From a 1998 New York Times article about why the murder rate is almost always higher in Alabama and other Deep South States:
The question of why murder is so prevalent in the South has fascinated observers as far back as Alexis de Tocqueville, who in the early 1830's recorded a remark by a young lawyer he encountered in Alabama. ''There is no one here but carries arms under his clothes,'' the lawyer said. ''At the slightest quarrel, knife or pistol comes to hand. These things happen continually; it is a semi-barbarous state of society.''
And the latest state murder rates---for 2019--- shows Alabama still towards the top:
Alabama has the second-highest murder rate of 12.9 murders per 100,000 residents. This is also more than twice the rate nationwide. In Alabama, Birmingham has the most gun violence and, therefore, the highest murder rate of 37.1. Fairfield, Anniston, Pritchard, and Troy are other cities with the highest murder rates in Alabama.
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