Robbery per Capita in Columbia
The map below shows robbery per 1,000 Columbia residents.
The map below shows robbery per 1,000 Columbia residents.
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Robbery Grade™
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D |
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C- |
Your yearly chance of being a victim of robbery in Columbia is about 1 in 2,019.
Robbery costs the average Columbia resident about $16 per year.
Crime Grade's robbery map shows the safest places in Columbia in green. The most dangerous areas in Columbia 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 C grade means the rate of robbery is slightly higher than the average US city. Columbia is in the 42nd percentile for safety, meaning 58% of cities are safer and 42% of cities are more dangerous. This analysis applies to Columbia's proper boundaries only. See the table on nearby places below for nearby cities.
The rate of robbery in Columbia is 0.4952 per 1,000 residents during a standard year. People who live in Columbia generally consider the northeast part of the city to be the safest.
Your chance of being a victim of robbery in Columbia may be as high as 1 in 1,434 in the south neighborhoods, or as low as 1 in 2,827 in the northeast part of the city.
By a simple count ignoring population, more robbery occurs in the central parts of Columbia, TN: about 7 per year. The north part of Columbia has fewer cases of robbery with only 1 in a typical year.
The chart below compares the robbery rate in Columbia to the Tennessee state average and the national average. All rates are the number of crimes per 1,000 residents in a standard year.
| Columbia, TN: | 0.4952 |
|---|---|
| Tennessee: | 0.6794 |
| USA: | 0.6421 |
Considering only the robbery rate, Columbia is safer than the Tennessee state average and safer than the national average.
See how CrimeGrade calculates these grades and rates on the CrimeGrade methodology page.
Robbery is projected to cost the residents of Columbia about $925,451 in 2025, or roughly $16 per resident. This is part of Columbia's overall Cost of Crime™. See the full cost-of-crime breakdown for Columbia, including every crime type and how Columbia compares to other cities.
Remember that robbery 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 Columbia's crime maps on the Columbia overall crime page.
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Nearby City | Overall Crime Grade | Violent Crime Grade | Property Crime Grade | Robbery Crime Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
C- | D | C+ | B | |
B+ | C- | B | B | |
B+ | B+ | B+ | B | |
A | A | A | B+ | |
C+ | B- | B- | B | |
D- | C | D | D- | |
B- | D+ | B | B- | |
B- | D+ | B | B- | |
C+ | C- | B | C | |
B- | B | B- | B- |
Columbia is similar versus other cities of the same size for robbery. The table below compares robbery in cities with comparable overall population.
Similar City | Overall Crime Grade | Violent Crime Grade | Property Crime Grade | Robbery Crime Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
A- | B | B | B+ | |
D | C | C | B | |
C | C | C | D- | |
B+ | B | B | B+ | |
C | C | C | D | |
A- | A- | A- | B- | |
D | D | D | C- | |
A- | B- | B- | A | |
B | C | C | D+ | |
B- | B- | B- | B |
Safety and school performance are separate topics, but both shape moving decisions. Using SchoolGrade data, schools in Columbia, TN average SchoolGrade of C, with 36% actual proficiency versus 39% projected; overall, schools don't meet expectations. See Columbia schools on SchoolGrade
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