The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Center Point, AL
Center Point is a city of 18,200 in Jefferson County, about 11 miles northeast of downtown Birmingham · Updated November 2026
Is Center Point, AL safe?
Center Point is among the higher-crime places in the US: an overall CrimeGrade™ of F, with more crime than the neighborhoods where 92% of Americans live. Violent crime grades F and property crime C-. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Center Point run from B to F, so check the map below.
F
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 63 of 1,000Less safe than nearly all US neighborhoodsi What this means
8% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Center Point as a whole, and 92% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Center Point scores 63.
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 crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its crime with the people, homes and cars there, on one national scale, from green for the least crime 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 Center Point, AL at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Center Point, 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 in Center Point
Burglary stands out among F-graded cities. For the typical resident of an F-graded US city, the figure is 2.7 burglaries a year per 1,000 residents; Center Point has 7.9.
Car thefts happen at homes far more often than nationally. In Center Point, 70% of reported car thefts happen at homes, against 33% nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Center Point
High crime is widespread across Center Point: 87% of residents live in areas graded D or F, and 10% in areas graded A or B. Grades across Center Point run from B to F; every part of Center Point has more crime than the typical US neighborhood.
10%87%
A or B 10%C 3%D or F 87%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Center Point, the southeast side has the least crime and the center the most.
Crime rates and types in Center Point
CrimeGrade™ estimates Center Point has about 87 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, more than double the rate for the US as a whole and about double the rate for Alabama.
Overall crime
Violent crime
Property crime
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. These figures include simple assaults and vandalism, which the FBI's violent and property crime rates leave out.
Assault is the most common crime in Center Point, about 39% of everything reported.
Each CrimeGrade™ compares a crime with what it affects: people for assaults and robbery, homes for burglary, parked cars for vehicle theft. 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 crime happens in Center Point
The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office polices Center Point, and these figures cover every place it serves, 2022 to 2024.
In Center Point, 76% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 64% of them, against 34% 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)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (34%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (71%)
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.
How Center Point compares with nearby cities
Center Point has more crime than 8 of its 9 nearest cities. Morris and Trussville have the least crime nearby.
Two things set Center Point apart: it has 15.3% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally, and 14 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson, and burglary and vandalism run high here.
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.15.3% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 96% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.14 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 94% 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 and assault. 92% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D- (12 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 69% of US city residents
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Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.0.5 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 90% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.6.9 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 82% of US city residents
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.5% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 75% 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 crime costs Center Point
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Center Point about $3,202 a year per household, more than double the US figure of $1,205.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost comes to about $90 million a year, or $4,927 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$7.6 million
$418
Rape
$320,000
$18
Robbery
$1.1 million
$62
Assault
$7.4 million
$408
Burglary
$1.3 million
$71
Theft
$2.1 million
$113
Vehicle theft
$1.6 million
$90
Arson
$82,000
$5
Vandalism
$1.9 million
$102
Total
$23 million
$1,285
How CrimeGrade™ works
A CrimeGrade™ shows how much crime an area has compared with the rest of the country, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most. Every neighborhood in the US is graded on the same scale, so a B in Center Point means the same as a B anywhere else.
CrimeGrade™ starts from the crimes people report to police and measures each kind of crime against what it affects: people for assaults, homes for burglaries, parked cars for car thefts.
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.
Schools in Center Point, AL average a SchoolGrade of F: 18% of students test proficient, against 15% projected for schools like them. Overall, they don't meet expectations. See schools in Center Point on SchoolGrade
