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Lowetown

Bessemer · No-go after dark

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44out of 100

No-go after dark

Overall safety score

“Go with care, primarily during daylight hours. Lowetown is an older residential sector of Bessemer experiencing high poverty, structural blight, and elevated local property and violent crime rates. Visitors without specific local business or family ties will find little tourist infrastructure and should exercise heightened situational awareness.”
— Gogo, on Lowetown

Walk score

42/100

Bike score

38/100

Recent local news: Bessemer continues to face elevated per-capita rates of violent crime across its urban core neighborhoods, prompting targeted law enforcement patrols and community blight-reduction initiatives.

About the area

Quiet ResidentialPost-IndustrialHistoricCar-Dependent

Lowetown is a historic, working-class residential neighborhood situated just northeast of downtown Bessemer, Alabama. Characterized by modest single-family bungalows, industrial borders, and tree-lined streets, the community reflects the legacy of the Birmingham metro's iron and steel manufacturing heritage.

Scores are safety-driven: recent crime levels and local news, plus Census data on income and poverty, housing, education and household make-up, and access to vehicles, internet and health coverage. Walk and bike scores are shown separately and do not affect the safety score. A guide, not a guarantee. Neighborhood outlines come from official city and US Census boundary data.

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