2025 Compare Cities Crime:
Birmingham, AL vs Lake Charles, LA

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Highlights
- Lake Charles has 46% less violent crime than Birmingham.
- Lake Charles has 31% less property crime than Birmingham.
 Birmingham, ALLake Charles, LAUnited States
 Violent Crime  Unlock40.522.7
 Property Crime89  Unlock35.4

Crime is ranked on a scale of 1 (low crime) to 100 (high crime)

Reviews for Birmingham    25 Reviews

Birmingham is better than ever, meaning it is beginning to gain half of the stuff a normal city of its size has. The food scene is definitely an exception and is above  More

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Lived in the Birmingham for years. The small city was divided by the historical train tracks into the north half and the south one. The north section was the  More

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Over 5 years ago

I moved to Birmingham 6.5 years ago for a new job. The city is very boring in my opinion, there isn't much to do over the weekend except shopping or eating out. Summer  More

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Reviews for Lake Charles    34 Reviews

Over 2 years ago

I’ve lived in the city for years and it’s great, you should really check it  More

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Over 4 years ago

Lake Charles, Louisiana is one of the absolute creepiest cities in the USA. The people feel dead inside. They also seem to secretly hate each other. It is also an  More

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Beware reader, the city of Lake Charles is an absolute sh*thole. If you are traveling through I-10 you might want to skip this place. This place is the very worst of the  More

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Cities with the Least Crime Near Birmingham, AlabamaCrime Index
 McCalla, AL 
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 Remlap, AL 
 Eagle Point, AL 
 Trafford, AL5.75
 Graysville, AL8.05
 Highland Lake, AL8.75
 Steele, AL11.1
 Margaret, AL11.25
 Thorsby, AL12.45

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