The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Greece, NY
Greece is a town of 13,900 in Monroe County, about 6 miles northwest of downtown Rochester · Updated November 2026
Is Greece, NY safe?
Yes, crime in Greece is low, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of A-. Because most US neighborhoods are safe as well, Greece sits near the middle: safer than the neighborhoods where 48% of Americans live. Violent crime grades better than property crime here, A against B. Its neighborhoods are much alike, from A to B+; see the map below.
A-
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 829 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
48% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Greece as a whole, and 52% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Greece scores 829.
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 Greece, NY at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Greece, 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 Greece
Aggravated assaults are less common than the crime level suggests. Crime overall in Greece runs 47% above the US rate, but aggravated assaults run at about half that rate: 1.2 a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.6 nationally.
Car thefts run high for an A-graded city. Greece has 3.8 car thefts a year per 1,000 residents; for the typical resident of an A-graded US city, the figure is 0.93.
The safest and least safe parts of Greece
Every part of Greece where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Greece run from A to B+; 60% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
100%
A or B 100%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Greece, the northwest side has the least crime and the east side the most.
Is crime going up in Greece?
Since 2019, reported violent crime in Greece is down 19%, while property crime has held about steady. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 1.7 to 1.4 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts stayed at about 19 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 23%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
GreeceUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Greece. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Greece
Violent, US
Property, Greece
Property, US
2016
+14%
+4%
+14%
+15%
2017
+4%
+4%
+4%
+12%
2018
+13%
+0%
+10%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
-4%
+4%
-2%
-8%
2021
-19%
+6%
-1%
-10%
2022
-16%
+5%
+10%
-6%
2023
-16%
+2%
+26%
-7%
2024
-20%
-4%
-3%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Greece
CrimeGrade™ estimates Greece has about 55 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 47% more than the US as a whole and 37% more than New York.
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 Greece is theft, 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 Greece
Greece has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Greece, 47% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often in parking lots and garages: 51% of them, against 31% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (47%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Parking lots and garages (55%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (51%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Parking lots and garages (42%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (47%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (58%)
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 Greece compares with nearby cities
Greece has less crime than 3 of its 5 nearest cities; only Hilton and Spencerport have less.
Two things set Greece apart: it has 29.4 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally, and 5% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally. Places with many stores and restaurants tend to report more theft, and it runs high here.
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.29.4 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 99% of US city residents
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.5% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 75% 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. 82% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D (17 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 53% of US city residents
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Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.2.0 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 64% 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 Greece: D- (8 of 100).4 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 62% 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.99% where people liveUS: 78%Higher than for 62% of US city residents
BestNeighborhood, a sister site of CrimeGrade™, ranks the neighborhoods of Greece on shops, parks, home prices, getting around and more.
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 Greece
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Greece about $912 a year per household, 24% 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 $9.6 million a year, or $686 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$140,000
$10
Rape
$86,000
$6
Robbery
$210,000
$15
Assault
$1.4 million
$100
Burglary
$260,000
$18
Theft
$1.9 million
$135
Vehicle theft
$820,000
$59
Arson
$22,000
$2
Vandalism
$1.1 million
$82
Total
$5.9 million
$426
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 Greece 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 Greece, NY average a SchoolGrade of B: 61% of students test proficient, against 62% projected for schools like them. Overall, they don't meet expectations. See schools in Greece on SchoolGrade
