The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Beech Grove, IN
Beech Grove is a city of 16,300 in Marion County, about 5 miles southeast of downtown Indianapolis · Updated November 2026
Is Beech Grove, IN safe?
Crime in Beech Grove is moderate, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of B+. Most US neighborhoods have little crime: 66% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime than Beech Grove. Violent and property crime both grade B+ here. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Beech Grove run from A- to C, so check the map below.
B+
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 737 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
34% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Beech Grove as a whole, and 66% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Beech Grove scores 737.
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 Beech Grove, IN at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Beech Grove, 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
What stands out in Beech Grove
Car thefts run high. Beech Grove has car thefts at about double the US rate: 5.0 a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Beech Grove
Low crime is the norm across Beech Grove: 94% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and the rest in areas graded C. Grades across Beech Grove run from A- to C; every part of Beech Grove has more crime than the typical US neighborhood.
94%
A or B 94%C 6%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Beech Grove, the southeast side has the least crime and the southwest side the most.
Crime rates and types in Beech Grove
CrimeGrade™ estimates Beech Grove has about 39 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 6% more than the US as a whole and 25% more than Indiana.
Overall crime
Violent crime
Property crime
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. These figures include simple assaults and vandalism, which the FBI's violent and property crime rates leave out.
The largest share of crime reported in Beech Grove is assault, about 38% of the total. It also makes up the largest share of what crime costs here.
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.
The Beech Grove Police Department counts vandalism differently from the national definition, so CrimeGrade™ makes its own vandalism estimate.
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 Beech Grove
Beech Grove has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Beech Grove, 45% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 32% of them, against 34% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Stores and businesses (47%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Homes (41%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Theft from cars
Homes (32%)
Morning (6 am to noon)
Aggravated assault
Homes (51%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
How Beech Grove compares with nearby cities
Of the 7 cities closest to Beech Grove, 4 have less crime. New Palestine and New Whiteland have the least.
Night lighting, parking lots and walkability in Beech Grove
Beech Grove looks like a typical city on the traits that tend to go with crime.
Lit at nightSatellite images show which neighborhoods are lit at night, a sign of busy streets and businesses. Brightly lit places tend to report more theft and vandalism.100% where people liveUS: 78%Higher than for 92% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.2.5 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 74% of US city residents
Walk GradeBestNeighborhood's grade for getting through daily life on foot, traced along real walking routes to shops, schools and parks. Walkable places tend to report more theft and assault. 81% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D (18 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 51% of US city residents
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Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft and robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Beech Grove: D+ (22 of 100).5 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 69% of US city residents
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.7.1% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 63% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.11.3 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 62% of US city residents
These traits tend to go with more or less crime; none of them causes it on its own. Sources: Census job counts and housing figures, OpenStreetMap and Overture business listings, CrimeGrade™ parking estimates, NASA night-light imagery, US Forest Service tree cover, EPA transit data and BestNeighborhood's Walk Grade.
What crime costs Beech Grove
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Beech Grove about $1,076 a year per household, 11% 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 $20 million a year, or $1,237 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$1.0 million
$63
Rape
$550,000
$34
Robbery
$190,000
$12
Assault
$2.4 million
$149
Burglary
$270,000
$16
Theft
$840,000
$52
Vehicle theft
$1.3 million
$77
Arson
$24,000
$1
Vandalism
$720,000
$44
Total
$7.3 million
$447
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 Beech Grove 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 Beech Grove, IN average a SchoolGrade of D: 32% of students test proficient, against 33% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Beech Grove on SchoolGrade
