Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Leeds, AL Crime Grade
How Leeds 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
5/10
vs. Alabama cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Leeds, AL was 261.2 per 100,000 residents (33 incidents over a population of 12,633). That puts Leeds 20% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 26% below the Alabama statewide rate of 350.8.
That ranks Leeds #2,437 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 35% of them, and #31 of 63 in Alabama. Violent crime is down 12% year over year and up 37% over the last five years.
Leeds, AL crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- C (7/10)
- Alabama Grade
- B (5/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 261.2 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,437 of 3,771
- AL rank
- #31 of 63
- Safer than
- 35% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 12%
- 5-year change
- up 37%
- Population
- 12,633
- Reporting agency
- Leeds Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Leeds Police Department (FBI ORI AL0010600) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Leeds, AL
Also known as
- Cedar Grove
- Oak Ridge
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. Leeds (red), Alabama (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Leeds 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 | 190.9(23) | 376.9(46) | 429.0(53) | 297.3(37) | 261.2(33) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 8.2(1) | 0.0(0) | 16.1(2) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 58.1(7) | 57.3(7) | 48.6(6) | 56.2(7) | 31.7(4) |
| Robbery | 33.2(4) | 24.6(3) | 64.8(8) | 16.1(2) | 31.7(4) |
| Aggravated assault | 99.6(12) | 286.7(35) | 315.7(39) | 208.9(26) | 197.9(25) |
| Property crime | 589.2(71) | 2007.2(245) | 2314.9(286) | 2667.7(332) | 2129.3(269) |
| Burglary | 74.7(9) | 254.0(31) | 218.5(27) | 313.4(39) | 142.5(18) |
| Larceny | 464.7(56) | 1597.6(195) | 1918.3(237) | 2161.5(269) | 1915.6(242) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 49.8(6) | 147.5(18) | 161.9(20) | 160.7(20) | 71.2(9) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Leeds, 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 Leeds 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 Leeds calculated?
- Leeds'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 Leeds 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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