Assault per Capita in Shelby City
The map below shows assault per 1,000 Shelby City residents.
The map below shows assault per 1,000 Shelby City residents.
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Assault Grade™
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Assault costs the average Shelby City resident about $15 per year.
Crime Grade's assault map shows the safest places in Shelby City in green. The most dangerous areas in Shelby City are in red, with moderately safe areas in yellow. Crime rates on the map are weighted by the type and severity of the crime.
The A grade means the rate of assault is much lower than the average US city. Shelby City is in the 91st percentile for safety, meaning 9% of cities are safer and 91% of cities are more dangerous. This analysis applies to Shelby City's proper boundaries only. See the table on nearby places below for nearby cities.
The rate of assault in Shelby City is 0.5081 per 1,000 residents during a standard year. People who live in Shelby City generally consider the southwest part of the city to be the safest.
Your chance of being a victim of assault in Shelby City may be as high as 1 in 1,329 in the west neighborhoods, or as low as 1 in 19,804 in the southwest part of the city.
By a simple count ignoring population, more assault occurs in the east parts of Shelby City, KY: about 0 per year. The southeast part of Shelby City has fewer cases of assault with only 0 in a typical year.
The chart below compares the assault rate in Shelby City to the Kentucky state average and the national average. All rates are the number of crimes per 1,000 residents in a standard year.
| Shelby City, KY: | 0.5081 |
|---|---|
| Kentucky: | 1.379 |
| USA: | 2.561 |
Considering only the assault rate, Shelby City is safer than the Kentucky state average and safer than the national average.
See how CrimeGrade calculates these grades and rates on the CrimeGrade methodology page.
Assault is projected to cost the residents of Shelby City about $14,287 in 2025, or roughly $15 per resident. This is part of Shelby City's overall Cost of Crime™. See the full cost-of-crime breakdown for Shelby City, including every crime type and how Shelby City compares to other cities.
Remember that assault rates are measured per resident. Places with heavy daytime traffic, like shopping districts, airports, and parks, can look more dangerous than they are for the people who live there. See a full guide to reading Shelby City's crime maps on the Shelby City overall crime page.
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Nearby City | Overall Crime Grade | Violent Crime Grade | Property Crime Grade | Assault Crime Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
B+ | A | B | A | |
C+ | B+ | C | B | |
C+ | A- | C | A- | |
B | A | B | A | |
B+ | A+ | B- | A | |
B- | B | C+ | B | |
D | C+ | D- | C | |
C | A | C | A- | |
C | B- | C | B- | |
D+ | A+ | D- | A+ |
Shelby City is lower versus other cities of the same size for assault. The table below compares assault in cities with comparable overall population.
Similar City | Overall Crime Grade | Violent Crime Grade | Property Crime Grade | Assault Crime Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
D | C+ | C+ | A+ | |
A- | C+ | C+ | C+ | |
F | D- | D- | D- | |
B- | C- | C- | C | |
D+ | C+ | C+ | C | |
A- | A- | A- | B+ | |
C | B- | B- | B | |
C+ | B | B | B- | |
B- | D+ | D+ | D | |
A | A- | A- | A- |
Safety and school performance are separate topics, but both shape moving decisions. Using SchoolGrade data, schools in Shelby City, KY average SchoolGrade of C, with 36% actual proficiency versus 34% projected; overall, schools meet expectations. See Shelby City schools on SchoolGrade
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