Murder per Capita in Cass County
The map below shows murder per 1,000 Cass County residents.
The map below shows murder per 1,000 Cass County residents.
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Murder costs the average Cass County resident about $85 per year.
Crime Grade's murder map shows the safest places in Cass County in green. The most dangerous areas in Cass County 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 murder is lower than the average US county. Cass County is in the 77th percentile for safety, meaning 23% of counties are safer and 77% of counties are more dangerous. This analysis applies to Cass County's proper boundaries only. See the table on nearby places below for nearby counties.
The rate of murder in Cass County is 0.0453 per 1,000 residents during a standard year. People who live in Cass County generally consider the east part of the county to be the safest.
Your chance of being a victim of murder in Cass County may be as high as 1 in 17,428 in the southwest neighborhoods, or as low as 1 in 58,852 in the east part of the county.
By a simple count ignoring population, more murder occurs in the central parts of Cass County, IN: about 0 per year. The east part of Cass County has fewer cases of murder with only 0 in a typical year.
The chart below compares the murder rate in Cass County to the Indiana state average and the national average. All rates are the number of crimes per 1,000 residents in a standard year.
| Cass County, IN: | 0.0453 |
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| Indiana: | 0.0723 |
| USA: | 0.0671 |
Considering only the murder rate, Cass County is safer than the Indiana state average and safer than the national average.
See how CrimeGrade calculates these grades and rates on the CrimeGrade methodology page.
Murder is projected to cost the residents of Cass County about $3,284,188 in 2025, or roughly $85 per resident. This is part of Cass County's overall Cost of Crime™. See the full cost-of-crime breakdown for Cass County, including every crime type and how Cass County compares to other counties.
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 Cass County's crime maps on the Cass County overall crime page.
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Nearby County | Overall Crime Grade | Violent Crime Grade | Property Crime Grade | Murder Crime Grade |
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A- | B+ | A- | B- | |
A+ | A+ | A+ | B+ | |
A- | B | B+ | B- | |
A- | B+ | B+ | C | |
A | B+ | A | B | |
A- | A- | B+ | C | |
A- | B+ | A- | C- | |
A- | A- | A- | B- | |
B+ | A- | B | D+ | |
A- | A- | B+ | D |
Cass County is lower versus other counties of the same size for murder. The table below compares murder in counties with comparable overall population.
Similar County | Overall Crime Grade | Violent Crime Grade | Property Crime Grade | Murder Crime Grade |
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A | A- | A- | B+ | |
F | D- | D- | F | |
C+ | C | C | C+ | |
F | F | F | D- | |
A+ | A- | A- | A+ | |
A+ | A+ | A+ | A- | |
D+ | D- | D- | F | |
B- | C+ | C+ | A+ | |
A- | A- | A- | A+ | |
D+ | D- | D- | D- |
Safety and school performance are separate topics, but both shape moving decisions. Using SchoolGrade data, schools in Cass County, IN average SchoolGrade of C-, with 33% actual proficiency versus 35% projected; overall, schools don't meet expectations. See Cass County schools on SchoolGrade
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