Byers, CO Murder Rates and Murder Maps

Crime Grade's murder map shows the safest places in Byers in green. The most dangerous areas in Byers are in red, with moderately safe areas in yellow. Crime rates on the map are weighted by the type and severity of the crime.

Is Byers, CO Safe from Murder?

The D- grade means the rate of murder is much higher than the average US city. Byers is in the 11th percentile for safety, meaning 89% of cities are safer and 11% of cities are more dangerous. This analysis applies to Byers's proper boundaries only. See the table on nearby places below for nearby cities.

The rate of murder in Byers is 0.1316 per 1,000 residents during a standard year. People who live in Byers generally consider the southwest part of the city to be the safest.

Your chance of being a victim of murder in Byers may be as high as 1 in 6,180 in the northeast neighborhoods, or as low as 1 in 9,049 in the southwest part of the city.

By a simple count ignoring population, more murder occurs in the central parts of Byers, CO: about 0 per year. The east part of Byers has fewer cases of murder with only 0 in a typical year.

How Byers's Murder Rate Compares

The chart below compares the murder rate in Byers to the Colorado state average and the national average. All rates are the number of crimes per 1,000 residents in a standard year.

Considering only the murder rate, Byers is less safe than the Colorado state average and less safe than the national average.

See how CrimeGrade calculates these grades and rates on the CrimeGrade methodology page.

The Cost of Murder in Byers, CO

Murder is projected to cost the residents of Byers about $651,361 in 2025, or roughly $247 per resident. This is part of Byers's overall Cost of Crime™. See the full cost-of-crime breakdown for Byers, including every crime type and how Byers compares to other cities.

Interpreting the Murder Map

Remember that murder 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 Byers's crime maps on the Byers overall crime page.

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Individual Byers Crime Maps & Stats

Murder Maps and Rates for Nearby Cities

Compared to surrounding cities, the rate of murder in Byers is higher. The table below shows Crime Grades for cities close to Byers.

Nearby City	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade	Murder Crime Grade
Strasburg, CO	C+	D+	B-	C-
Comanche Creek, CO	C	C	D+	D
Deer Trail, CO	C	D+	C	D-
Bennett, CO	C-	C-	D+	C
Agate, CO	F	B+	F	D
Hilltop, CO	C	B	D+	D+
Watkins, CO	D-	D	F	C
Kiowa, CO	D	C-	D-	D
Ponderosa Park, CO	D+	B-	D+	C
Elizabeth, CO	C+	C+	C+	C

Murder in City with Similar Populations

Byers is higher versus other cities of the same size for murder. The table below compares murder in cities with comparable overall population.

Similar City	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade	Murder Crime Grade
Woodbine, IA	B	C	C	A
Pine Level, NC	B-	C+	C+	B+
Bernardston, MA	A	B-	B-	A+
Big Clifty, KY	C+	B+	B+	C+
Calais, ME	F	C+	C+	D
Viper, KY	C+	B-	B-	C
Clear Brook, VA	B+	A-	A-	A+
Coleman, WI	C+	B+	B+	B+
Talmo, GA	B	A-	A-	D+
Pandora, OH	A	B-	B-	C+

Safety and school performance are separate topics, but both shape moving decisions. Using SchoolGrade data, schools in Byers, CO average SchoolGrade of D+, with 30% actual proficiency versus 32% projected; overall, schools meet expectations. See Byers schools on SchoolGrade

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