Birmingham, AL crime rate
In 2025 the Birmingham Police Department reported 1,238.5 violent crimes and 4,466.4 property crimes per 100,000 residents it covers. The FBI's estimates for Alabama and the US for the same year are beside each number.
Data as of 2025 (FBI), checked October 30, 2026. How we got these numbers
How does Birmingham compare with Alabama and the US?
Arson has no FBI state or US estimate, so its row shows Birmingham only.
What offenses were reported in Birmingham, 2025?
| Offense | Reported | Per 100k | Alabama | US | vs 2024 | vs 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | ||||||
| Violent crime | 2,420 | 1,238.5 | 348.3 | 327.6 | down 2.9% | 2021: partial year: 11 of 12 months |
| Murder | 84 | 43.0 | 8.5 | 4.1 | down 28.2% | 2021: partial year: 11 of 12 months |
| Rape | 38 | 19.4 | 29.0 | 36.1 | up 22.0% | 2021: partial year: 11 of 12 months |
| Robbery | 386 | 197.6 | 30.3 | 49.4 | down 3.2% | 2021: partial year: 11 of 12 months |
| Aggravated assault | 1,912 | 978.5 | 280.5 | 238.0 | down 1.7% | 2021: partial year: 11 of 12 months |
| Property crime | ||||||
| Property crime | 8,727 | 4,466.4 | 1,461.8 | 1,534.8 | up 5.5% | 2021: partial year: 11 of 12 months |
| Burglary | 1,430 | 731.9 | 210.3 | 193.6 | down 2.8% | 2021: partial year: 11 of 12 months |
| Larceny-theft | 5,744 | 2,939.7 | 1,090.7 | 1,144.1 | up 13.7% | 2021: partial year: 11 of 12 months |
| Motor vehicle theft | 1,422 | 727.8 | 160.8 | 197.0 | down 13.5% | 2021: partial year: 11 of 12 months |
| Arson | 131 | 67.0 | Not estimated | Not estimated | up 24.8% | 2021: partial year: 11 of 12 months |
Reported = offenses known to the Birmingham Police Department and sent to the FBI. Alabama and US are FBI estimates for the same year. Changes compare rates of full years only.
Violent crime rate, 2021 to 2025
2021: partial year: 11 of 12 months. No rate is drawn for that year, and the line breaks there.
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| Year | Birmingham | United States | Alabama |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Partial year: 11 of 12 months | 387.0 | 348.3 |
| 2022 | 1,695.5 | 388.7 | 438.1 |
| 2023 | 1,553.1 | 379.5 | 417.2 |
| 2024 | 1,275.7 | 362.9 | 372.9 |
| 2025 | 1,238.5 | 327.6 | 348.3 |
Property crime rate, 2021 to 2025
2021: partial year: 11 of 12 months. No rate is drawn for that year, and the line breaks there.
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| Year | Birmingham | United States | Alabama |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Partial year: 11 of 12 months | 1,832.3 | 1,470.8 |
| 2022 | 4,320.4 | 1,973.8 | 1,835.0 |
| 2023 | 4,677.7 | 1,934.1 | 1,866.9 |
| 2024 | 4,233.5 | 1,761.1 | 1,600.7 |
| 2025 | 4,466.4 | 1,534.8 | 1,461.8 |
Is Birmingham safe?
We don't rate cities as safe or unsafe. What the FBI's numbers show: in 2025 the violent crime rate the Birmingham Police Department reported, 1,238.5 per 100,000 residents, was higher than Alabama's 348.3, and higher than the US rate of 327.6 (FBI estimates). It fell 2.9% from 2024.
What these numbers can't tell you:
- How crime differs between neighborhoods (the FBI publishes agency totals only).
- Crimes nobody reported to the police.
- How many offenses involved visitors and commuters, who are not in the population count.
Birmingham police counted 2,420 violent crimes reported to the FBI in 2025, a rate of 1,238.5 per 100,000 residents covered by the Birmingham Police Department. The FBI's Alabama estimate for that year was 348.3 and the US rate was 327.6, so the city's figure came to 3.6 times the state and 3.8 times the nation. Property crime stood at 4,466.4 per 100,000, which is 3.1 times the Alabama estimate of 1,461.8.
Violent crime is down 27.0% since 2022, when the rate was 1,695.5, and 2.9% from 2024. Property crime moved the other way: up 3.4% from 2022 and 5.5% from 2024. Larceny-theft had the largest rise of the property offenses from 2022 to 2025, 16.4%, and made up 66% of property crime in 2025.
Motor vehicle theft fell the most of the property offenses over the same years, 22.3%, to 727.8 per 100,000. Among violent offenses, murder fell the most from 2024 to 2025, 28.2%, to 43.0 per 100,000, or 84 homicides. That murder rate is 10.5 times the US figure of 4.1.
Aggravated assault accounted for 79% of violent crime, 1,912 offenses. All 12 months were sent for 4 of the 5 years shown; 2021 is a partial year: 11 of 12 months. It has reported to NIBRS since 2021 and had 4.84 police employees per 1,000 residents in 2025.
The Jefferson and Shelby County sheriffs and University of Alabama at Birmingham police report separately, so their cases are not in these numbers.
Written from the numbers on this page. Every figure and every comparison is checked against the stored FBI data before publishing.
Police employees, 2025: 4.84 per 1,000 residents (755 officers, 190 civilians), FBI Crime Data Explorer. Shown as context, not as a measure of crime.
Sources
- FBI Crime Data Explorer, Birmingham Police Department (ORI AL0010200), offenses known to law enforcement and police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026. Crime Data Explorer
- FBI Crime Data Explorer, Alabama and United States estimated crime (Summary Reporting System estimates), 2021 to 2025.
- FBI, "UCR Statistics: Their Proper Use" (why we don't rank cities).
Every stored file behind this page (11)
- Birmingham Police Department (AL0010200): violent crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_AL0010200_violent_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Birmingham Police Department (AL0010200): murder, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_AL0010200_homicide__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Birmingham Police Department (AL0010200): rape, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_AL0010200_rape__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Birmingham Police Department (AL0010200): robbery, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_AL0010200_robbery__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Birmingham Police Department (AL0010200): aggravated assault, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_AL0010200_aggravated_assault__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Birmingham Police Department (AL0010200): property crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_AL0010200_property_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Birmingham Police Department (AL0010200): burglary, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_AL0010200_burglary__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Birmingham Police Department (AL0010200): larceny-theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_AL0010200_larceny__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Birmingham Police Department (AL0010200): motor vehicle theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_AL0010200_motor_vehicle_theft__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Birmingham Police Department (AL0010200): arson, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_AL0010200_arson__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Birmingham Police Department (AL0010200): police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/pe_agency_AL0010200__from-2021-to-2025.json)