Assault per Capita in West Dennis
The map below shows assault per 1,000 West Dennis residents.
The map below shows assault per 1,000 West Dennis residents.
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Your yearly chance of being a victim of assault in West Dennis is about 1 in 456.
Assault costs the average West Dennis resident about $63 per year.
Crime Grade's assault map shows the safest places in West Dennis in green. The most dangerous areas in West Dennis 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 C- grade means the rate of assault is slightly higher than the average US city. West Dennis is in the 37th percentile for safety, meaning 63% of cities are safer and 37% of cities are more dangerous. This analysis applies to West Dennis's proper boundaries only. See the table on nearby places below for nearby cities.
The rate of assault in West Dennis is 2.195 per 1,000 residents during a standard year. People who live in West Dennis generally consider the west part of the city to be the safest.
Your chance of being a victim of assault in West Dennis may be as high as 1 in 367 in the northeast neighborhoods, or as low as 1 in 1,092 in the west part of the city.
By a simple count ignoring population, more assault occurs in the northeast parts of West Dennis, MA: about 2 per year. The southeast part of West Dennis has fewer cases of assault with only 0 in a typical year.
The chart below compares the assault rate in West Dennis to the Massachusetts state average and the national average. All rates are the number of crimes per 1,000 residents in a standard year.
| West Dennis, MA: | 2.195 |
|---|---|
| Massachusetts: | 2.458 |
| USA: | 2.561 |
Considering only the assault rate, West Dennis is safer than the Massachusetts 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 West Dennis about $152,650 in 2025, or roughly $63 per resident. This is part of West Dennis's overall Cost of Crime™. See the full cost-of-crime breakdown for West Dennis, including every crime type and how West Dennis 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 West Dennis's crime maps on the West Dennis overall crime page.
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Nearby City | Overall Crime Grade | Violent Crime Grade | Property Crime Grade | Assault Crime Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
B+ | C- | B+ | D+ | |
B | C+ | B | C- | |
B+ | C+ | B | C | |
A | B | A- | C+ | |
B+ | C- | B+ | D+ | |
A | A- | A | B | |
A- | C+ | A- | C | |
A- | B+ | B | B | |
A+ | A- | A+ | B+ | |
A- | B+ | A- | B- |
West Dennis 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 |
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D- | F | F | F | |
A- | A | A | A- | |
A | A+ | A+ | A- | |
B | B+ | B+ | A- | |
B | A- | A- | A | |
A- | C | C | C- | |
F | F | F | F | |
C | D | D | D+ | |
B- | D- | D- | F | |
C | D+ | D+ | C- |
Safety and school performance are separate topics, but both shape moving decisions. Using SchoolGrade data, schools in West Dennis, MA average SchoolGrade of B-, with 41% actual proficiency versus 39% projected; overall, schools meet expectations. See West Dennis schools on SchoolGrade
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