Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Calera, AL Crime Grade
How Calera 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
7/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Alabama
6/10
vs. Alabama cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Calera, AL was 262.6 per 100,000 residents (50 incidents over a population of 19,040). That puts Calera 19% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 25% below the Alabama statewide rate of 350.8.
That ranks Calera #2,448 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 35% of them, and #32 of 63 in Alabama. Violent crime is up 14% year over year and down 86% over the last five years.
Calera, AL crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- C (7/10)
- Alabama Grade
- C (6/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 262.6 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,448 of 3,771
- AL rank
- #32 of 63
- Safer than
- 35% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 14%
- 5-year change
- down 86%
- Population
- 19,040
- Reporting agency
- Calera Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Calera Police Department (FBI ORI AL0590100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Calera, AL
Also known as
- Lime Plant
- Lime Kiln
- Buxahatchie
- Lime Station
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. Calera (red), Alabama (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Calera 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 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 1848.8(265) | 188.9(35) | 229.4(43) | 262.6(50) |
| Murder | 14.0(2) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 69.8(10) | 48.6(9) | 16.0(3) | 52.5(10) |
| Robbery | 41.9(6) | 16.2(3) | 5.3(1) | 15.8(3) |
| Aggravated assault | 1723.2(247) | 124.1(23) | 208.0(39) | 194.3(37) |
| Property crime | 2999.9(430) | 1440.8(267) | 1333.5(250) | 1260.5(240) |
| Burglary | 1144.1(164) | 118.7(22) | 224.0(42) | 68.3(13) |
| Larceny | 1688.3(242) | 1219.6(226) | 986.8(185) | 1060.9(202) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 160.5(23) | 91.7(17) | 122.7(23) | 131.3(25) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Calera, 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 Calera 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 Calera calculated?
- Calera'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 Calera 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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