What is the crime rate in Calera, AL?

In 2025, the Calera Police Department reported 50 violent crimes and 241 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 263 violent and 1,266 property crimes per 100,000 of the 19,040 residents it serves.

Across Alabama the rates were 353 and 1,502.

Nationally they were 330 and 1,552.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Violent per 100,000: 263
Property per 100,000: 1,266
Violent crimes: 50
Property crimes: 241

Crime reported by the Calera Police Department, 2023 to 2025

Offenses known to law enforcement, reported to the FBI; rates per 100,000 residents of the area the department serves
Year	Violent crimes	Violent per 100,000	Property crimes	Property per 100,000	Residents served
2023	35	189	268	1,446	18,531
2024	43	229	250	1,334	18,747
2025	50	263	241	1,266	19,040

Violent crimes reported went from 35 in 2023 to 50 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 268 in 2023 to 241 in 2025.

In a small town a handful of incidents moves these numbers a long way, so one year’s change says little on its own.

Calera against Alabama and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Calera	263	1,266
Alabama	353	1,502
United States	330	1,552

These are rates per resident; they are not adjusted for visitors, commuters or the size of the area, which raise or lower a town’s figures without changing anybody’s risk.

Crime reported in places near Calera, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Calera	—	263	1,266
Montevallo	5.9 mi	114	645
Alabaster	7.8 mi	95	962
Columbiana	8.9 mi	180	980
Jemison	11 mi	226	1,743
Helena	14 mi	76	422
Pelham	14 mi	156	821
Thorsby	14 mi	180	315
Hoover	18 mi	66	1,034

Neighboring departments count the same offenses the same way, but their areas, populations and visitors differ, so a difference between two towns is a starting point for a question, not an answer.

How to read these numbers

These are offenses known to the police and reported to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program: crimes nobody reported, or that a department did not record, are not in them.

Violent crime is murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property crime is burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft and arson.

A department reports the crimes in the area it polices, which can differ from the town’s boundaries, and the FBI estimates the population it serves.

The FBI asks that these figures not be used to rank places or to judge how safe a neighborhood is: crime depends on many local factors, and the counts describe a whole town, not any street or home.

A year is shown only when the department reported all twelve months.

FBI: Uniform Crime Reporting statistics and their proper use

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