Echo Highlands, Birmingham, AL Violent Crime Rates and Maps

Overall Crime Grade™

Violent Crime Grade	C-
Property Crime Grade	C
Other Crime Grade	C

Which crimes are included?

$1.30 million

Cost of Crime™ for Echo Highlands, Birmingham, AL

In 2025, violent crime will cost $1,028 per household.

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On the map, green marks the parts of Echo Highlands with the least violent crime and red marks the most, weighted by the type and severity of each offense. Violent crime concentrates where people gather after dark, near nightlife, bars, and transit, more than on residential streets. The Interpreting the Crime Maps section below explains how to read those hot spots.

The C- grade reflects how often assault, robbery, rape, and murder occur in Echo Highlands against the average US neighborhood, where the rate is slightly higher than the norm. Echo Highlands sits in the 33rd percentile for violent-crime safety, ahead of 33% of neighborhoods and behind 67%. The grade covers only Echo Highlands's official city boundaries. See the table below for nearby neighborhoods.

The violent crime rate in Echo Highlands is 5.865 per 1,000 residents in a typical year. Residents generally consider the southeast part of the neighborhood the safest. Your chance of being a victim ranges from 1 in 124 in the north areas to 1 in 268 in the southeast.

Counting total incidents instead of per-capita rates, the southwest parts of Echo Highlands, Birmingham, AL report the most violent crime, about 4 cases per year. The southeast part reports the fewest, around 0 per year.

The Cost of Crime™ in Echo Highlands, Birmingham, AL

The tangible cost of violent crime in Echo Highlands is projected at $1,300,319 for 2025, about $447 per resident and $1,028 per household. That equals 1.2% of the median household income, and it counts only the bills that can be totaled: emergency care, lost wages, and the justice response. The larger cost, the harm to victims, comes later on this page. These tangible costs split into:

Criminal justice system costs (law enforcement, courts, and imprisonment): 38.4%
Direct costs to victims (damaged property, medical expenses, and lost wages): 49.0%
Lost economic contribution from offenders (time in prison or repeat offenses): 12.5%

How Much Does Violent Crime Cost in Echo Highlands Compared to Other Neighborhoods?

Echo Highlands, Birmingham, AL:	$447
Norwood, Birmingham, AL:	$1014
Second Creek, Mobile, AL:	$109
Alabama:	$303
USA:	$258

The tangible cost of violent crime is $447 per resident each year in Echo Highlands, which is $189 more than the national average and $144 more than Birmingham's city average. The comparison below uses neighborhoods similar to Echo Highlands:

In Norwood, Birmingham, AL, crime costs $1,014 per person, which is $567 more than in Echo Highlands.
In Second Creek, Mobile, AL, crime costs $109 per person, which is $338 less than in Echo Highlands

2025 Projected Violent Crime Cost by Type

The table below breaks the violent-crime total into its four offenses for Echo Highlands, with the projected cost per resident.

Crime	Cost to Echo Highlands	Cost per Echo Highlands Resident
Murder	$766,986	$264
Rape/Sexual Assault	$97,581	$34
Robbery	$42,658	$15
Assault	$393,094	$135
Total Cost of Violent Crime	$1,300,319	$447

The Human Cost of Violent Crime in Echo Highlands, Birmingham, AL

Much of what violent crime costs never reaches a bill. Pain, trauma, and lost quality of life for victims and their families typically outweigh the medical and legal totals above. Research-based methods put a figure on that harm so it can be compared across places. By those methods, the human cost of violent crime in Echo Highlands totals $5,660,580 ($1,946 per resident). Added to the tangible costs, the full estimate reaches $6,960,899 ($2,393 per resident). This human toll is what sets violent crime apart from property crime in Echo Highlands, Birmingham, AL, where the loss is mostly replaceable property. All Cost of Crime figures come from scholarly research on the cost of crime. Read more about our methodology here.

Interpreting the Violent Crime Maps

Violent crime rates are measured per resident, so places packed with visitors after dark read high even when few people live there. Bars, clubs, event venues, and transit hubs draw the crowds where assaults and robberies cluster. How strongly this shows on the map depends on the commercial base; the west part of the neighborhood has more retail establishments. A red block full of bars and venues does not mean the homes around it are dangerous.

Transit stations show the same effect: large moving crowds, few residents, so per-capita violent crime reads high. Before judging a residential street, weigh both the per-capita rate and the total count of incidents, and note what draws crowds nearby.

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Echo Highlands Violent Crime Breakdown

The table below shows which offenses feed the Violent Crime Grade above, each as crimes per 1,000 Echo Highlands residents in a standard year.

Crime Type	Crime Rate
Assault	4.705
Robbery	0.4662
Rape	0.5532
Murder	0.1403
Total Violent Crime	5.865 (C-)

Individual Echo Highlands Crime Maps & Stats

Crime Maps and Rates for Nearby Neighborhoods

Compared to surrounding neighborhoods, the rate of violent crime in Echo Highlands is lower. The table below shows Crime Grades for neighborhoods close to Echo Highlands.

Nearby Neighborhood	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade
Roebuck, Birmingham, AL	D	C-	D
Spring Lake, Birmingham, AL	D	D-	D
Apple Valley, Birmingham, AL	C+	C+	B-
Huffman, Birmingham, AL	C-	D+	C-
South East Lake, Birmingham, AL	D+	D	C-
Crestline, Birmingham, AL	C-	B	C
Forest Park, Birmingham, AL	D-	D+	D
Norwood, Birmingham, AL	F	F	F
Highland Park, Birmingham, AL	D+	C+	C+
Southside, Birmingham, AL	F	D-	D-

Crime Maps and Rates for Neighborhood with Similar Populations

Echo Highlands is higher versus other neighborhoods of the same size for violent crime. The table below compares crime in neighborhoods with comparable overall population in the neighborhood‘s boundaries.

Similar Neighborhood	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade
Villa Cresta, Parkville, MD	D+	B-	B-
Broadacres Homes, Athens, GA	D	C-	C-
Canyon Creek-39th SE, Bothell, WA	B	B-	B-
Center Square, Albany, NY	B	D+	D+
Urbanizacion Vistamar, Carolina, PR	C-	D+	D+
Clarksville, Austin, TX	C-	C-	C-
Cleveland Heights, Lakeland, FL	A+	A	A
Collingwood, Charlotte, NC	D+	C+	C+
Colonial Hills, Lincoln, NE	A-	A+	A+
Williamson Road, Roanoke, VA	F	D+	D+

Considering only the violent crime rate, Echo Highlands is less safe than the Alabama state average and less safe than the national average.

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