What is the crime rate in Gardendale, AL?

In 2025, the Gardendale Police Department reported 32 violent crimes and 230 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 194 violent and 1,398 property crimes per 100,000 of the 16,457 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: 194
Property per 100,000: 1,398
Violent crimes: 32
Property crimes: 230

Crime reported by the Gardendale 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	52	318	396	2,420	16,361
2024	31	192	261	1,618	16,131
2025	32	194	230	1,398	16,457

Violent crimes reported went from 52 in 2023 to 32 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 396 in 2023 to 230 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.

Gardendale against Alabama and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Gardendale	194	1,398
Jefferson County	546	2,377
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 Gardendale, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Gardendale	—	194	1,398
Fultondale	3.9 mi	302	2,081
Morris	5.0 mi	44	527
Brookside	6.3 mi	288	935
Kimberly	7.1 mi	42	166
Graysville	8.1 mi	380	1,957
Warrior	9.7 mi	891	1,628
Birmingham	10 mi	1,239	4,466
Adamsville	11 mi	436	5,082

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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