Bessemer crime statistics report an overall downward trend in crime based on data from 15 years with violent crime increasing and property crime decreasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in Bessemer for 2025 is expected to be lower than in 2017.
The city violent crime rate for Bessemer in 2017 was higher than the
national violent crime rate average by 657.83% and the city property crime rate in Bessemer was higher than the
national property crime rate average by 314.5%.
In 2017 the city violent crime rate in Bessemer was higher than the
violent crime rate in Alabama by 469.6% and the city property crime rate in Bessemer was higher than the
property crime rate in Alabama by 231.09%.