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Is Birmingham, AL Safe? 2026 Crime Rates & Safety Report

Key facts

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    Birmingham, Alabama reported 958.25 aggravated assault offenses per 100,000 residents in 2025, 4.17 times the national reference of 229.56 per 100,000 and 728.69 per 100,000 above that reference, with 1,910 annual reported offenses (FBI CDE 2025 profile).

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    Birmingham, Alabama reported 193.66 robbery offenses per 100,000 residents in 2025, 4.01 times the national reference of 48.24 per 100,000 and 145.42 per 100,000 above that reference, with 386 annual reported offenses (FBI CDE 2025 profile).

  3. 03

    Birmingham, Alabama reported 716.43 burglary offenses per 100,000 residents in 2025, 3.81 times the national reference of 188.15 per 100,000 and 528.28 per 100,000 above that reference, with 1,428 annual reported offenses (FBI CDE 2025 profile).

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    Birmingham, Alabama reported 713.42 motor vehicle theft offenses per 100,000 residents in 2025, 3.70 times the national reference of 193.00 per 100,000 and 520.42 per 100,000 above that reference, with 1,422 annual reported offenses (FBI CDE 2025 profile).

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    Birmingham, Alabama reported 2,878.26 larceny-theft offenses per 100,000 residents in 2025, 2.60 times the national reference of 1,106.97 per 100,000 and 1,771.29 per 100,000 above that reference, with 5,737 annual reported offenses (FBI CDE 2025 profile).

Quick answer

In the Safety Atlas 2026 public safety index, Birmingham, AL has an adjusted safety score of 23.42 out of 100. It ranks #6 in this comparison set out of the 6 jurisdictions in the current scored comparison set in Alabama. Its overall crime trajectory is currently classified as increasing.

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Chart of Birmingham, AL crime statistics: Birmingham reported 2,418 violent offenses in 2025, 2.9% fewer than in 2024. Shows violent and property monthly bars.
Birmingham reported 2,418 violent offenses in 2025, 2.9% fewer than in 2024. Source: FBI NIBRS, 2025, AL0010200. Counts of reported offenses, not rates. CC BY 4.0
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Violent: murder, rape, robbery, aggravated assault. Property: burglary, larceny, vehicle theft, arson. Subcategories are excluded to avoid double counting. Counts are offenses reported to police in this jurisdiction, not rates, neighborhood scores or a census of all crime.

Monthly source sums, 2025
MonthViolentProperty
Jan239737
Feb142575
Mar189613
Apr194663
May214802
Jun190822
Jul213838
Aug202769
Sep216800
Oct213691
Nov204703
Dec202705

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23.42 / 100
Adjusted safety score
Personal safety37.1
Property security3.16
Community order19.62

2026 edition, FBI source year 2025.

Analyst takeaways · computed from the 2025 monthly series

Birmingham in 7 numbers

  1. Robbery fell 3%. 386 reports in 2025 vs 399 in 2024 (−3%), the largest year-over-year move of any indicator offense.
  2. Almost half of all reports are property crime. 10,613 of 23,443 reports (45.3%); larceny-theft alone is 5,737 (24.5%).
  3. Clearances skew toward violent crime. 41.7% of homicides cleared vs 2.3% of larcenies and 4.5% of burglaries (2025, reports cleared ÷ reports received).
  4. A second look at robbery. July (44) ran 2.4× February (18); the year finished down 3%.
  5. Robbery is volatile but stable. Monthly counts swung 2.4× (Jul 44 vs Feb 18); the year finished about level with 2024.
  6. The biggest volume isn’t violent. Vandalism (5,658) and simple assault (2,365) dwarf the whole personal-safety total (2,451, 10.5% of reports).
  7. Small months, big bars. December’s 26 robberies vs July’s 44 is a gap of 18 reports, monthly charts amplify small-number swings. Read the 12-month direction, not one bar.

Takeaways are computed from FBI CDE reported counts (source year 2025, AL0010200). They describe reported data, not forecasts; check the methodology and coverage notes before reuse.

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Key Public Safety Indicators

Reported rates per 100,000 residents; national references shown alongside.

