College Heights, McAllen, TX Murder Rates and Murder Maps

Crime Grade's murder map shows the safest places in College Heights in green. The most dangerous areas in College Heights 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 College Heights, McAllen, TX Safe?

The D grade means the rate of murder is higher than the average US neighborhood. College Heights is in the 19th percentile for safety, meaning 81% of neighborhoods are safer and 19% of neighborhoods are more dangerous. This analysis applies to College Heights's proper boundaries only. See the table on nearby places below for nearby neighborhoods.

The rate of murder in College Heights is 0.1447 per 1,000 residents during a standard year. People who live in College Heights generally consider the northwest part of the neighborhood to be the safest.

Your chance of being a victim of murder in College Heights may be as high as 1 in 5,841 in the east neighborhoods, or as low as 1 in 8,626 in the northwest part of the neighborhood. See the section on interpreting the murder map, however, because comparing rates for murder or any other crime is not as intuitive as it may seem.

By a simple count ignoring population, more crimes occur in the south parts of College Heights, McAllen, TX: about 0 per year. The northeast part of College Heights has fewer cases of murder with only 0 in a typical year.

Interpreting the Murder Maps

When looking at the murder map for College Heights, remember that the rate of murder per resident may appear inflated when people visit the area during the day, but do not live there. For example, there are more retail establishments in the northeast part of the neighborhood. Many crimes are committed in retail areas in blocks where few people live. Red areas on the murder rate map do not always indicate danger for College Heights residents who live there.

More issues arise with places like airports, parks, and schools. Major airports, of which College Heights has 0, always look like high-crime locations due to the large number of people and the low population nearby. Parks and designated recreational areas, of which College Heights has 0, have the same problem. Of College Heights’s 4,625 residents, few live near recreational areas. Because many people visit, crime rates may appear higher even for safe parks. Ultimately crime happens where people are, whether they live there or not. Before writing off an area as unsafe, look at both the crime rate and total crime maps, then consider nearby destinations that people may be visiting.

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College Heights Crime Breakdown

The tables below show which crimes are used to calculate the Crime Grades above. All murder rates are shown as the number of crimes per 1,000 College Heights residents in a standard year.

Individual College Heights Crime Maps & Stats

Crime Maps and Rates for Nearby Neighborhoods

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

Nearby Neighborhood	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade	Murder Crime Grade
Sharyland Plantation, Mission, TX	B	B+	B-	D+
Enfield Estates, Edinburg, TX	D	D+	D-	B-
West Sharyland, Mission, TX	B-	C	B+	A+
La Homa, Mission, TX	C	C	C	A-
Abram-Perezville, Mission, TX	C+	C	B	B-
Doffing, Mission, TX	B+	B	A-	B+
Downtown Brownsville, Brownsville, TX	F	D-	F	C
Mariner, Cape Coral, FL	A+	A+	A+	A+
Pelican, Cape Coral, FL	A+	A+	A+	A+
Fort Myers Villas, Villas, FL	A+	A-	A+	A

Crime Maps and Rates for Neighborhood with Similar Populations

College Heights is higher versus other neighborhoods of the same size for murder. The table below compares crime in neighborhoods with comparable overall population in the neighborhood‘s boundaries.

Similar Neighborhood	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade	Murder Crime Grade
Farm Hills, Redwood City, CA	A	B+	B+	C+
Villages at Rancho El Dorado, Silver Bell, AZ	A	A+	A+	C+
Post Road North, Milford, CT	C-	A+	A+	A
West Riverside, New Orleans, LA	C-	D+	D+	D-
West Side, Augusta, GA	B+	A-	A-	D+
Tropico, Glendale, CA	C	C-	C-	B+
Westlake Village, Westlake Village, CA	B-	B-	B-	A+
Bayshore, Wilmington, NC	B+	A-	A-	A
Grayson Hill, Tuckahoe, VA	A-	A+	A+	B
Audubon Park, Minneapolis, MN	D+	C	C	C

Considering only the murder rate, College Heights is less safe than the Texas state average and less safe than the national average.

Safety and school performance are separate topics, but both shape moving decisions. Using SchoolGrade data, schools in College Heights, McAllen, TX average SchoolGrade of D+, with 29% actual proficiency versus 26% projected; overall, schools exceed expectations. See College Heights schools on SchoolGrade

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