Editing Bessemer, Alabama (section)

==Crime==
{{Infobox UCR
|city_name= Bessemer
|year= 2022
|violent_crime= 469
|homicide= 10
|rape= 17
|robbery= 76
|aggravated_assault= 366
|property_crime= 2,057
|arson= 8
|burglary= 221
|larceny_theft= 1,542
|motor_vehicle_theft= 286
|source_url= https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/explorer/crime/crime-trend
|source_name= 2022 FBI UCR Data
|notes= 2022 population: 25,264
}}

According to the [[Uniform Crime Report]] statistics compiled by the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] (FBI) in 2022, there were 469 violent crimes and 2,057 property crimes per 100,000 residents. Of these, the violent crimes consisted of 10 murders, 17 forcible rapes, 76 robberies and 366 aggravated assaults, while 221 burglaries, 1,542 larceny-thefts, 286 motor vehicle thefts and 8 acts of arson defined the property offenses.

According to [[NeighborhoodScout]], Bessemer ranks first in terms of violent crimes for U.S. cities with 25,000 or more people as of 2019.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Schiller |first1=Andrew |title=Top 100 Most Dangerous Cities in the U.S. |url=https://www.neighborhoodscout.com/blog/top100dangerous |website=Neighborhood Scout |publisher=Location Inc. |access-date=February 27, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190215103955/https://www.neighborhoodscout.com/blog/top100dangerous |archive-date=February 15, 2019}}</ref>