Grant Beach is a neighborhood of 3,970 residents in Springfield, close to downtown · Updated November 2026
Is Grant Beach in Springfield safe?
Crime in Grant Beach is high, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of F. Most US neighborhoods have far less: 92% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime than Grant Beach. Violent crime grades F and property crime C-. Springfield as a whole grades B. Its neighborhoods are much alike, from D to F; see the map below.
F
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 58 of 1,000Less safe than nearly all US neighborhoodsi What this means
8% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Grant Beach as a whole, and 92% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Grant Beach scores 58.
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 Grant Beach, Springfield, MO at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Grant Beach in Springfield, 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 Grant Beach
Burglary stands out among F-graded neighborhoods. For the typical resident of an F-graded US neighborhood, the figure is 4.6 burglaries a year per 1,000 residents; Grant Beach has 13.8.
Aggravated assaults and simple assaults both run high. In Grant Beach, each runs at more than triple the US rate: 20.1 aggravated assaults and 35.6 simple assaults a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.6 and 9.7 nationally.
Crime rates and types in Grant Beach
CrimeGrade™ estimates Grant Beach has about 116 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, about triple the rate for the US as a whole and 86% more than Springfield as a whole.
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 Grant Beach is assault, about 48% 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.
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 Springfield
The Springfield Police Department polices Grant Beach; these figures cover Springfield as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Springfield as a whole, 61% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 56% of them, against 34% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (61%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Homes (62%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Homes (56%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (44%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (48%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (63%)
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 Grant Beach compares with nearby neighborhoods
Grant Beach has the most crime of its 10 nearest neighborhoods.
Transit, empty homes and walkability in Grant Beach
Two things set Grant Beach apart: it has 15.5% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally, and 6% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson, and burglary and vandalism run high here.
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 Grant Beach: F (0 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 95% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.15.5% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 94% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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.C+ (43 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 58% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.6% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 94% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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 Grant Beach
Crime costs Grant Beach about $3,792 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, about triple 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 $22 million a year, or $5,622 per resident.
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 Grant Beach 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 Grant Beach, Springfield, MO average a SchoolGrade of D+: 37% of students test proficient, against 27% projected for schools like them. Overall, they greatly exceed expectations. See schools in Grant Beach on SchoolGrade