Offense Class Annual Count Rate per 100K National Avg vs National
Robbery 386 193.66 48.24 4.01× national
Aggravated Assault 1910 958.25 229.56 4.17× national
Burglary 1428 716.43 188.15 3.81× national
Larceny-theft 5737 2878.26 1106.97 2.6× national
Motor Vehicle Theft 1422 713.42 193.0 3.7× national
FBI NIBRS monthly detail · source year 2025

Birmingham monthly trend: reported counts through December 2025

Annual totals hide timing. The bars below show 2025 reported counts per month for the three highest-relative indicator offenses; each table carries the same numbers with FBI pre-computed rates. The full 19-offense monthly series (2020-2025) is downloadable below.

Aggravated Assault, month by month

→ Stable, 1910 reports vs 1945 in 2024 (about level in reported data).

Aggravated Assault 2025: reported counts and FBI pre-computed rates per 100,000
MonthCountRate per 100KCoverage
Jan 2025197100.82Full
Feb 202511659.37Full
Mar 202515277.79Full
Apr 202515478.82Full
May 202516483.93Full
Jun 202514875.74Full
Jul 202515579.33Full
Aug 202516081.89Full
Sep 202517388.54Full
Oct 202516584.45Full
Nov 202516483.93Full
Dec 202516282.91Full

Robbery, month by month

→ Stable, 386 reports vs 399 in 2024 (about level in reported data).

Robbery 2025: reported counts and FBI pre-computed rates per 100,000
MonthCountRate per 100KCoverage
Jan 20253015.35Full
Feb 2025189.21Full
Mar 20253115.87Full
Apr 20253015.35Full
May 20254020.47Full
Jun 20253216.38Full
Jul 20254422.52Full
Aug 20253216.38Full
Sep 20253417.4Full
Oct 20254020.47Full
Nov 20252914.84Full
Dec 20252613.31Full

Burglary, month by month

→ Stable, 1428 reports vs 1471 in 2024 (about level in reported data).

Burglary 2025: reported counts and FBI pre-computed rates per 100,000
MonthCountRate per 100KCoverage
Jan 202513770.12Full
Feb 20258141.45Full
Mar 20257337.36Full
Apr 202510051.18Full
May 202513468.58Full
Jun 202514473.7Full
Jul 202515076.77Full
Aug 202511860.39Full
Sep 202514775.23Full
Oct 202511458.34Full
Nov 202512765Full
Dec 202510352.71Full

Clearances: what got cleared in 2025

42% of homicides cleared vs 2% of larcenies, clearance follows violent crime, not volume.

Clearances 2025: reports cleared per 100 reports received, highest rate first
OffenseReportedClearedClearance rate
Homicide843541.7%
Aggravated Assault1,91028514.9%
Robbery3867419.2%
Burglary1,428644.5%
Larceny-theft5,7371312.3%
Motor Vehicle Theft1,422775.4%

Clearances ÷ reports received; clearances may concern earlier reports, so this is not a solve rate.

Monthly counts and FBI pre-computed rates per 100,000, FBI CDE source year 2025, AL0010200. Rates use FBI month-specific covered-population denominators and are shown as published, not recomputed. A hyphen (-) means not reported, not zero. Annual totals equal the sum of shown months within ±2% (see manifest).

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City-specific reading

What drives Birmingham's safety score?

Birmingham ranks in the bottom quarter of the 6 jurisdictions in the current scored comparison set in Alabama, ahead of approximately 0% of that scored set. The profile uses a reporting population of 199,322 and source-year data through 2025; it is a citywide agency-level comparison, not a neighborhood forecast.

The strongest of the three score components is Personal Safety at 37.1, while Property Security is lowest at 3.16. The 33.94-point spread shows why the composite should be read by component instead of as a single absolute claim about safety.

Among the five public offense indicators, Aggravated Assault is highest relative to its national reference at 958.25 per 100,000 (4.17× the national rate). Larceny-theft is lowest on the same relative basis at 2878.26 per 100,000 (2.6× national).

Coverage check: 18 of 18 tracked offense classes have reportable values in this profile. Missing values are not converted to zero.

Public indicator mix

Birmingham, Alabama recorded 5,737 larceny-theft offenses in 2025, 52.7% of the 10,883 reports across its five public indicators, compared with 386 robbery reports (3.5%); this share covers only those five indicators, excluding other offense classes.

