Bear Grass is a town of 48 in Martin County, about 17 miles northeast of downtown Greenville · Updated November 2026
Is Bear Grass, NC safe?
Yes. Most US neighborhoods have little crime, and Bear Grass has less than most of them: its overall CrimeGrade™ is A, safer than the neighborhoods where 74% of Americans live. Violent crime grades A+ and property crime A.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 921 of 1,000Safer than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
74% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Bear Grass as a whole, and 26% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Bear Grass scores 921.
Crime is concentrated in a small share of places, so most neighborhoods score high on the 0 to 1,000 scale. That is why a score in the 800s can still mean more crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its crime with the people, homes and cars there, on one national scale, from green for the least crime to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy shopping center can show red while the homes beside it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a strong connection. Compare high speed internet in Bear Grass, NC at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Bear Grass, and anyone thinking about buying or renting a home there.
Business and enterprise customers: this free map shows neighborhood areas. CrimeGrade™ business reports map crime at about 66-meter detail and estimate it for one address and type of business. See business reports
Crime rates and types in Bear Grass
Bear Grass has too few residents for a reliable rate per resident; its CrimeGrade™ compares crime with the people, homes and cars there instead.
Theft is the most common crime in Bear Grass, about 46% of everything reported.
Each CrimeGrade™ compares a crime with what it affects: people for assaults and robbery, homes for burglary, parked cars for vehicle theft. Rates count crimes per 1,000 residents.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
Where and when crime happens in Bear Grass
The Martin County Sheriff's Office polices Bear Grass, and these figures cover every place it serves, 2022 to 2024.
In Bear Grass, 78% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Car thefts happen most often at homes: 74% of them, against 33% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (78%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Homes (74%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Vandalism
Homes (58%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Aggravated assault
Homes (74%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
How Bear Grass compares with nearby cities
Bear Grass has less crime than 6 of its 10 nearest cities.
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Bear Grass about $982 a year per household, 18% less than the US figure of $1,205.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost comes to about $67,000 a year, or $1,393 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$3,400
$71
Rape
$1,200
$25
Robbery
$510
$11
Assault
$8,000
$167
Burglary
$1,100
$24
Theft
$5,100
$106
Vehicle theft
$1,000
$21
Arson
$33
$1
Vandalism
$1,600
$33
Total
$22,000
$459
How CrimeGrade™ works
A CrimeGrade™ shows how much crime an area has compared with the rest of the country, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most. Every neighborhood in the US is graded on the same scale, so a B in Bear Grass means the same as a B anywhere else.
CrimeGrade™ starts from the crimes people report to police and measures each kind of crime against what it affects: people for assaults, homes for burglaries, parked cars for car thefts.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them.
Comparisons with US neighborhoods use the Census Bureau's block groups, small areas of about 1,400 residents, and count the people who live in each. The figures count crimes reported to police; many crimes, shoplifting above all, never are. Behind the grades, CrimeGrade™ tested 21,607 factors from 125 data families. For business owners, paid CrimeGrade™ location reports estimate crime at a single address for each type of business.
Where the numbers come from
Crime reports that police departments file with the FBI
State crime records and city crime data, where they are published
Published research on what crime costs victims and communities
These are estimates of reported crime for whole areas, not a record of what happened on any one street. CrimeGrade™ updates them once a year and provides them free and without guarantee. Check local sources before you rely on them for a decision.
Schools in Bear Grass, NC average a SchoolGrade of C-: 49% of students test proficient, against 35% projected for schools like them. Overall, they greatly exceed expectations. See schools in Bear Grass on SchoolGrade
