Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Homewood, AL Crime Grade
How Homewood 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
5/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Alabama
4/10
vs. Alabama cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Homewood, AL was 160.4 per 100,000 residents (45 incidents over a population of 28,051). That puts Homewood Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 54% below the Alabama statewide rate of 350.8.
That ranks Homewood #1,730 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 54% of them, and #19 of 63 in Alabama. Violent crime is up 4% year over year and up 15% over the last five years.
Homewood, AL crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- B (5/10)
- Alabama Grade
- B (4/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 160.4 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,730 of 3,771
- AL rank
- #19 of 63
- Safer than
- 54% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 4%
- 5-year change
- up 15%
- Population
- 28,051
- Reporting agency
- Homewood Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Homewood Police Department (FBI ORI AL0011000) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Homewood, AL
Also known as
- Dennard
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. Homewood (red), Alabama (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Homewood 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 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 139.0(35) | 93.1(24) | 170.8(48) | 154.2(43) | 160.4(45) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 7.1(2) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 31.8(8) | 7.8(2) | 28.5(8) | 28.7(8) | 17.8(5) |
| Robbery | 31.8(8) | 19.4(5) | 17.8(5) | 17.9(5) | 10.7(3) |
| Aggravated assault | 75.5(19) | 65.9(17) | 117.4(33) | 107.6(30) | 131.9(37) |
| Property crime | 1739.5(438) | 1535.6(396) | 2490.5(700) | 1968.9(549) | 1746.8(490) |
| Burglary | 115.2(29) | 116.3(30) | 160.1(45) | 186.5(52) | 121.2(34) |
| Larceny | 1437.7(362) | 1268.0(327) | 2003.1(563) | 1556.4(434) | 1433.1(402) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 186.7(47) | 151.2(39) | 309.5(87) | 222.3(62) | 178.2(50) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Homewood, 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 Homewood 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 Homewood calculated?
- Homewood'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 Homewood 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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