The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Hoover, AL
Hoover is the sixth-largest city in Alabama, with 98,700 residents in Jefferson County, about 9 miles south of downtown Birmingham · Updated November 2026
Is Hoover, AL safe?
Yes. Crime is low across most of the US, and lower still in Hoover: an overall CrimeGrade™ of A, safer than the neighborhoods where 61% of Americans live. Violent and property crime both grade A here. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Hoover run from A+ to C-, so check the map or the safest and least safe neighborhoods below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 880 of 1,000Safer than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
61% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Hoover as a whole, and 39% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Hoover scores 880.
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 Hoover, AL at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Hoover, 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 Hoover
Burglaries run high in Chapel Hill & Polo Trace. In this part of central Hoover, they run at more than double the rate in the rest of Hoover.
Car thefts and aggravated assaults both run low. In Hoover, each runs at a small fraction of the US rate: 0.74 car thefts and 0.70 aggravated assaults a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 and 2.6 nationally.
The safest and most dangerous neighborhoods in Hoover
Most of Hoover grades well: 98% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and the rest in areas graded C. Grades across Hoover run from A+ to C-; 80% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
98%
A or B 98%C 2%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
1Heatherwood & Eagle Point, eastThefts run about 40% lower here than in the rest of Hoover.A+927
2Martinwood Estates, westSimple assaults run at about half the rate in the rest of Hoover.A+926
3Greystone & Inverness, northeastSimple assaults run about 20% lower here than in the rest of Hoover.A917
4Riverchase Country Club, southCar thefts run about 50% higher here than in the rest of Hoover.A854
5Chapel Hill & Polo Trace, centralCar thefts run at about double the rate in the rest of Hoover.B+747
Neighborhood areas of Hoover, ranked by overall 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.
Is crime going up in Hoover?
Reported crime in Hoover has fallen since 2019: violent crime is down 43% and property crime down 44%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 1.4 to 0.8 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 22 to 13 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 13%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
HooverUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police agencies that serve Hoover. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Hoover
Violent, US
Property, Hoover
Property, US
2016
-11%
+4%
-38%
+15%
2017
-24%
+4%
-31%
+12%
2018
-37%
+0%
-27%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
-29%
+4%
-24%
-8%
2021
-1%
+6%
-24%
-10%
2022
-28%
+5%
-29%
-6%
2023
-42%
+2%
-35%
-7%
2024
-43%
-4%
-44%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Hoover
CrimeGrade™ estimates Hoover has about 23 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 38% less than the US as a whole and 42% less than 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.
Theft makes up about 47% of crime reported in Hoover. Assault is less common but costs more, because each one does more harm.
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 Hoover
Hoover has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Hoover, 67% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often in parking lots and garages: 44% of them, against 31% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (67%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Homes (42%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (44%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (47%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (68%)
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 Hoover compares with nearby cities
Hoover has more crime than 6 of its 9 nearest cities. Indian Springs Village and Mountain Brook have the least crime nearby.
One thing sets Hoover apart: it has a Walk Grade of D- (10 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole. Places like that tend to report less theft and assault, and theft runs low here.
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.63 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 81% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.13.6 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 80% 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- (10 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 76% 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.1.2 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 69% of US city residents
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft and robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Hoover: F (2 of 100).under 1 trip an hourUS: noneLower than for 59% 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.11% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 59% of US city residents
BestNeighborhood, a sister site of CrimeGrade™, ranks the neighborhoods of Hoover on shops, parks, home prices, getting around and more.
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 Hoover
Crime costs Hoover about $557 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 54% less than 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 $65 million a year, or $657 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$5.0 million
$51
Rape
$620,000
$6
Robbery
$330,000
$3
Assault
$7.6 million
$77
Burglary
$740,000
$7
Theft
$5.5 million
$56
Vehicle theft
$1.1 million
$11
Arson
$33,000
under $1
Vandalism
$1.4 million
$14
Total
$22 million
$226
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 Hoover 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 Hoover, AL average a SchoolGrade of A-: 53% of students test proficient, against 48% projected for schools like them. Overall, they don't meet expectations. See schools in Hoover on SchoolGrade
