Bridgeport, AL has a B safety grade (60/100) with a violent crime rate of 310 per 100,000, 12% below the national average.

FBI UCR 2024 Per-capita rates FBI UCR + NIBRS

Bridgeport, AL Crime Rate & Safety

Bridgeport's UCR row covers a small municipal population (2,262). Rates below are per 100,000 and sit next to AL and U.S. averages.

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B
Safety grade
Above Average
1061
Property / 100K
309.5
Violent / 100K
2K
Population
-38%
property vs U.S.

Bridgeport, AL carries a PlainCrime B safety grade with violent crime 12% below the U.S. average

According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Bridgeport, AL shows violent crime at 309.5 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,061 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 12% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade B from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.

  • B safety grade
  • 309.5/100K violent
  • 1061/100K property
  • -12% vs U.S.

The verdict

Bridgeport earns a B safety grade: violent crime runs 12% below the U.S. average, placing it higher-crime than most U.S. cities.

B
PlainCrime safety grade
-12%
violent crime vs. U.S. average
29th
percentile of 7,769 U.S. cities
1,061
property crimes per 100K

Based on 7 reported violent incidents in a population of 2,262. At this volume, one additional or one fewer report can shift the rate and letter grade noticeably; small-city crime counts are inherently more volatile year to year than large-city counts, so treat this grade as a data point, not a precise ranking.

What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Bridgeport, AL

Small-count caution

The violent-crime count is small enough that the derived rate is unstable

Bridgeport reported 7 violent offences in 2024 against a population of 2,262. At this volume one additional or one fewer report moves the per-100,000 rate noticeably, so the figure is better read as a data point than as a precise measurement, and year-to-year swings here are expected.

Comparable rate records

Bridgeport's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Alabama cohort

The nearest comparable 2024 records to Bridgeport's 309.5 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Thomasville (310.5), Coosada (312.0), Clanton (313.5), Guntersville (304.9). These are same-year agency submissions that pass the same completeness screen, not a claim that the cities have identical conditions. They make the cohort position above checkable against named records instead of a generic state average.

2020–2024 direction

The reported violent-crime rate ended the window higher

Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 219.1 per 100,000 in 2020 to 309.5 in 2024 (+41.2%). The highest observed value was 620.0 in 2021 and the lowest 219.1 in 2020. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.

Property-offense composition

Burglary and vehicle theft carry more of the property total than they do across the cohort

Larceny-theft is 54.2% of reported property offenses in Bridgeport, against a cohort median of 74.5%. The remainder is burglary (5) and motor vehicle theft (6). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.

Offense mix

Violent offenses make up an unusually large share of the reported mix

Violent offenses are 22.6% of the 31 Part I offenses reported in Bridgeport for 2024, against a median of 13.8% across comparable Alabama cities — a gap of 8.7 points. Offense mix is shaped by which agencies report and how incidents are classified as well as by the underlying offenses, so it describes the reported record rather than a settled difference in conditions.

Position in the state cohort

Bridgeport sits mid-pack among comparable Alabama cities

At 309.5 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Bridgeport ranks 106 of 263 — above 157 of the 262 other Alabama cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +44.9% against the cohort median of 213.5. Cities that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.

Property counts dominate Bridgeport's FBI UCR Table 8 municipal row. Per-100,000 rates use the reporting-year population on that row; cities that fail the completeness test stay out of rate rankings. A citywide figure rarely describes any single neighbourhood inside the municipal boundary.

Based on 7 reported violent incidents in a population of 2,262. At this volume, one additional or one fewer report can shift the rate and letter grade noticeably; small-city crime counts are inherently more volatile year to year than large-city counts, so treat this grade as a data point, not a precise ranking.

On a small municipal row, small denominators make rates sensitive to a handful of incidents. Figures are reported totals, not neighbourhood advice.

