Echo Highlands, Birmingham, AL Murder Rates and Murder Maps

Crime Grade's murder map shows the safest places in Echo Highlands in green. The most dangerous areas in Echo Highlands are in red, with moderately safe areas in yellow. Crime rates on the map are weighted by the type and severity of the crime.

Is Echo Highlands, Birmingham, AL Safe from Murder?

The D grade means the rate of murder is higher than the average US neighborhood. Echo Highlands is in the 20th percentile for safety, meaning 80% of neighborhoods are safer and 20% of neighborhoods are more dangerous. This analysis applies to Echo Highlands's proper boundaries only. See the table on nearby places below for nearby neighborhoods.

The rate of murder in Echo Highlands is 0.1403 per 1,000 residents during a standard year. People who live in Echo Highlands generally consider the northwest part of the neighborhood to be the safest.

Your chance of being a victim of murder in Echo Highlands may be as high as 1 in 5,842 in the north neighborhoods, or as low as 1 in 9,190 in the northwest part of the neighborhood.

By a simple count ignoring population, more murder occurs in the southwest parts of Echo Highlands, Birmingham, AL: about 0 per year. The southeast part of Echo Highlands has fewer cases of murder with only 0 in a typical year.

How Echo Highlands's Murder Rate Compares

The chart below compares the murder rate in Echo Highlands to the Alabama state average and the national average. All rates are the number of crimes per 1,000 residents in a standard year.

Considering only the murder rate, Echo Highlands is less safe than the Alabama state average and less safe than the national average.

See how CrimeGrade calculates these grades and rates on the CrimeGrade methodology page.

The Cost of Murder in Echo Highlands, Birmingham, AL

Murder is projected to cost the residents of Echo Highlands about $766,986 in 2025, or roughly $264 per resident. This is part of Echo Highlands's overall Cost of Crime™. See the full cost-of-crime breakdown for Echo Highlands, including every crime type and how Echo Highlands compares to other neighborhoods.

Interpreting the Murder Map

Remember that murder rates are measured per resident. Places with heavy daytime traffic, like shopping districts, airports, and parks, can look more dangerous than they are for the people who live there. See a full guide to reading Echo Highlands's crime maps on the Echo Highlands overall crime page.

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Individual Echo Highlands Crime Maps & Stats

Murder Maps and Rates for Nearby Neighborhoods

Compared to surrounding neighborhoods, the rate of murder in Echo Highlands is lower. The table below shows Crime Grades for neighborhoods close to Echo Highlands.

Nearby Neighborhood	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade	Murder Crime Grade
Roebuck, Birmingham, AL	D	C-	D	D-
Spring Lake, Birmingham, AL	D	D-	D	F
Apple Valley, Birmingham, AL	C+	C+	B-	D-
Huffman, Birmingham, AL	C-	D+	C-	D-
South East Lake, Birmingham, AL	D+	D	C-	D-
Crestline, Birmingham, AL	C-	B	C	C-
Forest Park, Birmingham, AL	D-	D+	D	D+
Norwood, Birmingham, AL	F	F	F	F
Highland Park, Birmingham, AL	D+	C+	C+	D+
Southside, Birmingham, AL	F	D-	D-	D

Murder in Neighborhood with Similar Populations

Echo Highlands is higher versus other neighborhoods of the same size for murder. The table below compares murder in neighborhoods with comparable overall population.

Similar Neighborhood	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade	Murder Crime Grade
Villa Cresta, Parkville, MD	D+	B-	B-	B-
Broadacres Homes, Athens, GA	D	C-	C-	C-
Canyon Creek-39th SE, Bothell, WA	B	B-	B-	A+
Center Square, Albany, NY	B	D+	D+	B
Urbanizacion Vistamar, Carolina, PR	C-	D+	D+	F
Clarksville, Austin, TX	C-	C-	C-	C
Cleveland Heights, Lakeland, FL	A+	A	A	A-
Collingwood, Charlotte, NC	D+	C+	C+	C-
Colonial Hills, Lincoln, NE	A-	A+	A+	A
Williamson Road, Roanoke, VA	F	D+	D+	D

Safety and school performance are separate topics, but both shape moving decisions. Using SchoolGrade data, schools in Echo Highlands, Birmingham, AL average SchoolGrade of F, with 10% actual proficiency versus 19% projected; overall, schools underperform expectations. See Echo Highlands schools on SchoolGrade

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