CrimeMetric

Crime in Leeds, Alabama

Major crime in Leeds is 41% above the U.S. rate per resident: 14% lower for persons crimes and 1.5 times for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 7.7% from a year earlier.

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

Major crime
141
41% above the U.S. rate
40% above the Alabama rate
down 7.7% in a year
Persons crimes
86
14% below the U.S. rate
20% below the Alabama rate
down 4.8% in a year
Property crimes
153
1.5 times the U.S. rate
1.5 times the Alabama rate
down 8.0% in a year
Social disorder
211
2.1 times the U.S. rate
1.6 times the Alabama rate
down 7.4% 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 5.3 times the U.S. rate

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

Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live

IndexPer year

How crime varies across Leeds

The middle half of Leeds residents live in neighborhoods with a major-crime index between 39 and 139; the typical (median) resident's is 75. The citywide figure (141) is higher than that because crime concentrates in a smaller set of areas.

Map of Leeds, with its census block groups shaded by major-crime index band
Block groups shaded by major-crime index, in the bar's bands below; pale gray where fewer than 100 people live. Highways and boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau.
  • 0–5026.3%
  • 50–10041.0%
  • 100–20023.2%
  • 200–4000.0%
  • 400+9.5%

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 6pm162
Sunday to Thursday nights, 6pm to 6am92
Saturday and Sunday, 6am to 6pm226
Friday and Saturday nights, 6pm to 6am102
Trend and outlook

Major crime fell 7.7% in a year; across Alabama it fell 8.3%

Past yearBy 2031
Major crime-7.7%AL -8.3%-12.2%AL -12.4%
Persons crimes-4.8%AL -5.4%+0.6%AL -0.5%
Property crimes-8.0%AL -8.9%-13.8%AL -15.2%
Social disorder-7.4%AL -5.4%-8.4%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

Leeds against U.S. places with 10,000 to 25,000 residents

334 of the 2,149 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Leeds; the middle of the group is 72. The 9 nearest in population:

Bastrop, TX13,594178
Leeds, AL13,580141
Henderson, TX13,574135
Lincoln, IL13,599129
Riverdale, GA13,555128
Kingston, PA13,56099

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

Nearby places

Leeds 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, Irondale (6 mi), is 15% below Leeds's rate.

Center Point10 mi169
Leeds141
Irondale6 mi120
Moody7 mi35
Margaret10 mi20

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

Questions about crime in Leeds

What are the most common crimes in Leeds?

By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are shoplifting (about 157 a year), other larceny (about 78 a year) and aggravated assault (about 29 a year). Compared with the U.S., drugs and alcohol stands out most: 5.3 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. Leeds's figures add up its 12 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.

  • Leeds 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: 13,580. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2

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

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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100