks Birmingham #3,728 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 1% of them, and #61 of 63 in Alabama. Violent crime is down 3% year over year and down 35% over the last five years.
Birmingham, AL crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (10/10)
- Alabama Grade
- F (10/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 1233.9 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,728 of 3,771
- AL rank
- #61 of 63
- Safer than
- 1% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 3%
- 5-year change
- down 35%
- Population
- 195,393
- Reporting agency
- Birmingham Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Birmingham Police Department (FBI ORI AL0010200) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Birmingham, AL
History
Former incorporated city of Brownville, merged with Birmingham on March 16, 1981, ranked 50th by population in the 1980 census. Became the county seat of Jefferson County in 1873.
Name history sourced from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) — public-domain federal geographic-names data.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Birmingham (red), Alabama (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Birmingham vs. U.S., 2025 — by offense
Rates per 100,000 residents for each offense category.
Full data, last 5 years
Rates per 100,000 residents. Raw counts in parentheses.
| Offense | 2018 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 1911.5(4,025) | 1695.0(3,306) | 1553.1(3,032) | 1274.7(2,491) | 1233.9(2,411) |
| Murder | 41.8(88) | 73.3(143) | 62.5(122) | 59.4(116) | 42.5(83) |
| Rape | 85.5(180) | 33.8(66) | 20.5(40) | 15.9(31) | 19.4(38) |
| Robbery | 446.9(941) | 250.2(488) | 232.6(454) | 204.2(399) | 196.0(383) |
| Aggravated assault | 1337.4(2,816) | 1337.6(2,609) | 1237.6(2,416) | 995.3(1,945) | 976.0(1,907) |
| Property crime | 6382.9(13,440) | 4319.9(8,426) | 4674.6(9,126) | 4224.8(8,256) | 4429.5(8,655) |
| Burglary | 1213.4(2,555) | 789.0(1,539) | 722.2(1,410) | 750.7(1,467) | 727.3(1,421) |
| Larceny | 4268.5(8,988) | 2525.0(4,925) | 2792.2(5,451) | 2581.1(5,044) | 2912.1(5,690) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 832.1(1,752) | 937.2(1,828) | 1095.7(2,139) | 839.2(1,640) | 723.2(1,413) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Birmingham, AL Crime Grade?
- FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- What metric does the Birmingham Crime Grade use?
- Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- How is the national decile for Birmingham calculated?
- Birmingham's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- How is the Alabama state decile calculated?
- Same calculation restricted to Alabama cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- How do decile scores convert to a letter grade?
- 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- How often is the Birmingham Crime Grade refreshed?
- Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- What are the limits of this Crime Grade?
- The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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