CrimeMetric

Crime in Brent, Alabama

Major crime in Brent is about the U.S. rate per resident: 14% higher for persons crimes and about the same for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 7.5% from a year earlier.

Modeled estimates per resident, not counts of incidents. How we calculated this

Major crime
101
about the U.S. rate
about the Alabama rate
down 7.5% in a year
Persons crimes
114
14% above the U.S. rate
6% above the Alabama rate
down 3.7% in a year
Property crimes
99
about the U.S. rate
about the Alabama rate
down 8.4% in a year
Social disorder
172
1.7 times the U.S. rate
27% above the Alabama rate
down 6.3% in a year

Index: crimes per resident compared with the U.S., where 100 is the U.S. rate and 200 is twice it.

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Crime by type

Drugs and alcohol stands out most, at 3.1 times the U.S. rate

Expected crimes per year in Brent for each type, and the index against the U.S. rate per resident.

Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live

IndexPer year

Neighborhoods in Brent

Brent is made up of 3 census block groups. The typical resident lives where the major-crime index is 85; the middle half of residents live where it is between 42 and 85.

Map of Brent, with its census block groups shaded by major-crime index band
Block groups shaded by major-crime index, in the key's bands below; pale gray where fewer than 100 people live. Highways and boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau.
  • 0–5037.9%
  • 50–10042.0%
  • 100–2000.0%
  • 200–40020.1%
  • 400+0.0%

Share of residents by the index of their census block group, a neighborhood of roughly 600 to 3,000 people.

When it happens

Lowest on weekday daytimes

Major-crime index by time of week, against the U.S. rate for the same hours.

Monday to Friday, 6am to 6pm89
Sunday to Thursday nights, 6pm to 6am111
Saturday and Sunday, 6am to 6pm108
Friday and Saturday nights, 6pm to 6am108
Trend and outlook

Major crime fell 7.5% in a year; across Alabama it fell 8.3%

Past yearBy 2031
Major crime-7.5%AL -8.3%-14.3%AL -12.4%
Persons crimes-3.7%AL -5.4%-1.5%AL -0.5%
Property crimes-8.4%AL -8.9%-17.6%AL -15.2%
Social disorder-6.3%AL -5.4%-9.5%AL -5.7%

Change in expected crimes, with Alabama as a whole in gray. The past year uses the reporting agencies' year-to-date FBI data; 2031 is the model's projection.

Similar-size places

Brent against U.S. places with 2,000 to 5,000 residents

381 of the 1,761 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Brent; the middle of the group is 58. The 9 nearest in population:

Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; residents in gray.

Nearby places

Brent has a higher major-crime index than 7 of its 8 nearest neighbors

The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Centreville (6 mi), is 21% below Brent's rate.

Tuscaloosa28 mi156
Brent101
McCalla29 mi70
Montevallo24 mi56
Calera29 mi53
Marion21 mi44
Alabaster30 mi40

Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; distances between where residents live, in miles.

Questions about crime in Brent

What are the most common crimes in Brent?

By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are other larceny (about 24 a year), shoplifting (about 22 a year) and aggravated assault (about 14 a year). Compared with the U.S., drugs and alcohol stands out most: 3.1 times the U.S. rate per resident.

How we calculated this

Each police agency's crimes, as reported to the FBI, are spread across the census block groups it serves using population, jobs, points of interest and, where available, local incident records. Brent's figures add up its 3 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.

  • Brent has no published incident records in our data, so its estimate relies on agency totals and neighborhood characteristics.
  • 0.0% of residents live in block groups whose estimate has high confidence (80% interval within about 5x).
  • Rates are per resident, so places where many people work or visit but few live, such as downtowns, airports and stadiums, can read high.
  • Disorderly conduct and trespassing are modeled, because the FBI records them only through arrests.
  • Residents: 4,421. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2

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CrimeMetric. "Crime in Brent, Alabama." Vorp Labs, model updated Oct 20, 2026. https://crimemetric.com/al/brent

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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100