Photo: Robert Donovan from Franklin, TN, USA · CC BY 2.0Mountain Brook reports less crime per resident than 75% of U.S. towns
On crimes reported to the FBI by Mountain Brook’s police in 2023–2025, it grades A− for safety: #8 of 130 graded towns in Alabama.
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 Mountain Brook
Mountain Brook reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 4 Alabama towns on Mountain Brook’s borders, 4 have a Safety Grade: Vestavia Hills (A−), Homewood (C), Irondale (C), Birmingham (D−). Neighbors ↓
Among Alabama towns, higher
Alabama’s cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Mountain Brook’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 94% of the 130 Alabama towns we grade, against 75% 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 Mountain Brook’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Both violent and property crime are lower than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the stronger of the two.
Reported crime is falling
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.
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| Year | Mountain Brook property | Rest of Alabama property | Mountain Brook violent | Rest of Alabama violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 9.4 | 24.9 | 0.3 | 5.4 |
| 2023 | 10.0 | 22.3 | 0.6 | 4.9 |
| 2024 | 7.7 | 21.8 | 0.7 | 4.8 |
| 2025 | 6.3 | 20.0 | 0.2 | 4.4 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Violent crime, by year and by type
Mountain Brook’s police reported 32 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.5 per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.7 in the rest of Alabama and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
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| Year | Mountain Brook | Rest of Alabama | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.3 | 5.4 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.6 | 4.9 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.7 | 4.8 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.2 | 4.4 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
For every 1,000 residents, about 6 property crimes reported
And fewer than 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
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.
140 crimes reported in 2025
4 violent and 136 property, as reported to the FBI by Mountain Brook’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
Four people died in crashes on Mountain Brook’s roads in 2019–2023
Mountain Brook had 4 fatal crashes in five years, in which four people died.
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 Mountain Brook’s size would see about 11 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Mountain Brook’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.
Mountain Brook and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mountain Brook | A− | 0.5 | 8.0 |
| Vestavia Hills | A− | 0.8 | 6.9 |
| Birmingham | D− | 13.4 | 43.2 |
| Irondale | C | 2.2 | 18.9 |
| Homewood | C | 1.6 | 20.5 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Alabama towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mountain Brook | A− | 0.5 | 8.0 |
| Helena | A | 0.6 | 4.4 |
| Albertville | C | 2.5 | 16.4 |
| Oxford | C− | 1.8 | 26.1 |
| Cullman | C− | 2.2 | 26.7 |
| Anniston | D− | 8.3 | 43.3 |
The five graded Alabama towns closest to Mountain Brook’s population (21,661), by grade.
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 Mountain Brook. 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 Mountain Brook’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (21,505 in 2025); our figure for Mountain Brook is 21,661 (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 Mountain Brook
Is Mountain Brook, AL safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Mountain Brook reports less crime per resident than 75% of U.S. towns, an A− Safety Grade and #8 of 130 in Alabama. Its police reported 0.5 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 Mountain Brook?
0.5 violent and 8.0 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Alabama reports 4.7 and 21.4; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is crime going up or down in Mountain Brook?
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
Is Mountain Brook safer than Vestavia Hills?
Vestavia Hills reports more crime per resident than Mountain Brook: Vestavia Hills grades A− for safety and Mountain Brook A−. Vestavia Hills’s police reported 0.8 violent and 6.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Mountain Brook?
Mountain Brook’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Mountain Brook”. 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.