CrimeMetric

Crime in Childersburg, Alabama

Major crime in Childersburg is 1.6 times the U.S. rate per resident: 26% higher for persons crimes and 1.7 times for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 8.0% from a year earlier.

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

Major crime
165
1.6 times the U.S. rate
1.6 times the Alabama rate
down 8.0% in a year
Persons crimes
126
26% above the U.S. rate
17% above the Alabama rate
down 2.5% in a year
Property crimes
174
1.7 times the U.S. rate
1.8 times the Alabama rate
down 8.8% in a year
Social disorder
294
2.9 times the U.S. rate
2.2 times the Alabama rate
down 5.2% 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 3.7 times the U.S. rate

Expected crimes per year in Childersburg 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 Childersburg

Childersburg is made up of 4 census block groups. The typical resident lives where the major-crime index is 112; the middle half of residents live where it is between 63 and 244.

Map of Childersburg, 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.
  • 0–500.0%
  • 50–10029.6%
  • 100–20034.3%
  • 200–40036.1%
  • 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

Highest on weekend daytimes

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

Monday to Friday, 6am to 6pm166
Sunday to Thursday nights, 6pm to 6am151
Saturday and Sunday, 6am to 6pm200
Friday and Saturday nights, 6pm to 6am159
Trend and outlook

Major crime fell 8.0% in a year; across Alabama it fell 8.3%

Past yearBy 2031
Major crime-8.0%AL -8.3%-16.6%AL -12.4%
Persons crimes-2.5%AL -5.4%-3.3%AL -0.5%
Property crimes-8.8%AL -8.9%-18.7%AL -15.2%
Social disorder-5.2%AL -5.4%-10.0%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

Childersburg against U.S. places with 5,000 to 10,000 residents

207 of the 2,163 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Childersburg; the middle of the group is 63. The 9 nearest in population:

Childersburg, AL5,642165
St. John, MO5,642124
Wapato, WA5,645114
Slaton, TX5,645109
Sonora, CA5,640109
Alva, OK5,64051

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

Nearby places

Childersburg 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, Sylacauga (9 mi), is 7% below Childersburg's rate.

Talladega19 mi176
Childersburg165
Sylacauga9 mi153
Leeds22 mi141
Pell City21 mi91
Pelham24 mi52
Columbiana15 mi51
Moody24 mi35

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

Questions about crime in Childersburg

What are the most common crimes in Childersburg?

By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are other larceny (about 73 a year), shoplifting (about 32 a year) and aggravated assault (about 19 a year). Compared with the U.S., drugs and alcohol stands out most: 3.7 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. Childersburg's figures add up its 4 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.

  • Childersburg 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: 5,642. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2

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

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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100