The Avenues, Salt Lake City, UT Murder Rates and Murder Maps

Crime Grade's murder map shows the safest places in The Avenues in green. The most dangerous areas in The Avenues 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 The Avenues, Salt Lake City, UT Safe?

The A+ grade means the rate of murder is much lower than the average US neighborhood. The Avenues is in the 96th percentile for safety, meaning 4% of neighborhoods are safer and 96% of neighborhoods are more dangerous. This analysis applies to The Avenues's proper boundaries only. See the table on nearby places below for nearby neighborhoods.

The rate of murder in The Avenues is 0.0122 per 1,000 residents during a standard year. People who live in The Avenues generally consider the east part of the neighborhood to be the safest.

Your chance of being a victim of murder in The Avenues may be as high as 1 in 57,495 in the southwest neighborhoods, or as low as 1 in 195,230 in the east 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 west parts of The Avenues, Salt Lake City, UT: about 0 per year. The east part of The Avenues has fewer cases of murder with only 0 in a typical year.

Interpreting the Murder Maps

When looking at the murder map for The Avenues, 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 west 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 The Avenues residents who live there.

More issues arise with places like airports, parks, and schools. Major airports, of which The Avenues 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 The Avenues has 6, have the same problem. Of The Avenues’s 13,444 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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The Avenues 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 The Avenues residents in a standard year.

Individual The Avenues Crime Maps & Stats

Crime Maps and Rates for Nearby Neighborhoods

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

Nearby Neighborhood	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade	Murder Crime Grade
Central City, Salt Lake City, UT	F	F	F	A+
Capitol Hill, Salt Lake City, UT	F	D-	F	A
East Central, Salt Lake City, UT	F	C-	F	A+
9th and 9th, Salt Lake City, UT	F	C-	F	A+
Downtown, Salt Lake City, UT	F	F	F	A-
Central City Liberty Wells, Salt Lake City, UT	F	D-	F	A+
Yalecrest, Salt Lake City, UT	D+	B+	D	A+
Fairpark, Salt Lake City, UT	F	F	F	A+
People's Freeway, Salt Lake City, UT	F	F	F	A
East Bench, Salt Lake City, UT	D+	B+	D	A+

Crime Maps and Rates for Neighborhood with Similar Populations

The Avenues is lower 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
Wilkes, Portland, OR	D+	B	B	C
Washington Park, Denver, CO	D+	C	C	B+
Glenbrook, Stamford, CT	A-	A+	A+	B-
Garrison Park, Austin, TX	C+	C	C	B+
Front Park, Buffalo, NY	C+	D-	D-	B
Fremont, Seattle, WA	F	C	C	D-
West Pullman, Chicago, IL	C	D+	D+	D-
West Side, Stamford, CT	B+	A+	A+	C+
Westside, Grand Rapids, MI	A	B+	B+	A
Fern Creek, Louisville, KY	B	A	A	D+

Considering only the murder rate, The Avenues is safer than the Utah state average and safer than the national average.

Safety and school performance are separate topics, but both shape moving decisions. Using SchoolGrade data, schools in The Avenues, Salt Lake City, UT average SchoolGrade of C, with 37% actual proficiency versus 43% projected; overall, schools underperform expectations. See The Avenues schools on SchoolGrade

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