Piedmont, AL Crime Statistics For 2023

Demographics | Crime
Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Piedmont, AL Summary

Crime in Piedmont research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Piedmont over the past eight years using the FBI crime explorer. Based on the most recently available data released October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Piedmont:

  • There were 15 total crimes committed in Piedmont the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 313.9 total crimes per 100K people in Piedmont.
  • The overall crime rate in Piedmont is -86.50% below the national average.
  • Piedmont ranks #23 safest out of 262 cities in Alabama.
  • Piedmont ranks #1,139 safest out of 9,869 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as doing per capita comparisons and isn't conveying that there are 100,000+ people in a location.

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Piedmont Vs Alabama And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Piedmont is 313.9 per 100,000 people. That's -86.50% lower than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and -87.88% lower than the Alabama total crime rate of 2,590.3 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Piedmont
/ 100k People
Alabama
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 15 313.9 2,590.3 2,324.2
Murder 0 0.0 9.6 6.3
Robbery 0 0.0 54.2 66.1
Aggravated Assault 3 62.8 357.1 268.2
Violent Crime 5 104.6 453.6 369.8
Burglary 0 0.0 399.5 269.8
Larceny 7 146.5 1,515.3 1,401.9
Car Theft 3 62.8 222.0 282.7
Property Crime 10 209.2 2,136.8 1,954.4

Piedmont Crime Compared To Alabama Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Alabama.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2022.

Violent Crime Rates In Piedmont

5
Violent Crimes
104.6
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-71.71%
Below The National Average
  • There were 5 violent crimes in Piedmont in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Piedmont is 104.6 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 955.8 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Piedmont each year. That compares to a 1 in 220.5 chance statewide.
  • That's -71.71% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -76.93% lower than the Alabama violent crime rate of 453.6 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Piedmont

10
Property Crimes
209.2
Property Crimes / 100k People
-89.29%
Below The National Average
  • There were 10 property crimes in Piedmont in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Piedmont is 209.2 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 477.9 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Piedmont each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -89.29% lower than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And -90.21% lower than the Alabama property crime rate of 2,136.8 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Piedmont

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Gadsden, AL 33,521 1,491 4,448.0 3,884.1 563.8
Cartersville, GA 23,293 655 2,812.0 2,331.2 480.8
Anniston, AL 21,007 1,329 6,326.5 5,483.9 842.6
Villa Rica, GA 17,094 464 2,714.4 2,445.3 269.1
Talladega, AL 15,448 477 3,087.8 2,440.4 647.3
Fort Payne, AL 14,845 287 1,933.3 1,785.1 148.2
Dallas, GA 14,801 172 1,162.1 945.9 216.2
Jacksonville, AL 13,025 380 2,917.5 1,996.2 921.3
Cedartown, GA 10,397 299 2,875.8 2,279.5 596.3
Bremen, GA 7,683 196 2,551.1 2,433.9 117.1

Piedmont SnackAbility

4
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
5/10
Housing
4
Affordability
8.5
Diversity
8
Safety
5
Amenities
6
Education
6
Commute
6
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