The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Semmes, AL
Semmes is a city of 21,100 in Mobile County, about 9 miles west of downtown Mobile · Updated November 2026
Is Semmes, AL safe?
Yes. An overall CrimeGrade™ of A- means crime in Semmes is low. Most US neighborhoods have little crime too, so Semmes sits near the middle: 49% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime, and 51% in neighborhoods with less. Violent and property crime both grade A- here. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Semmes 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 835 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
49% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Semmes as a whole, and 51% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Semmes scores 835.
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 Semmes, AL at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Semmes, 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 Semmes
Burglaries run high in Mooncrest. In this part of east Semmes, they run at more than triple the rate in the rest of Semmes.
Car thefts are uncommon. Semmes has car thefts at about half the US rate: 1.4 a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 nationally.
The safest and most dangerous neighborhoods in Semmes
Low crime is the norm across Semmes: 96% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and the rest in areas graded C. Grades across Semmes run from A+ to C-; 78% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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A or B 96%C 4%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
1Scenic Hill, southwestThefts run at less than half the rate in the rest of Semmes.A+930
2McCrary, northwestThefts run at a small fraction of the rate in the rest of Semmes.A+926
3Fire Tower & Azalea, westThefts run at less than half the rate in the rest of Semmes.A915
4Rothfield, southClose to the rest of Semmes on most crimes.A906
5Fairview-Semmes, southeastThefts run at less than half the rate in the rest of Semmes.A879
6Mooncrest, eastThefts run at about triple the rate in the rest of Semmes.B-599
Neighborhood areas of Semmes, 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.
Crime rates and types in Semmes
CrimeGrade™ estimates Semmes has about 34 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 8% less than the US as a whole and close to 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.
The largest share of crime reported in Semmes is assault, about 42% of the total. It also makes up the largest share of what crime costs here.
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 Semmes
Semmes has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Semmes, 76% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 57% of them, against 34% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (76%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Homes (63%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Theft from cars
Homes (57%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (64%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (83%)
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 Semmes compares with nearby cities
Of the 8 cities closest to Semmes, 5 have less crime. Tanner Williams and Seven Hills have the least.
Two things set Semmes apart: it has 0% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally, and a Walk Grade of F (4 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole. Places like that tend to report less robbery and car theft; here car theft sits near the national middle.
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.under 1% of residentsUS: 24%Lower 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. 98% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.F (4 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 93% of US city residents
Lit at nightSatellite images show which neighborhoods are lit at night, a sign of busy streets and businesses. Brightly lit places tend to report more theft and vandalism.53% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 86% of US city residents
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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 Semmes: F (0 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 84% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.23 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 83% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.8.6 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 67% of US city residents
BestNeighborhood, a sister site of CrimeGrade™, ranks the neighborhoods of Semmes 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 Semmes
Crime costs Semmes about $946 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 21% 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 $17 million a year, or $814 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$700,000
$33
Rape
$130,000
$6
Robbery
$110,000
$5
Assault
$3.1 million
$147
Burglary
$340,000
$16
Theft
$1.3 million
$62
Vehicle theft
$450,000
$21
Arson
$14,000
$1
Vandalism
$620,000
$29
Total
$6.8 million
$322
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 Semmes 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 Semmes, AL average a SchoolGrade of C-: 38% of students test proficient, against 28% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Semmes on SchoolGrade
