A grade needs all of the FBI's latest years (2023–2025). Birmingham's police department reported only 2024 and 2025, so we don't grade it yet. The figures below are still real.

Violent crime per 1,000

Birmingham 0

Pennsylvania 2.3

U.S. 3.3

Property crime per 1,000

Birmingham 1

Pennsylvania 13.6

U.S. 15.5

FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to policeCrime & safety →

Health in Birmingham

Compared with Pennsylvania

1better than PA

of 5 measures CDC estimates. The other 4 are too close to call.

Conditions all close Habits all close Care 1▲ 2 close

BetterToo close to callWorse

What stands out

74.6%More adults screened for colon cancerPA 67.5% · better

Care nearby

Penn Highlands TyroneTyrone · 3.5 mi · ER · rural critical access

Juniata Valley Btamc ClinicAlexandria · 7.6 mi · sliding-scale fees

Primary careNo shortage

DentalShortage · county-wide

Mental healthShortage · county-wide

CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CDC's estimate for Birmingham · CMS · HRSAHealth in Birmingham →

Famous people from Birmingham

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JPJoseph Hannum PainterScience & Medicine

Where Birmingham is

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Locator map of Birmingham — Wikimedia Commons · Map: DemocraticLuntz · DemocraticLuntz at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

Location map

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Around town

Bordering towns

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Birmingham Warriors Mark Tyrone

NEWarriors Mark SWTyrone

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How things work in Birmingham

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