The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Five Forks, SC
Five Forks is an unincorporated community of 18,700 in Greenville County, about 10 miles east of downtown Greenville · Updated November 2026
Is Five Forks, SC safe?
Yes. Crime is low across most of the US, and lower still in Five Forks: an overall CrimeGrade™ of A, safer than the neighborhoods where 64% of Americans live. Violent and property crime both grade A here. Every neighborhood in Five Forks grades A.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 892 of 1,000Safer than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
64% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Five Forks as a whole, and 36% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Five Forks scores 892.
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 Five Forks, SC at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Five Forks, 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 Five Forks
Thefts are uncommon. Five Forks has thefts at about half the US rate: 7.1 a year per 1,000 residents, against 13.1 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Five Forks
Every part of Five Forks where people live grades A or B on the national scale.
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A or B 100%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Five Forks, the northeast side has the least crime and the southeast side the most.
Crime rates and types in Five Forks
CrimeGrade™ estimates Five Forks has about 15 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 60% less than the US as a whole and 67% less than South Carolina.
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.
Theft is the most common crime in Five Forks, about 48% of everything reported, but assault costs more, because each one does more harm.
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.
How Five Forks compares with nearby cities
Five Forks has less crime than 7 of its 8 nearest cities; only Reidville has less.
Empty homes, night lighting and walkability in Five Forks
Two things set Five Forks apart: it has 1.7% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally, and 5.1 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally. Places like that tend to report less burglary, vandalism and arson, and burglary and vandalism run low here.
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.1.7% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 97% of US city residents
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
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. 96% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.F (5 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 90% of US city residents
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Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.5.1 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 91% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.18 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 89% of US city residents
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 Five Forks: F (0 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 84% 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 Five Forks
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Five Forks about $444 a year per household, 63% 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 $7.9 million a year, or $422 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$370,000
$20
Rape
$170,000
$9
Robbery
$49,000
$3
Assault
$940,000
$50
Burglary
$150,000
$8
Theft
$680,000
$36
Vehicle theft
$100,000
$6
Arson
$7,100
under $1
Vandalism
$240,000
$13
Total
$2.7 million
$145
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 Five Forks 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. Five Forks is the other kind of example: few people work in, shop in or visit it, so its crime per resident looks lower than its CrimeGrade™ suggests.
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 Five Forks, SC average a SchoolGrade of A+: 70% of students test proficient, against 54% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Five Forks on SchoolGrade
