Violent Crime

The Violent Crime indicator is the annual rate of reported violent crime per 1,000 residents. Violent crime includes murders, forcible rape, robberies, and aggravated assaults. Major risk factors for violence include gender and deviant behaviors, such as using and selling drugs, committing nonviolent felonies, and engaging in other forms of nonviolent delinquency. Low academic orientation, lack of parental affection and support, and perceptions of parents’ substance use also show strong links with violent behavior. Violence has a self-evident relationship to health and is a widely understood, meaningful, and nationally reported metric of community health. According to Dahlberg (1998) four key risk factors are associated with youth violence in United States: individual factors, family factors, peer/school factors, and environment/neighborhood factors. Juvenile offenders, frequently turn into adult offenders. Additionally, being a victim of or witness to violent crime can also have negative effects on mental health, such as post-traumatic stress disorder. Posted under the Health Systems and Public Safety domain, the Violent Crime indicator also impacts the Economic Health, Social Cohesion, Employment Opportunities, Educational Opportunities, and Neighborhood Characteristics domains. It is an “inverse” measure, as the higher the crime rate the higher the negative impact on the neighborhood. Crime data is available from the City of Birmingham Police Department.

Neighborhood Indicator Value Ranksort descending
Brummitt Heights 0 1
Hillman Park 6.1 2
Oak Ridge 11.4 3
Dolomite 27.5 4
Redmont Park 32.3 5
Highland Park 33 6
Smithfield Estates 33.9 7
Sherman Heights 36.3 8
Grasselli Heights 36.6 9
East Brownville 39.3 10
Oxmoor 44.3 11
Garden Highlands 46.1 12
Sandusky 46.3 13
South Titusville 52 14
Maple Grove 57.1 15
Echo Highlands 58.9 16
Riley 62.1 17
West Goldwire 62.5 18
West Brownville 62.5 18
Central Pratt 64.1 20
East Thomas 64.2 21
Spring Lake 65.3 22
College Hills 67.9 23
Huffman 68.1 24
Roebuck Springs 68.2 25
Green Acres 69.6 26
Fairmont 70.7 27
Killough Springs 70.7 27
North Pratt 71.3 29
Pine Knoll Vista 71.8 30
Enon Ridge 72.6 31
Bush Hills 73.5 32
Roosevelt 74.5 33
Powderly 75.1 34
South Pratt 75.5 35
Industrial Center 76.2 36
Five Points South 77.6 37
Glen Iris 78 38
South East Lake 78.7 39
Woodland Park 78.9 40
Mason City 78.9 40
Wylam 79.1 42
Jones Valley 80.1 43
Collegeville 85.1 44
Airport Highlands 85.7 45
Crestwood North 85.9 46
Evergreen 87.1 47
West End Manor 87.1 47
Ensley Highlands 87.2 49
Inglenook 87.3 50
Germania Park 87.6 51
Forest Park 90.4 52
Crestline 92.4 53
Belview Heights 92.4 53
Liberty Highlands 92.8 55
Oakwood Place 96 56
Penfield Park 99.6 57
Zion City 101.6 58
Norwood 102.1 59
Harriman Park 103.4 60
Sun Valley 110.1 61
Crestwood South 110.5 62
North Titusville 110.6 63
Kingston 112.3 64
Tarpley City 117.4 65
Bridlewood 119.6 66
Hooper City 122.8 67
Central City 124.9 68
Brown Springs 128.9 69
Arlington - West End 129.8 70
Druid Hills 130.2 71
Fairview 131.8 72
Graymont 138.1 73
South Woodlawn 140.6 74
East Avondale 142.3 75
Hillman 156.4 76
Oak Ridge Park 159.1 77
Brownsville Heights 161.3 78
North Birmingham 165.2 79
Tuxedo 166.3 80
Central Park 168.8 81
Roebuck 170.4 82
Acipco-Finley 172.5 83
North Avondale 180.6 84
Woodlawn 183.6 85
Thomas 185.2 86
Gate City 196.7 87
East Lake 203.3 88
Ensley 210.7 89
Southside 211.7 90
Fountain Heights 219.7 91
Apple Valley 219.9 92
Overton 229 93
Smithfield 249.7 94
Wahouma 258.8 95
North East Lake 261.3 96
East Birmingham 349.6 97
Eastwood 383.8 98
Rising - West Princeton 423.7 99

Key Citations:
1. Saner, Hilary; Ellickson, Phyllis. Concurrent Risk Factors for Adolescent Violence. Journal of Adolescent Health. 1996;19:94-103.
2. Dahlberg, Linda L. Youth Violence in the United States: Major Trends, Risk Factors, and Prevention Approaches. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 1998;14:259-272.