Burglary per Capita in Kelso
The map below shows burglary per 1,000 Kelso residents.
The map below shows burglary per 1,000 Kelso residents.
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Your yearly chance of being a victim of burglary in Kelso is about 1 in 443.
Burglary costs the average Kelso resident about $20 per year.
Crime Grade's burglary map shows the safest places in Kelso in green. The most dangerous areas in Kelso 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 burglary is slightly higher than the average US city. Kelso is in the 45th percentile for safety, meaning 55% of cities are safer and 45% of cities are more dangerous. This analysis applies to Kelso's proper boundaries only. See the table on nearby places below for nearby cities.
The rate of burglary in Kelso is 2.256 per 1,000 residents during a standard year. People who live in Kelso generally consider the southwest part of the city to be the safest.
Your chance of being a victim of burglary in Kelso may be as high as 1 in 384 in the west neighborhoods, or as low as 1 in 580 in the southwest part of the city.
By a simple count ignoring population, more burglary occurs in the west parts of Kelso, TN: about 1 per year. The north part of Kelso has fewer cases of burglary with only 0 in a typical year.
The chart below compares the burglary rate in Kelso to the Tennessee state average and the national average. All rates are the number of crimes per 1,000 residents in a standard year.
| Kelso, TN: | 2.256 |
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| Tennessee: | 3.144 |
| USA: | 2.509 |
Considering only the burglary rate, Kelso is safer than the Tennessee state average and safer than the national average.
See how CrimeGrade calculates these grades and rates on the CrimeGrade methodology page.
Burglary is projected to cost the residents of Kelso about $22,571 in 2025, or roughly $20 per resident. This is part of Kelso's overall Cost of Crime™. See the full cost-of-crime breakdown for Kelso, including every crime type and how Kelso compares to other cities.
Remember that burglary 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 Kelso's crime maps on the Kelso overall crime page.
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Nearby City | Overall Crime Grade | Violent Crime Grade | Property Crime Grade | Burglary Crime Grade |
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C+ | C- | B+ | C | |
C+ | C | B+ | C | |
C+ | D+ | B+ | C- | |
D+ | D | C | C- | |
B | A | A- | B | |
A+ | A+ | A+ | A- | |
C+ | B- | B+ | B | |
A+ | A+ | A+ | A- | |
C- | C- | B | B | |
B+ | B+ | B+ | B- |
Kelso is higher versus other cities of the same size for burglary. The table below compares burglary in cities with comparable overall population.
Similar City | Overall Crime Grade | Violent Crime Grade | Property Crime Grade | Burglary Crime Grade |
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C- | C | C | B- | |
A | C | C | A | |
B | C- | C- | B | |
C- | B- | B- | B | |
C | C+ | C+ | D+ | |
D+ | B | B | B- | |
B- | C+ | C+ | A | |
A+ | A- | A- | C | |
B+ | A | A | A+ | |
A- | B+ | B+ | B+ |
Safety and school performance are separate topics, but both shape moving decisions. Using SchoolGrade data, schools in Kelso, TN average SchoolGrade of B+, with 51% actual proficiency versus 43% projected; overall, schools greatly exceed expectations. See Kelso schools on SchoolGrade
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