Photo: Johntrinh06 · CC BY 4.0Per resident, Hoover records less violent crime than 76% of U.S. towns
Across all the graded crimes, Hoover lands on B (#19 of 130 graded towns in Alabama): close to the middle of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025. On top of that, of the 5 towns on its borders with figures, 2 record less crime per resident. Year on year, 0.7 violent crime and 12.4 incidents of property crime occur per 1,000 residents, compared with 4.8 and 21.6 in the rest of Alabama. Per resident, the graded crimes were down 27% from 2023 to 2025.
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 Hoover
2 of the 5 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 8 Alabama towns on Hoover’s borders, 5 have a Safety Grade: Helena (A), Vestavia Hills (A−), Homewood (C), Birmingham (D−), Bessemer (D−). Meadowbrook and Eagle Point are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own. Indian Springs Village has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Among Alabama towns, higher
Alabama’s cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Hoover’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 85% of the 130 Alabama towns we grade, against 58% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
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 Hoover’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds Hoover’s grade up; property crime pulls it down. Its property rate (12.4) is below the FBI’s national estimate (17.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Hoover | Rest of Alabama | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.0 | 5.5 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.8 | 5.0 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.8 | 4.9 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.7 | 4.5 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Hoover’s police reported 205 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.7 per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.8 in the rest of Alabama and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Hoover property | Rest of Alabama property | Hoover violent | Rest of Alabama violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 15.6 | 25.2 | 1.0 | 5.5 |
| 2023 | 14.2 | 22.5 | 0.8 | 5.0 |
| 2024 | 12.6 | 22.0 | 0.8 | 4.9 |
| 2025 | 10.3 | 20.2 | 0.7 | 4.5 |
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.
Crime in Hoover 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 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
1,022 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.
61 violent and 961 property, as reported to the FBI by Hoover’s police.
25 people died in crashes on Hoover’s roads in 2019–2023
Hoover had 22 fatal crashes in five years, in which 25 people died; 6 were pedestrians. 6 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 5.4 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, below the median for Alabama towns of 25,000–100,000 people (9.5, 19 towns).
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.
Hoover and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hoover | B | 0.7 | 12.4 |
| Helena | A | 0.6 | 4.4 |
| Vestavia Hills | A− | 0.8 | 6.9 |
| Meadowbrook | — | — | — |
| Birmingham | D− | 13.4 | 43.2 |
| Bessemer | D− | 19.4 | 73.2 |
| Eagle Point | — | — | — |
| Indian Springs Village | — | — | — |
| Homewood | C | 1.6 | 20.5 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Meadowbrook and Eagle Point are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own. Indian Springs Village has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
Alabama towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hoover | B | 0.7 | 12.4 |
| Auburn | B | 1.3 | 9.9 |
| Madison | B− | 1.6 | 10.7 |
| Decatur | D | 5.8 | 21.5 |
| Tuscaloosa | D | 5.3 | 26.8 |
| Dothan | D | 8.8 | 28.9 |
The five graded Alabama towns closest to Hoover’s population (93,550), 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 Hoover. A citywide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of the city to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Hoover’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (93,094 in 2025); our figure for Hoover is 93,550 (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 Hoover
Is Hoover, AL safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Hoover reports less crime per resident than 58% of U.S. towns, a B Safety Grade and #19 of 130 in Alabama. Its police reported 0.7 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.8 in the rest of Alabama and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Hoover?
0.7 violent and 12.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Alabama reports 4.8 and 21.6; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
How many homicides were there in Hoover in 2025?
Hoover’s police reported 2 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 2.1 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Hoover safer than Helena?
Helena reports less crime per resident than Hoover: Helena grades A for safety and Hoover B. Helena’s police reported 0.6 violent and 4.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Hoover?
Hoover’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Hoover”. 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.