Location Overview

The majority of the Location Crime Grade™ of 83.5 (A-) is based on projected crime at the address itself (92.1) as compared to the rest of the state. The Area Crime Rate (especially the closest ) is weighted more heavily than crime in the 5-mile radius for a final Area Crime Grade. All of these numbers may be of importance to you or your organization, but generally speaking the first number shown on the page is the most relevant and easiest to correlate to real-world outcomes.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Why does my Area Crime Grade look so different from my 1, 3, and 5-mile reports?

Area Crime Grade is in fact not an average of these reports. Like Address Crime Grade, it is instead a more objective number for use across the state or nation. Area Crime Grade takes into account how far away other crimes occur and weighs nearby crimes much more heavily, because the surrounding area can have an impact on overall safety.

Why are some areas red when the area is nice and popular with tourists?

Crime per capita is the best metric anyone can provide, but it does have some quirks. Specifically, if people who don't live in an area visit an area, the number of crimes are likely to rise, but the number of actual residents remains constant. This may create an inflated crime per capita in tourist-filled areas such as national parks, airports, and popular tourist attractions. To some extent the same thing happens in retail areas where people visit but do not live. This effect is more uniform across the nation. This is not a flaw in the data, but rather an expected statistical outcome. This is a major reason why our 1, 3, and 5-mile maps were created. For example, rather than showing all of heavily-visited New York as red, the more local maps can show variation within dense and popular areas.

Why do you not use crime per square mile?

There is no valid reason to use crime per square mile. This creates something that more resembles a population density map than a crime map. It is primarily used by those who have an agenda to show more urban areas as being more dangerous than they are.