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West Blocton, AL Crime and Crime Rate

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The West Blocton crime rate is much lower than the Alabama average crime rate and is much lower than the national average crime rate.

Crime Index, #9

West Blocton, AL	113.88
Alabama	1,941.17
U.S.	1,669.05

The crime index value is calculated based on the data using USA.com algorithms. It is an indicator of the crime level in a region. Higher crime index value means more crime.

West Blocton, AL Crime by Year

Year	Location	Description	Murders	Rapes	Robberies	Assaults	Burglaries	Thefts	Vehicle Thefts	Arson	Crime Index
2010	West Blocton, AL	Count	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	NA
	West Blocton, AL	Per 100,000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	70.3	70.3	70.3	NA	88
	Alabama	Per 100,000	5.7	28.2	99.6	244.2	879.4	2,415.6	221.8	NA	1,775
	U.S.	Per 100,000	4.8	27.5	119.1	252.3	699.6	2,003.5	238.8	NA	1,610
2009	West Blocton, AL	Count	0	0	0	2	1	6	0	NA
	West Blocton, AL	Per 100,000	0.0	0.0	0.0	139.6	69.8	418.7	0.0	NA	279
	Alabama	Per 100,000	6.9	31.9	132.9	278.1	1,037.2	2,499.9	235.3	NA	2,001
	U.S.	Per 100,000	5.0	28.7	133.0	262.8	716.3	2,060.9	258.8	NA	1,683
2008	West Blocton, AL	Count	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	NA
	West Blocton, AL	Per 100,000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	70.2	0.0	NA	18
	Alabama	Per 100,000	7.6	34.7	157.6	253.0	1,081.3	2,713.0	288.7	NA	2,140
	U.S.	Per 100,000	5.4	29.3	145.3	274.6	730.8	2,167.0	314.7	NA	1,784
2005	West Blocton, AL	Count	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	NA
	West Blocton, AL	Per 100,000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	283.7	0.0	NA	71
	Alabama	Per 100,000	8.2	34.3	141.4	247.8	953.8	2,650.0	288.3	NA	2,038
	U.S.	Per 100,000	5.6	31.7	140.7	291.1	726.7	2,286.3	416.7	NA	1,888

West Blocton, AL Hate Crime by Year

Year	Location	Description	Total	Race	Religion	Sexual Orientation	Ethnicity	Disability	Hate Crime Index
2010	West Blocton, AL	Count	0	0	0	0	0	0
	West Blocton, AL	Per 100,000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0
	Alabama	Per 100,000	0.5	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	5
	U.S.	Per 100,000	2.3	1.1	0.5	0.4	0.3	0.0	23

Law Enforcement Employees Index

West Blocton, AL	1.52
Alabama	2.91
U.S.	2.83

The law enforcement employees index value is calculated based on the data using USA.com algorithms. It is an indicator of the law enforcement employees level in a region. Higher law enforcement employees index value means higher law enforcement employees density.

West Blocton, AL Law Enforcement Employees by Year

Year	Location	Description	Total	Officers	Civilians	Law Enforcement Employees Index
2011	West Blocton, AL	Count	2	2	0
	West Blocton, AL	Per 100,000	160.5	160.5	0.0	1.61
	Alabama	Per 100,000	362.6	241.4	121.2	3.02
	U.S.	Per 100,000	341.9	238.3	103.6	2.90
2010	West Blocton, AL	Count	5	5	0
	West Blocton, AL	Per 100,000	351.6	351.6	0.0	3.52
	Alabama	Per 100,000	349.5	235.7	113.8	2.93
	U.S.	Per 100,000	347.8	241.9	105.9	2.95
2009	West Blocton, AL	Count	2	2	0
	West Blocton, AL	Per 100,000	139.6	139.6	0.0	1.40
	Alabama	Per 100,000	368.8	245.1	123.6	3.07
	U.S.	Per 100,000	352.9	244.2	108.7	2.99
2008	West Blocton, AL	Count	2	2	0
	West Blocton, AL	Per 100,000	140.4	140.4	0.0	1.40
	Alabama	Per 100,000	364.4	242.8	121.6	3.04
	U.S.	Per 100,000	357.8	247.5	110.3	3.03
2007	West Blocton, AL	Count	1	1	0
	West Blocton, AL	Per 100,000	70.2	70.2	0.0	0.70
	Alabama	Per 100,000	360.6	235.4	125.2	2.98
	U.S.	Per 100,000	356.1	244.8	111.3	3.00
2006	West Blocton, AL	Count	1	1	0