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The South > Alabama > Crime

ALABAMIAN CRIME STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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% High school students carrying a weapon on school property, 2003 7.4% [6th of 0]
% High school students carrying a weapon on school property, 2005 8.4% [6th of 40]
% High school students threatened or injured by a weapon, 2003 7.2% [23rd of 0]
Aggravated assault 10,467 [24th of 51]
Arson deaths 0 [43rd of 49]
Burglary 44,571 [17th of 51]
Capital offenses
Intentional murder with 18 aggravating factors (Ala. Stat. Ann. 13A-5-40(a)(1)-(18))
Capital Punishment > Black inmates on death row 93 [5th of 38]
Capital Punishment > Electrocution 24 [3rd of 32]
Capital Punishment > Latino inmates on death row 1 [17th of 26]
Capital Punishment > Lethal injection 6 [18th of 32]
Capital Punishment > Total executions 1977-2006 35 [9th of 43]
Capital Punishment > Total executions 2007 3 [2nd of 10]
Capital Punishment > Total executions since 1930 170 [10th of 43]
Capital Punishment > Total inmates on death row 193 [5th of 38]
Capital Punishment > White inmates on death row 100 [4th of 38]
Firearms Death Rate per 100,000 16.2 [10th of 51]
Forcible rape 1,649 [20th of 51]
Gun violence > % Gun 64.3 [19th of 50]
Gun violence > % Knife 9.6 [45th of 50]
Gun violence > % Other Weapons 26.1 [20th of 50]
Gun violence > Number of homicides 254 [20th of 50]
Hate Crimes > Disability related 0 [28th of 49]
Hate Crimes > Ethnicity related 0 [49th of 49]
Hate Crimes > Race related 1 [49th of 49]
Hate Crimes > Religion related 0 [47th of 49]
Hate Crimes > Sexual orientation related 0 [49th of 49]
Hate Crimes > Total number 1 [49th of 50]
Homicide > Total number of victims 374 [17th of 0]
Homicide > Victims by Age > 14-17 3.4% [32nd of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Age > 18-24 20.6% [36th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Age > 25-34 25.8% [24th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Age > 35-49 28.8% [11th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Age > 50-64 9.5% [27th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Age > 65 and above 4.9% [24th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Age > Under 14 4% [35th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Black Female 14.1% [3rd of 0]
Homicide > Victims by Black Male 57.4% [5th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Other Female 0.3% [27th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Other Male 0.3% [37th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Race > Black 71.5% [4th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Race > Other 0.6% [36th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Race > White 26.1% [45th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Sex > Female 23.3 % [34th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Sex > Male 76.7 % [16th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Weapon > Gun 65.2 % [20th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Weapon > Knife 12.2 % [29th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by Weapon > Other Weapons 22.6 % [27th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by White Female 6.4% [47th of 49]
Homicide > Victims by White Male 19.6% [46th of 49]
Larceny-theft 121,610 [20th of 51]
Lynchings > Black 299 [5th of 44]
    Lynchings > Black (per capita) 65.602 per 1 million people [4th of 44]
Lynchings > Total 347 [5th of 44]
    Lynchings > Total (per capita) 76.133 per 1 million people [5th of 44]
Lynchings > White 48 [10th of 44]
    Lynchings > White (per capita) 10.531 per 1 million people [16th of 44]
Motor vehicle theft 14,840 [23rd of 51]
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter 382 [17th of 51]
Prisoners under the jurisdiction of State or Federal correctional authorities 25,887 [16th of 50]
    Prisoners under the jurisdiction of State or Federal correctional authorities (per capita) 5.68 per 1,000 people [7th of 50]
Property crime total 181,021 [20th of 51]
Robbery 7,059 [19th of 51]
State and Federal prisoners held in local jails 1,645 [11th of 44]
    State and Federal prisoners held in local jails (per capita) 360.919 per 1 million people [12th of 44]
State and Federal prisoners held in private facilities 244 [27th of 50]
    State and Federal prisoners held in private facilities (per capita) 5.353 per 100,000 people [24th of 50]
State Prisoners > Number of deaths 172 [9th of 50]
    State Prisoners > Number of deaths (per capita) 0.377 per 10,000 people [1st of 50]
State Prisons > Number of Homicides 1 [22nd of 50]
    State Prisons > Number of Homicides (per capita) 0.219 per 1 million people [18th of 50]
State Prisons > Number of Suicides 2 [36th of 50]
    State Prisons > Number of Suicides (per capita) 0.439 per 1 million people [43rd of 50]
Stop and Identify statutes > States with "Stop and Identify" statutes Ala. Code §15-5-30
Terrorism > Victims of 9-11 4 [15th of 40]
Violent crime 19,557 [22nd of 51]
Women under the jurisdiction of State or Federal correctional authorities 1,748 [16th of 50]
    Women under the jurisdiction of State or Federal correctional authorities (per capita) 38.352 per 100,000 people [14th of 50]

SOURCES: National Center for Educational Statistics.; Bureau of Justice Statistics; US Fire Administration, 2001; Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2006; Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2006.; Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2005; Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2006.; Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2006; Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2007; statehealthfacts.org; Wikipedia: Gun violence in the United States by state; Fedral Bureau of Investigation, 2006; Bureau of Justice Statistics; Bureau of Justice Statistics; Bureau of Justice Statistics ; UMKC School of Law; Bureau of Justice Statistics; Bureau of Justice Statistics, State Prisoner Suicides and Homicides, 2001.; Wikipedia: Stop and Identify statutes ; September 11th, 2001 Victims, website memorial, last update - Sept. 21, 2002.

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