Montgomery is the capital of Alabama, a city of 198,600 in Montgomery County · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in Montgomery?
Property crime is high in Montgomery: a B, with more property crime than the neighborhoods where 73% of Americans live. Theft makes up 43% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades C+, and vehicle theft grades B+.
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Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 618 of 1,000More property crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
27% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Montgomery as a whole, and 73% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Montgomery scores 618.
Crime is concentrated in a small share of places, so most neighborhoods score high on the 0 to 1,000 scale. That is why a score in the 800s can still mean more property crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its property crime with the homes, parked cars and people there, on one national scale, from green for the least to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy shopping center can show red while the homes beside it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a strong connection. Compare high speed internet in Montgomery, AL at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Montgomery, and anyone thinking about buying or renting a home there.
Business and enterprise customers: this free map shows neighborhood areas. CrimeGrade™ business reports map crime at about 66-meter detail and estimate it for one address and type of business. See business reports
What stands out about property crime in Montgomery
Burglary stands out among cities graded B for property crime. For the typical resident of a US city graded B for property crime, the figure is 2.7 burglaries a year per 1,000 residents; Montgomery has 6.2.
Car thefts happen at homes more often than nationally. In Montgomery, 55% of reported car thefts happen at homes, against 33% nationally.
Where property crime is lowest and highest in Montgomery
Low property crime is the norm across Montgomery: 58% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 8% in areas graded D or F. Property crime grades across Montgomery run from A+ to F.
58%34%
A or B 58%C 34%D or F 8%
Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
1Brentwood & Edgewood, southCar thefts run about 50% higher here than in the rest of Montgomery.B-607
2Downtown Montgomery & Garden District, westBurglaries run at about double the rate in the rest of Montgomery.C453
3Forest Park-Montgomery, Highland Park Montgomery & Old Cloverdale, centralCar thefts run about 80% higher here than in the rest of Montgomery.C421
Neighborhood areas of Montgomery, ranked by property crime CrimeGrade™; beside each grade is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer). Each one combines several of the smaller areas on the map.
Property crime rates and types in Montgomery
CrimeGrade™ estimates Montgomery has about 44 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 87% more than the US as a whole and 94% more than Alabama.
All property crime
Burglary
Vehicle theft
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. Property crime here includes vandalism, which the FBI's property crime rate leaves out.
Theft is the most common property crime in Montgomery, about 43% of the total, followed by vandalism and burglary.
Each CrimeGrade™ here compares a property crime with what it affects: homes for burglary and arson, parked cars for vehicle theft, people and parking for theft, homes and businesses for vandalism. Rates count crimes per 1,000 residents.
The Montgomery Police Department's 2024 report to the FBI was missing some months of burglary, theft, vehicle theft and vandalism; CrimeGrade™ filled them in from the department's own monthly pattern.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
Where and when property crime happens in Montgomery
Montgomery has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Montgomery, 49% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (49%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Car theft
Homes (55%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (58%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
Property crime in Montgomery and nearby cities
Montgomery has the most property crime of its 5 nearest cities.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Montgomery. Beside each property crime CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with cities of similar size and density, Montgomery has more property crime than 93% of them.
Empty homes, parking lots and walkability in Montgomery
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, two set Montgomery apart: it has 14.0% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally, and 2.9 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally. Places like that tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson, and they run high here.
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.14.0% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 95% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.2.9 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 82% of US city residents
Walk GradeBestNeighborhood's grade for getting through daily life on foot, traced along real walking routes to shops, schools and parks. Walkable places tend to report more theft. 85% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D (15 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 60% of US city residents
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JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft.64 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 82% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.12.3 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 72% of US city residents
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more car theft.9% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 64% of US city residents
These traits tend to go with more or less crime; none of them causes it on its own. Sources: Census job counts and housing figures, OpenStreetMap and Overture business listings, CrimeGrade™ parking estimates, NASA night-light imagery, US Forest Service tree cover, EPA transit data and BestNeighborhood's Walk Grade.
What property crime costs Montgomery
Property crime costs Montgomery about $66 million a year, or $332 per resident and about $793 per household: the value of what is stolen or damaged, plus the police, courts and prisons that respond.
Cost of property crime per resident, per year
How the cost breaks down
Pain and suffering add little to the cost of property crime, so this is close to its full cost.
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Burglary
$11 million
$56
Theft
$19 million
$97
Vehicle theft
$15 million
$75
Arson
$540,000
$3
Vandalism
$20 million
$101
Total
$66 million
$332
How CrimeGrade™ works
The property crime CrimeGrade™ covers burglary, theft, car theft, arson and vandalism, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most, on one scale for the whole country.
It weighs each property crime against what it affects: homes for burglary and arson, parked cars for car theft, and the people and parking around stores for theft.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them.
Comparisons with US neighborhoods use the Census Bureau's block groups, small areas of about 1,400 residents, and count the people who live in each. The figures count crimes reported to police; many crimes, shoplifting above all, never are. Behind the grades, CrimeGrade™ tested 21,607 factors from 125 data families. For business owners, paid CrimeGrade™ location reports estimate crime at a single address for each type of business.
Where the numbers come from
Crime reports that police departments file with the FBI
State crime records and city crime data, where they are published
Published research on what crime costs victims and communities
These are estimates of reported crime for whole areas, not a record of what happened on any one street. CrimeGrade™ updates them once a year and provides them free and without guarantee. Check local sources before you rely on them for a decision.
