Safety in Brook Highland: figures, but no grade
The closest graded town is Mountain Brook, 5 miles away, at A−. A 10-mile radius takes in 8 places that are graded. Brook Highland has no police department of its own: it’s an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) in Shelby County. The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office reports to the FBI for the parts of the county without police of their own, so there are no figures for Brook Highland alone, and no Safety Grade.
What stands out about safety in Brook Highland
Policed by the county
Brook Highland is a census-designated place, with no town government. Crimes there are reported to the FBI inside the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office’s totals for the county. County police ↓
Counts, not rates
The FBI doesn’t publish how many people the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office covers, so its totals can’t be turned into a per-resident rate or a grade for Brook Highland. County police ↓
The nearest graded towns
The closest Alabama towns with their own police figures are Mountain Brook (A−, 5 mi), Vestavia Hills (A−, 6 mi), Irondale (C, 7 mi). Nearby towns can differ a lot from Brook Highland. Nearest ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office reports
Reports to the FBI for the parts of Shelby County without police of their own, which include Brook Highland.
Property crimes
Violent crimes
2025 offenses reported by the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office
Counts, not rates: the FBI doesn’t publish how many people each agency covers. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, Tables 10–11.
Crimes reported to the FBI for the whole area the department covers, by year.
The nearest Alabama towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mountain Brook | A− | 5 mi | 0.5 | 8.0 |
| Vestavia Hills | A− | 6 mi | 0.8 | 6.9 |
| Irondale | C | 7 mi | 2.2 | 18.9 |
| Homewood | C | 7 mi | 1.6 | 20.5 |
| Pelham | B | 8 mi | 1.6 | 8.8 |
| Hoover | B | 8 mi | 0.7 | 12.4 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Brook Highland. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Brook Highland.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
No one died in a crash on Brook Highland’s roads in 2019–2023
That is fewer than is typical for Alabama towns of 5,000–25,000 people: at their median rate (9.6 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Brook Highland’s size would see about 4 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Brook Highland’s own rate (0.0) is context, not a ranking.
Deaths are counted where the crash happened, not where the people lived: a highway through town adds through-traffic deaths, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Town rates sit below state and U.S. rates because a third of fatal crashes happen outside any town. Road safety is described here and is not part of the Safety Grade. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023.
Brook Highland and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham | D− | 13.4 | 43.2 |
| Hoover | B | 0.7 | 12.4 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many crimes are never reported to police.
- A county agency covers a wide area. Its totals mix many communities, so they say little about any one of them.
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.
How the grade is calculated, for every town: How TownRatings grades safety →
Questions about safety in Brook Highland
Is Brook Highland, AL safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Brook Highland. The nearest Alabama towns with a grade are Mountain Brook (A−, 5 mi), Vestavia Hills (A−, 6 mi), Irondale (C, 7 mi).
Who polices Brook Highland?
The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office. Brook Highland is an unincorporated community, and the department reports to the FBI for the parts of Shelby County without police of their own.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Road deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.