Garden Springs, Lexington, KY Murder Rates and Murder Maps

Crime Grade's murder map shows the safest places in Garden Springs in green. The most dangerous areas in Garden Springs 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 Garden Springs, Lexington, KY Safe?

The D+ grade means the rate of murder is higher than the average US neighborhood. Garden Springs is in the 28th percentile for safety, meaning 72% of neighborhoods are safer and 28% of neighborhoods are more dangerous. This analysis applies to Garden Springs's proper boundaries only. See the table on nearby places below for nearby neighborhoods.

The rate of murder in Garden Springs is 0.1070 per 1,000 residents during a standard year. People who live in Garden Springs generally consider the southwest part of the neighborhood to be the safest.

Your chance of being a victim of murder in Garden Springs may be as high as 1 in 8,401 in the east neighborhoods, or as low as 1 in 10,559 in the southwest 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 east parts of Garden Springs, Lexington, KY: about 0 per year. The southwest part of Garden Springs has fewer cases of murder with only 0 in a typical year.

Interpreting the Murder Maps

When looking at the murder map for Garden Springs, 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 few retail establishments in 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 Garden Springs residents who live there.

More issues arise with places like airports, parks, and schools. Major airports, of which Garden Springs 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 Garden Springs has 0, have the same problem. Of Garden Springs’s 4,089 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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Garden Springs 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 Garden Springs residents in a standard year.

Individual Garden Springs Crime Maps & Stats

Crime Maps and Rates for Nearby Neighborhoods

Compared to surrounding neighborhoods, the rate of murder in Garden Springs is lower. The table below shows Crime Grades for neighborhoods close to Garden Springs.

Nearby Neighborhood	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade	Murder Crime Grade
Gardenside-Colony, Lexington, KY	C+	A	B-	D
Southland Deerfield Open Gates, Lexington, KY	B-	A+	B	D
Cardinal Hill-Pine Meadow, Lexington, KY	C+	A	B	D
Holiday Hills, Lexington, KY	C	B+	B-	D
Virginia Ave, Lexington, KY	D	A-	D	D
Indian Hills-Stonewall Estates-Monticello, Lexington, KY	A-	A+	A	C
University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY	B+	B+	A	D
Mount Vernon-Hollywood-Montclair, Lexington, KY	C+	A-	B-	D
Brookhaven-Lansdowne, Lexington, KY	C	A	C	D+
Downtown Lexington, Lexington, KY	D-	B	D	D

Crime Maps and Rates for Neighborhood with Similar Populations

Garden Springs 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
Baldwin District, Manassas, VA	B	A	A	C-
Alban Hills, Albuquerque, NM	C+	C	C	A
Albion Place, Clifton, NJ	A+	A	A	B+
Avalon Park Village, Alafaya, FL	A+	A+	A+	A
Alessandro, San Bernardino, CA	B-	C	C	D+
Alger Heights, Grand Rapids, MI	B-	C-	C-	B+
Allendale Area, Arvada, CO	D+	B	B	A+
Alondra Park, Lawndale, CA	B-	C-	C-	B
Alturas de Rio Grande, Rio Grande, PR	C-	C-	C-	D-
Arctic, West Warwick, RI	B	A	A	A

Considering only the murder rate, Garden Springs is less safe than the Kentucky 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 Garden Springs, Lexington, KY average SchoolGrade of B, with 47% actual proficiency versus 40% projected; overall, schools greatly exceed expectations. See Garden Springs schools on SchoolGrade

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