Both rates shifted (2023→2024)

Violent Crime Rate
-37%
491.5 → 309.5/100K
Property Crime Rate
-39.1%
1742.6 → 1061/100K

Property offenses lead Bridgeport's 2024 record

Offense Count Rate /100K
Property Crime 24 1061
Larceny-Theft 13 574.7
Motor Vehicle Theft 6 265.3
Burglary 5 221
Arson 1 44.2
Violent Crime 7 309.5
Aggravated Assault 4 176.8
Rape 2 88.4
Robbery 1 44.2
Murder 0 0

Bridgeport Crime Trend (2020-2024)

Bridgeport property crime rate trend

Lead series · rose across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR

Property crime rate (2024)
1,061/100K 39.1% vs 2023
5001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000 20202021202220232024 1,061

Bridgeport violent crime rate trend

Secondary series · rose · 2020-2024 · FBI UCR

Violent crime rate (2024)
309.5/100K 37% vs 2023
100200300400500600700 20202021202220232024 310
Year Coverage Population Violent Rate Property Rate
2020 Comparable 2,282 219.1 832.6
2021 Comparable 2,258 620 1682.9
2022 Comparable 2,256 354.6 2570.9
2023 Comparable 2,238 491.5 1742.6
2024 Comparable 2,262 309.5 1061

How Bridgeport sits among AL peers

Bridgeport vs. similar-size AL cities, violent vs. property crime. X axis violent crime per 100K, Y axis property crime per 100K, split by the national averages. 9 cities; the anchor is ringed. Bridgeport vs. similar-size AL cities, violent vs. property crime 80 380 Violent crime per 100K → 158 2,749 Property crime per 100K → Bridgeport SAFEST HIGHEST CRIME Safety grade A / B C D / F
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages

Reporting Agency

Bridgeport Police Department NIBRS-participating

Bridgeport's crime figures on this page originate from Bridgeport Police Department's submission to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program.

This agency reports via NIBRS, the incident-based system that captures more detail per offense (multiple crimes per incident, victim/offender data) than the older summary counts.

Similar-Size Cities in Alabama

Crime rates read differently at different scales, so these are the Alabama cities closest to Bridgeport in population. Their populations run from 2,239 to 2,310, against 2,262 here. Or use our side-by-side compare tool to benchmark two cities directly.

Similar violent-crime rates in Alabama

These Alabama cities report the closest violent-crime rates to Bridgeport's 309.5/100K (same FBI UCR vintage rules; size peers above are excluded so the two lists stay distinct).

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the crime rate in Bridgeport, AL?
Bridgeport has a violent crime rate of 309.5 per 100,000 residents and a property crime rate of 1061 per 100,000, based on 2024 FBI UCR data.
Is Bridgeport, AL safe?
Bridgeport receives a safety grade of B (Above Average), with a safety score of 60/100. The violent crime rate is 12% below the national average and 18% below the Alabama average.
What is the population of Bridgeport, AL?
The reporting population for Bridgeport is 2,262 as of 2024.
How many crimes were reported in Bridgeport?
In 2024, Bridgeport reported 7 violent crimes and 24 property crimes, for a total of 31 reported offenses.
How do Bridgeport's reported offenses compare with its population?
In 2024, Bridgeport recorded about one reported offense per 73 residents and one reported violent offense per 323 residents. These ratios count reported offenses, not distinct victims, and are not a person's probability of victimization.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Bridgeport?
From 2023 to 2024, Bridgeport's violent crime rate decreased by 37%, and the property crime rate decreased by 39.1%.
What is the most common crime in Bridgeport?
The most common crime type in Bridgeport is larceny-theft, accounting for 41.9% of all reported crimes (13 incidents in 2024).

Micro-municipal read: Bridgeport's FBI UCR Table 8 row (2024) is the only source for the rates above.

With a small population base, per-100,000 rates amplify sparse counts. Incomplete submissions are excluded from rankings. See FBI.gov UCR for the raw Table 8 file.

Disclaimer (small municipal): small-base rates are especially easy to misread. Informational only - not advice. Source: FBI UCR Program.

Federal sources for this micro-municipal row

Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Bridgeport, AL rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.

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Every figure on PlainCrime is rendered directly from FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) source data, no number is typed in by an editor. Bridgeport is scored as a small municipal UCR reporter (2,262 on the row). See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.