Decision-support ranking comparing Alabama cities by current violent crime per 1,000 using the currently published coarse crime context, then routing readers into each city brief for tract context and caveats.
Ranked rows are precomputed and served as static HTML from R2.
| # | Place | Metric | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bessemer Violent Crime has declined 19% since 2022. |
13.8 / 1k | → |
| 2 | Birmingham Violent Crime has declined 12% since 2021. |
11.5 / 1k | → |
| 3 | Anniston Violent Crime has increased 6% since 2021. |
8.5 / 1k | → |
| 4 | Dothan Violent Crime moved up by 6.6 / 1k from 0.7 / 1k in 2021 to 7.3 / 1k in 2024. The earlier baseline was too small for a reliable headline percentage. |
7.3 / 1k | → |
| 5 | Phenix City Violent Crime has increased 5% since 2021. |
6.7 / 1k | → |
| 6 | Mobile Violent Crime has declined 74% since 2021. |
6.5 / 1k | → |
| 7 | Jacksonville Violent Crime has increased 13% since 2021. |
6.3 / 1k | → |
| 8 | Enterprise Violent Crime has increased 68% since 2021. |
6.2 / 1k | → |
| 9 | Tuscaloosa 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. |
5.6 / 1k | → |
| 10 | Decatur Violent Crime moved up by 4.7 / 1k from 0.8 / 1k in 2021 to 5.5 / 1k in 2024. The earlier baseline was too small for a reliable headline percentage. |
5.5 / 1k | → |
| 11 | Florence Violent Crime has increased 77% since 2021. |
5.5 / 1k | → |
| 12 | Montgomery Violent Crime does not yet have a long enough history to describe a full trend. |
5.2 / 1k | → |
| 13 | Opelika Violent Crime has declined 18% since 2021. |
4.9 / 1k | → |
| 14 | Huntsville Violent Crime has increased 70% since 2022. |
4.6 / 1k | → |
| 15 | Jasper Violent Crime has increased 15% since 2021. |
4.5 / 1k | → |
| 16 | Orange Beach Violent Crime has increased 39% since 2021. |
3.9 / 1k | → |
| 17 | Vance Violent Crime moved up by 3.4 / 1k from 0.5 / 1k in 2021 to 3.9 / 1k in 2024. The earlier baseline was too small for a reliable headline percentage. |
3.9 / 1k | → |
| 18 | Troy Violent Crime has increased 32% since 2021. |
3.7 / 1k | → |
| 19 | Clanton Violent Crime moved up by 2.7 / 1k from 0.9 / 1k in 2021 to 3.6 / 1k in 2024. The earlier baseline was too small for a reliable headline percentage. |
3.6 / 1k | → |
| 20 | Ozark Violent Crime has increased 20% since 2021. |
3.6 / 1k | → |
| 21 | Odenville Violent Crime has declined 8% since 2021. |
3.3 / 1k | → |
| 22 | Leeds Violent Crime has declined 3% since 2022. |
3.2 / 1k | → |
| 23 | Pell City Violent Crime has increased 3% since 2022. |
3.0 / 1k | → |
| 24 | Midfield Violent Crime has declined 78% since 2021. |
2.7 / 1k | → |
| 25 | Gulf Shores Violent Crime has increased 18% since 2021. |
2.6 / 1k | → |
This page is useful for a current statewide pressure screen. It compares supported Alabama cities by aggregate violent-crime rate before you open the deeper city briefs. Outside Colorado, this remains statewide fallback context rather than local incident-feed depth.
A current city rate does not tell you whether conditions are improving, how concentrated the pressure is, or which neighborhoods are driving it. Open the city brief and neighborhood pages next.