Sylvan Springs is a town of 1,500 in Jefferson County, about 13 miles west of downtown Birmingham · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in Sylvan Springs?
Sylvan Springs earns an A for property crime, safer than the neighborhoods where 59% of Americans live. Theft makes up 47% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades A, and vehicle theft grades A+.
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Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 866 of 1,000About as much property crime as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
59% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Sylvan Springs as a whole, and 41% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Sylvan Springs scores 866.
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 Sylvan Springs, AL at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Sylvan Springs, 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 Sylvan Springs
Car thefts happen at homes far more often than nationally. In Sylvan Springs, 70% of reported car thefts happen at homes, against 33% nationally.
Property crime rates and types in Sylvan Springs
CrimeGrade™ estimates Sylvan Springs has about 20 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 17% less than the US as a whole and close to 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 Sylvan Springs, about 47% 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.
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 Sylvan Springs
The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office polices Sylvan Springs, and these figures cover every place it serves, 2022 to 2024.
In Sylvan Springs, 76% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (76%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Homes (70%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Homes (64%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (67%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
Property crime in Sylvan Springs and nearby cities
Sylvan Springs has the least property crime of its 6 nearest cities.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Sylvan Springs. 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, Sylvan Springs has more property crime than 97% of them.
Property crime costs Sylvan Springs about $220,000 a year, or $144 per resident and about $316 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
$40,000
$26
Theft
$71,000
$48
Vehicle theft
$41,000
$28
Arson
$4,100
$3
Vandalism
$59,000
$39
Total
$220,000
$144
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.
