Healthcare & Safety in Selma
Selma has real, substantial regional hospital access via Vaughan Regional Medical Center, but crime data carries a genuine, disclosed cross-source tension this record does not resolve to one favorable figure.
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Learn moreA real, substantial regional hospital
Vaughan Regional Medical Center is a 175-bed sole-community-provider hospital with more than 400 employees and 75+ affiliated physicians across 22 specialties, carrying Level III Trauma Center and Level III Stroke Center designations -- a genuinely substantial healthcare anchor for a city Selma's size.
A real, disclosed cross-source tension on crime data
One source (AreaVibes) places Selma's overall crime rate at 24.56 per 1,000, below the cited national average of 33.37; a separate source (CrimeGrade.org) assigns an overall D- grade for 2026; a third framing cites Selma's daily crime rate as 1.61x the Alabama average. This record discloses all three rather than picking the most favorable one -- confirm current, address-specific data directly.
No specific neighborhood is named as unsafe
Per this dataset's site policy, no specific neighborhood within Selma is called out as higher- or lower-crime here -- confirm current data directly with local law enforcement or a crime-mapping service before relocating.
Key takeaways
- Vaughan Regional Medical Center (175 beds, Level III trauma/stroke center) provides real, substantial regional healthcare access.
- Crime data carries a genuine, disclosed cross-source tension -- one source below the national average, another assigning a D- grade -- both disclosed rather than reconciled.
- No specific neighborhood is named as unsafe here, per site policy -- confirm current, address-specific data directly.
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