Heflin has an overall crime rate of 12 per 1,000 residents, making the crime rate here near the average for all cities and towns of all sizes in America. According to our analysis of FBI crime data, your chance of becoming a victim of crime in Heflin is 1 in 84. How does Heflin fare compared to other communities in Alabama of all population sizes? Heflin's crime rate is lower than approximately 52% of Alabama communities.

However, when you compare Heflin to other communities of similar population, then Heflin crime rate (violent and property crimes combined) is quite a bit higher than average. Regardless of how Heflin does relative to all communities in America of all sizes, when NeighborhoodScout compared it to communities of similar population size, its crime rate per thousand residents stands out as higher than most.

Now let us turn to take a look at how Heflin does for violent crimes specifically, and then how it does for property crimes. This is important because the overall crime rate can be further illuminated by understanding if violent crime or property crimes (or both) are the major contributors to the general rate of crime in Heflin.

For Heflin, NeighborhoodScout found that the violent crime rate is well below the national average for all communities of all population sizes. Violent crimes such as assault, rape, murder and armed robbery happen less often in Heflin than in most of America. One's chance of becoming a victim of a violent crime here is one in 1728, which is a violent crime rate of 1 per one thousand inhabitants.

NeighborhoodScout's analysis also reveals that Heflin's rate for property crime is 11 per one thousand population. This makes Heflin a place where there is an above average chance of becoming a victim of a property crime, when compared to all other communities in America of all population sizes. Property crimes are motor vehicle theft, arson, larceny, and burglary. Your chance of becoming a victim of any of these crimes in Heflin is one in 89.