Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Vestavia Hills, AL Crime Grade
How Vestavia Hills 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
2/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Alabama
1/10
vs. Alabama cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Vestavia Hills, AL was 68.6 per 100,000 residents (26 incidents over a population of 37,914). That puts Vestavia Hills Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 80% below the Alabama statewide rate of 350.8.
That ranks Vestavia Hills #751 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 80% of them, and #6 of 63 in Alabama. Violent crime is down 17% year over year and down 16% over the last five years.
Vestavia Hills, AL crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- A (2/10)
- Alabama Grade
- A (1/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 68.6 / 100k
- National rank
- #751 of 3,771
- AL rank
- #6 of 63
- Safer than
- 80% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 17%
- 5-year change
- down 16%
- Population
- 37,914
- Reporting agency
- Vestavia Hills Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Vestavia Hills Police Department (FBI ORI AL0010900) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Vestavia Hills, AL
Also known as
- Vestavia
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. Vestavia Hills (red), Alabama (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Vestavia Hills 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 | 81.5(28) | 77.9(30) | 76.5(29) | 82.3(31) | 68.6(26) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 7.8(3) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 29.1(10) | 18.2(7) | 2.6(1) | 15.9(6) | 13.2(5) |
| Robbery | 8.7(3) | 7.8(3) | 7.9(3) | 0.0(0) | 2.6(1) |
| Aggravated assault | 43.6(15) | 44.1(17) | 66.0(25) | 66.4(25) | 52.8(20) |
| Property crime | 838.0(288) | 747.8(288) | 873.6(331) | 650.6(245) | 561.8(213) |
| Burglary | 84.4(29) | 85.7(33) | 42.2(16) | 63.7(24) | 52.8(20) |
| Larceny | 622.7(214) | 568.6(219) | 696.8(264) | 536.4(202) | 477.4(181) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 130.9(45) | 90.9(35) | 129.3(49) | 47.8(18) | 31.7(12) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Vestavia Hills, 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 Vestavia Hills 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 Vestavia Hills calculated?
- Vestavia Hills'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 Vestavia Hills 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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