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Tuscaloosa

Tuscaloosa, Alabama crime and tract data guide. Read the citywide pattern first, then move into tract pages and comparison pages to see where the local differences are most pronounced.

Population
220,211
Tuscaloosa covered by 67 underlying areas.
Violent crime
5.6 / 1k
Violent crime moved up by 4.3 / 1k from 1.3 / 1k in 2021 to 5.6 / 1k in 2024. The earlier baseline was too small for a reliable headline percentage.
Property crime
27.5 / 1k
Property crime moved up by 22.5 / 1k from 5.0 / 1k in 2021 to 27.5 / 1k in 2024. The earlier baseline was too small for a reliable headline percentage.
Market rent
$1,457
Market rent has increased 24% since 2022. Rent here is ZIP-derived market context.
Signals

What Tuscaloosa is signaling right now

City-level signals summarize safety, market pressure, quality, and upside without loading the application bundle.

Safety

0/100

Scores in the 0th percentile for lower violent crime relative to its peer set. Higher scores indicate safer conditions based on the current violent-crime rate.

Momentum

50/100

Development activity lands around the 50th percentile once permit intensity is normalized by household base — a forward-looking signal for neighborhood improvement trajectory.

Quality

51/100

Retail discovery mix places this area around the 51st percentile — curated premium-versus-value retail tagging, openings, and category mix are used to summarize commercial quality.

Investor Upside

50/100

Forward-looking composite places this area in the 50th percentile — a weighted blend of development momentum and retail quality signaling medium-term investment potential.

Benchmarks

Tuscaloosa compared with Alabama

Tuscaloosa city pages are rolled up from tract-level metrics, then linked into tract pages and city comparison reads so you can move from the citywide pattern into the places driving it.

Violent Crime

5.6 / 1k

4.1 / 1k state · 4.0 / 1k national

Property Crime

27.5 / 1k

22.0 / 1k state · 19.6 / 1k national

Market Rent (ZIP-derived)

$1,457

$1,422 state

Permits 12M

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