The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Grant County, NM
Grant County is home to 27,800 residents and includes Silver City and Bayard · Updated November 2026
Is Grant County, NM safe?
Yes. Most US neighborhoods have little crime, and Grant County has less than most of them: its overall CrimeGrade™ is A+, safer than the neighborhoods where 81% of Americans live. Violent and property crime both grade A+ here. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Grant County run from A+ to C, so check the map or the safest and least safe places below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 938 of 1,000Safer than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
81% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Grant County as a whole, and 19% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Grant County scores 938.
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 County, NM at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Grant County, 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 County
Acts of vandalism run high. Grant County has acts of vandalism at about double the US rate: 10.1 a year per 1,000 residents, against 5.5 nationally.
The safest and most dangerous places in Grant County
Most of Grant County grades well: 89% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and the rest in areas graded C. Grades across Grant County run from A+ to C; 50% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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A or B 89%C 11%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Cities and towns in Grant County with at least 1,000 residents. Ranked by overall CrimeGrade™; beside each grade is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer), and the other numbers are residents.
Across the county, the southwest side has the least crime and the center the most.
Crime rates and types in Grant County
CrimeGrade™ estimates Grant County has about 38 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, about the same as the US as a whole and 39% less than New Mexico.
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.
Assault is the most common crime in Grant County, about 34% of everything reported, and it also accounts for 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.
How Grant County compares with nearby counties
Grant County has less crime than 5 of its 10 nearest counties.
Empty homes, night lighting and walkability in Grant County
Two things set Grant County apart: it has 19.9% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally, and 44% of the land where people live lit at night, against 78% nationally. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary and arson, and arson runs high here.
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary and arson.19.9% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 99% of Americans
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.44% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 87% of Americans
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. 87% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D- (11 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 76% of Americans
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Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery.3% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 86% of Americans
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 County: F (0 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 86% of Americans
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.33 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 79% of Americans
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 County
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Grant County about $1,263 a year per household, about the same as 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 $59 million a year, or $2,118 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$4.3 million
$155
Rape
$670,000
$24
Robbery
$120,000
$4
Assault
$4.9 million
$177
Burglary
$460,000
$16
Theft
$1.3 million
$47
Vehicle theft
$1.4 million
$51
Arson
$320,000
$11
Vandalism
$2.0 million
$72
Total
$16 million
$558
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 County 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. Grant County is a good example: many people work in, shop in or visit it, so its crime per resident looks worse 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 Grant County, NM average a SchoolGrade of B: 37% of students test proficient, against 29% projected for schools like them. Overall, they greatly exceed expectations. See schools in Grant County on SchoolGrade
