Rosedale Historic District · Photo: Chris Pruitt · CC BY-SA 3.0For property crime, Homewood trails 78% of U.S. towns per resident
The crimes the grade counts fell 28% per resident from 2023 to 2025. Across all the graded crimes, Homewood lands on C (#46 of 130 graded towns in Alabama): more crime per resident than 67% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025. Even so, each year brought 1.6 violent crimes and 20.5 incidents of property crime for every 1,000 residents (4.7 and 21.3 in the rest of Alabama). Of the 4 towns on its borders with figures, 3 record less crime per resident.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of AL” is every other Alabama city and town in the FBI’s tables; the U.S. figure is the FBI’s national estimate as published, averaged over the three years. The FBI publishes no national homicide or robbery rate in our data, so those compare with all U.S. cities and towns in its tables.
What stands out about safety in Homewood
3 of the 4 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 4 Alabama towns on Homewood’s borders, 4 have a Safety Grade: Vestavia Hills (A−), Mountain Brook (A−), Hoover (B), Birmingham (D−). Neighbors ↓
Among Alabama towns, closer to the middle
Alabama’s cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Homewood’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 65% of the 130 Alabama towns we grade, against 33% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
A college town
Homewood is home to Samford University, with 5,725 students taking classes on campus (federal college data), and 17% of residents are enrolled in college (Census). Students who live in town count as residents, so they are part of the per-resident rate. How to read it ↓
A job center
Homewood has 34,782 jobs based in town for 28,118 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
Reported crime is falling
Crime reported per resident fell from 2023 to 2025 by more than ordinary year-to-year swings, on the grade’s own score. Trend ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Homewood’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds Homewood’s grade up; property crime pulls it down.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Homewood property | Rest of Alabama property | Homewood violent | Rest of Alabama violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 13.2 | 24.9 | 0.7 | 5.4 |
| 2023 | 24.5 | 22.2 | 1.7 | 4.9 |
| 2024 | 19.5 | 21.8 | 1.5 | 4.8 |
| 2025 | 17.3 | 19.9 | 1.6 | 4.4 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Alabama.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Homewood | Rest of Alabama | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.7 | 5.4 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.7 | 4.9 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.5 | 4.8 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.6 | 4.4 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Homewood’s police reported 135 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.6 per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.7 in the rest of Alabama and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Crime in Homewood per 1,000 residents
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
And about 2 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
531 crimes reported in 2025
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
45 violent and 486 property, as reported to the FBI by Homewood’s police.
Five people died in crashes on Homewood’s roads in 2019–2023
Homewood had 5 fatal crashes in five years, in which five people died; 2 were pedestrians. 1 died in crash on an Interstate.
That is fewer than is typical for Alabama towns of 25,000–100,000 people: at their median rate (9.5 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Homewood’s size would see about 13 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Homewood’s own rate (3.6) 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.
Homewood and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homewood | C | 1.6 | 20.5 |
| Birmingham | D− | 13.4 | 43.2 |
| Vestavia Hills | A− | 0.8 | 6.9 |
| Hoover | B | 0.7 | 12.4 |
| Mountain Brook | A− | 0.5 | 8.0 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Alabama towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homewood | C | 1.6 | 20.5 |
| Pelham | B | 1.6 | 8.8 |
| Fairhope | B− | 1.4 | 12.4 |
| Foley | C+ | 1.9 | 13.7 |
| Trussville | C+ | 1.3 | 17.6 |
| Enterprise | D | 7.1 | 23.1 |
The five graded Alabama towns closest to Homewood’s population (28,118), by grade.
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.
- One number for all of Homewood. A town-wide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of town to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Homewood’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (28,051 in 2025); our figure for Homewood is 28,118 (2025 Census estimate).
- 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 Homewood
Is Homewood, AL safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Homewood reports more crime per resident than 67% of U.S. towns, a C Safety Grade and #46 of 130 in Alabama. Its police reported 1.6 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.7 in the rest of Alabama and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Homewood?
1.6 violent and 20.5 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Alabama reports 4.7 and 21.3; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
How many homicides were there in Homewood in 2025?
Homewood’s police reported 0 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 0.0 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Homewood safer than Birmingham?
Birmingham reports more crime per resident than Homewood: Birmingham grades D− for safety and Homewood C. Birmingham’s police reported 13.4 violent and 43.2 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Homewood?
Homewood’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Homewood”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, 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.