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Plateau

Mobile · Caution

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58out of 100

Caution

Overall safety score

“Go with care. Plateau, famously known as historic Africatown, is a deeply significant cultural destination centered around the Africatown Heritage House and historic landmarks. Visitors coming during daylight hours for heritage tours will find a welcoming community, but should remain aware of their surroundings due to elevated local property and violent crime rates and surrounding industrial blight.”
— Gogo, on Plateau

Walk score

24/100

Bike score

36/100

Recent local news: The opening of the Africatown Heritage House and the ongoing legal and environmental initiatives surrounding the Clotilda shipwreck have driven increased tourism and focused civic investment into the neighborhood.

About the area

HistoricQuiet ResidentialIndustrial BorderCar-Dependent

Plateau is the historic home of Africatown, settled in the 1860s by West Africans brought aboard the Clotilda, the last known slave ship to enter the United States. Today, it is a modest residential and industrial community with immense historical significance drawing cultural tourism. While it faces ongoing economic challenges, preservation efforts have brought new community pride and educational facilities.

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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