Means, KY Murder Rates and Murder Maps

Crime Grade's murder map shows the safest places in Means in green. The most dangerous areas in Means 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 Means, KY Safe from Murder?

The B grade means the rate of murder is slightly lower than the average US city. Means is in the 63rd percentile for safety, meaning 37% of cities are safer and 63% of cities are more dangerous. This analysis applies to Means's proper boundaries only. See the table on nearby places below for nearby cities.

The rate of murder in Means is 0.0466 per 1,000 residents during a standard year. People who live in Means generally consider the northeast part of the city to be the safest.

Your chance of being a victim of murder in Means may be as high as 1 in 17,896 in the northwest neighborhoods, or as low as 1 in 23,670 in the northeast part of the city.

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

How Means's Murder Rate Compares

The chart below compares the murder rate in Means to the Kentucky 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, Means is safer than the Kentucky state average and safer than the national average.

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

The Cost of Murder in Means, KY

Murder is projected to cost the residents of Means about $53,277 in 2025, or roughly $88 per resident. This is part of Means's overall Cost of Crime™. See the full cost-of-crime breakdown for Means, including every crime type and how Means 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 Means's crime maps on the Means overall crime page.

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Individual Means Crime Maps & Stats

Murder Maps and Rates for Nearby Cities

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

Nearby City	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade	Murder Crime Grade
Rothwell, KY	C+	A	C-	B
Lucky Stop, KY	C+	D	C+	B-
Hope, KY	C+	C-	C	B-
Jeffersonville, KY	B+	C+	A-	B
Sudith, KY	B-	A	C+	B
Fagan, KY	C	A	C	B
Bowen, KY	C+	A-	C+	C+
Frenchburg, KY	C+	A-	C+	B-
Levee, KY	A-	B+	A+	B-
Olympia Springs, KY	A	A	A	B

Murder in City with Similar Populations

Means is lower 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
Linton, GA	D	F	F	D-
Scotia, CA	D	F	F	F
Sayner, WI	B-	B-	B-	B-
Sawyer, IA	B	B+	B+	A+
Santa Cruz, TX	D-	D-	D-	D+
Salisbury Heights, NH	B+	A+	A+	A
Russell, MS	A	A+	A+	A-
Little River, KS	C-	D+	D+	D+
Littcarr, KY	B	A	A	C
Searles, MN	B+	B-	B-	A-

Safety and school performance are separate topics, but both shape moving decisions. Using SchoolGrade data, schools in Means, KY average SchoolGrade of D, with 25% actual proficiency versus 31% projected; overall, schools underperform expectations. See Means schools on SchoolGrade

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