The Coves, Kansas City, MO Theft Rates and Theft Maps

Crime Grade's theft map shows the safest places in The Coves in green. The most dangerous areas in The Coves 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 Coves, Kansas City, MO Safe?

The B+ grade means the rate of theft is lower than the average US neighborhood. The Coves is in the 70th percentile for safety, meaning 30% of neighborhoods are safer and 70% of neighborhoods are more dangerous. This analysis applies to The Coves's proper boundaries only. See the table on nearby places below for nearby neighborhoods.

The rate of theft in The Coves is 10.79 per 1,000 residents during a standard year. People who live in The Coves generally consider the northeast part of the neighborhood to be the safest.

Your chance of being a victim of theft in The Coves may be as high as 1 in 35 in the northwest neighborhoods, or as low as 1 in 282 in the northeast part of the neighborhood. See the section on interpreting the theft map, however, because comparing rates for theft or any other crime is not as intuitive as it may seem.

By a simple count ignoring population, more crimes occur in the southwest parts of The Coves, Kansas City, MO: about 17 per year. The north part of The Coves has fewer cases of theft with only 2 in a typical year.

Interpreting the Theft Maps

When looking at the theft map for The Coves, remember that the rate of theft 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 north part of the neighborhood. Many crimes are committed in retail areas in blocks where few people live. Red areas on the theft rate map do not always indicate danger for The Coves residents who live there.

More issues arise with places like airports, parks, and schools. Major airports, of which The Coves 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 Coves has 0, have the same problem. Of The Coves’s 5,532 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 Coves Crime Breakdown

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

Individual The Coves Crime Maps & Stats

Crime Maps and Rates for Nearby Neighborhoods

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

Nearby Neighborhood	Overall Crime Grade	Violent Crime Grade	Property Crime Grade	Theft Crime Grade
Coves North, Kansas City, MO	B-	A	B-	C+
Platte Brook North, Kansas City, MO	B-	A+	B+	A-
Park Forest, Kansas City, MO	A-	A+	A-	B+
Prairie Point-Wildberry, Kansas City, MO	D+	B	D	D-
Barry Harbour, Kansas City, MO	B-	B+	B-	B
Breen Hills, Kansas City, MO	B-	B+	B	A-
Parkdale-Walden, Kansas City, MO	B	A	B	B+
Clayton, Kansas City, MO	C	B+	C	B-
Lakeview Terrace, Kansas City, MO	C-	A-	D+	C
Gashland, Kansas City, MO	B+	A	A-	A-

Crime Maps and Rates for Neighborhood with Similar Populations

The Coves is lower versus other neighborhoods of the same size for theft. 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	Theft Crime Grade
Mays Chapel Village, Mays Chapel, MD	B+	A-	A-	A-
South Post, Fort Belvoir, VA	B+	A+	A+	C+
Snohomish Cascade, Silver Firs, WA	A+	A+	A+	A+
Scarritt Renaissance, Kansas City, MO	D-	F	F	D+
Palo Verde, Tucson, AZ	D-	D-	D-	D-
Palm Springs North, Hialeah, FL	A+	A+	A+	A
Orchard Park, Wichita, KS	D	D	D	D+
Orchard Hills, Irvine, CA	A+	A	A	A+
Northwest Everett, Everett, WA	F	C+	C+	D-
Northeast, Tampa, FL	A-	C-	C-	B+

Considering only the theft rate, The Coves is safer than the Missouri 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 Coves, Kansas City, MO average SchoolGrade of B-, with 41% actual proficiency versus 49% projected; overall, schools underperform expectations. See The Coves schools on SchoolGrade

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