Drug-Related Crime per Capita in Mathews
The map below shows drug-related crime per 1,000 Mathews residents.
The map below shows drug-related crime per 1,000 Mathews residents.
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Drug-Related Crime Grade™
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B+ |
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A- |
Your yearly chance of being a victim of drug-related crime in Mathews is about 1 in 255.
Drug-Related Crime costs the average Mathews resident about $29 per year.
Crime Grade's drug-related crime map shows the safest places in Mathews in green. The most dangerous areas in Mathews 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 drug-related crime is slightly higher than the average US city. Mathews is in the 40th percentile for safety, meaning 60% of cities are safer and 40% of cities are more dangerous. This analysis applies to Mathews's proper boundaries only. See the table on nearby places below for nearby cities.
The rate of drug-related crime in Mathews is 3.918 per 1,000 residents during a standard year. People who live in Mathews generally consider the northeast part of the city to be the safest.
Your chance of being a victim of drug-related crime in Mathews may be as high as 1 in 224 in the southwest neighborhoods, or as low as 1 in 352 in the northeast part of the city.
By a simple count ignoring population, more drug-related crime occurs in the west parts of Mathews, VA: about 1 per year. The east part of Mathews has fewer cases of drug-related crime with only 0 in a typical year.
The chart below compares the drug-related crime rate in Mathews to the Virginia state average and the national average. All rates are the number of crimes per 1,000 residents in a standard year.
| Mathews, VA: | 3.918 |
|---|---|
| Virginia: | 3.200 |
| USA: | 3.112 |
Considering only the drug-related crime rate, Mathews is less safe than the Virginia state average and less safe than the national average.
See how CrimeGrade calculates these grades and rates on the CrimeGrade methodology page.
Drug-Related Crime is projected to cost the residents of Mathews about $35,768 in 2025, or roughly $29 per resident. This is part of Mathews's overall Cost of Crime™. See the full cost-of-crime breakdown for Mathews, including every crime type and how Mathews compares to other cities.
Remember that drug-related crime 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 Mathews's crime maps on the Mathews overall crime page.
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Nearby City | Overall Crime Grade | Violent Crime Grade | Property Crime Grade | Drug-Related Crime Crime Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
B- | B+ | B- | B- | |
B | B+ | A- | C | |
B+ | D+ | A+ | C | |
B | B | A | C- | |
B+ | C | A | C+ | |
B+ | D+ | A+ | C | |
C- | C | B- | D+ | |
C | C- | C+ | C | |
B+ | B+ | A | B- | |
A- | B+ | A | C+ |
Mathews is higher versus other cities of the same size for drug-related crime. The table below compares drug-related crime in cities with comparable overall population.
Similar City | Overall Crime Grade | Violent Crime Grade | Property Crime Grade | Drug-Related Crime Crime Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
B- | A- | A- | C- | |
D+ | D | D | B- | |
A+ | B+ | B+ | A- | |
B | B- | B- | C- | |
C | B+ | B+ | C | |
A+ | B+ | B+ | B | |
A | A- | A- | D+ | |
B- | C | C | B- | |
B+ | B- | B- | B- | |
B- | C- | C- | C |
Safety and school performance are separate topics, but both shape moving decisions. Using SchoolGrade data, schools in Mathews, VA average SchoolGrade of A-, with 57% actual proficiency versus 53% projected; overall, schools exceed expectations. See Mathews schools on SchoolGrade
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