Birmingham, Alabama recorded 1,910 aggravated assault offenses in 2025, 17.6% of the 10,883 reports across its five public indicators, compared with 386 robbery reports (3.5%); this share covers only those five indicators, excluding other offense classes.

Birmingham, Alabama recorded 1,428 burglary offenses in 2025, 13.1% of the 10,883 reports across its five public indicators, compared with 386 robbery reports (3.5%); this share covers only those five indicators, excluding other offense classes.

Birmingham, Alabama uses a reporting population of 199,322 residents and has values for 18 of the 18 tracked offense classes (100.0%) in its 2025 profile; coverage describes available classes rather than the share of residents reporting crime.

Birmingham, Alabama has an adjusted score of 23.42 points out of 100 versus 80.19 in Hoover, Alabama, a difference of 56.77 points below that displayed state peer in the 2025 source-year profile; Birmingham ranks 6 of 6 scored jurisdictions in the published state comparison set.

Birmingham, Alabama has an adjusted score of 23.42 points out of 100 versus 45.13 in Montgomery, Alabama, a difference of 21.71 points below that displayed state peer in the 2025 source-year profile; Birmingham ranks 6 of 6 scored jurisdictions in the published state comparison set.

Detailed Crime Class Breakdown

Additional tracked offense classes

  • Homicide
  • Rape
  • Kidnapping/Abduction
  • Human Trafficking
  • Arson
  • Theft From Building
  • Theft From Motor Vehicle
  • Simple Assault
  • Intimidation
  • Stolen Property Offenses
  • Vandalism
  • Weapon Law Violations
  • Drug/Narcotic Violations

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is Birmingham safe compared to other places in Alabama?

Birmingham is classified as having low relative safety in the 2026 Safety Atlas Index. It has an adjusted safety score of 23.42 out of 100 and ranks #6 in this comparison set out of the 6 jurisdictions in the current scored comparison set in Alabama.

What is the crime rate in Birmingham?

Public offense rates are listed above.

What is Birmingham's safety rating?

Birmingham's safety rating in the 2026 Safety Atlas Index is 23.42 out of 100, which ranks #6 in this comparison set out of the 6 jurisdictions in the current scored comparison set in Alabama. Its overall crime trajectory is currently classified as increasing, using source-year data through 2025.

What is the safest neighborhood in Birmingham?

This profile covers the reporting jurisdiction; consult local sources for neighborhood detail.

Why are some crime statistics locked for Birmingham?

Full offense series: state workbook.

How fresh is the monthly crime data on this page?

Monthly figures track FBI CDE source year 2025, the same vintage as the annual table above. A new FBI release typically lags several months; the caption stamps the source year and export date. Values can revise when the FBI re-publishes. Full monthly series for Birmingham are downloadable as JSON and CSV.

Why does the monthly chart move so much?

Monthly counts are small numbers, a difference of a few reports swings the bar. Reporting practice, staffing, and seasonal patterns all move single months. Read the 12-month direction in the trajectory line, not one bar. This profile measures the reporting jurisdiction only; it cannot rank neighborhoods within Birmingham.

What does the clearance rate on this page mean?

It divides 2025 reports cleared by 2025 reports received for that offense, including clearances of earlier reports, so it is a workload snapshot, not a guarantee a given case is solved. In Birmingham, violent offenses clear at far higher rates than property offenses (homicide 42%, larceny-theft 2.3%). Monthly clearance detail is not published yet.

Reading notes

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Safety Atlas methodology · 2026 coverage report

Cite This Public Safety Profile

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APA Citation Format:
Safety Atlas. (2026). Birmingham, AL Public Safety Profile & Crime Rates. Retrieved from https://www.safetyatlas.us/safety/al/birmingham
MLA Citation Format:
"Birmingham, AL Public Safety Profile & Crime Rates." Safety Atlas, 2026, https://www.safetyatlas.us/safety/al/birmingham.

Primary Source Data Integrity

  • Crime Counts: FBI National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) database.
  • Demographics: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimate boundaries.
  • Methodology: Adjusted per-capita normalization with small-sample relief controls. View our complete Methodology Documentation.