The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Greenfield, CA
Greenfield is a city of 21,300 in Monterey County, about 35 miles southeast of downtown Salinas · Updated November 2026
Is Greenfield, CA safe?
Crime in Greenfield is moderate, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of B+. Most US neighborhoods have little crime: 62% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime than Greenfield. Property crime grades better than violent crime here, A- against B+. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Greenfield run from A+ to C+, so check the map below.
B+
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 762 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
38% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Greenfield as a whole, and 62% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Greenfield scores 762.
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 Greenfield, CA at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Greenfield, 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 Greenfield
Thefts are uncommon. Greenfield has thefts at less than half the US rate: 4.7 a year per 1,000 residents, against 13.1 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Greenfield
Low crime is the norm across Greenfield: 68% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and the rest in areas graded C. Grades across Greenfield run from A+ to C+; 4% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
68%32%
A or B 68%C 32%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Greenfield, the west side has the least crime and the center the most.
Is crime going up in Greenfield?
Since 2019, reported violent crime in Greenfield is up 99% and property crime is down 16%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 2.6 to 5.4 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 7.7 to 6.5 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, violent crime fell 14% and property crime fell 13%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
GreenfieldUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police agencies that serve Greenfield. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Greenfield
Violent, US
Property, Greenfield
Property, US
2016
+4%
+4%
+81%
+15%
2017
+86%
+4%
+33%
+12%
2018
+77%
+0%
+18%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
-24%
+4%
-23%
-8%
2021
+45%
+6%
-2%
-10%
2022
+32%
+5%
-3%
-6%
2023
+138%
+2%
-3%
-7%
2024
+105%
-4%
-16%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Greenfield
CrimeGrade™ estimates Greenfield has about 27 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 26% less than the US as a whole and 31% less than California.
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 Greenfield is assault, about 41% 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 Greenfield
Greenfield has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Greenfield, 51% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often on streets and sidewalks: 39% of them, against 18% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (51%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Car theft
Streets and sidewalks (53%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Streets and sidewalks (39%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (34%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (58%)
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 Greenfield compares with nearby cities
Greenfield has the most crime of its 3 nearest cities.
Two things set Greenfield apart: it has 4.3 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally, and 0.4 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally. Places like that tend to report less theft, and it runs low here.
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.4.3 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 94% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.0.4 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 93% 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. 69% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.C- (27 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 76% of US city residents
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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.70% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 90% 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 Greenfield: D- (11 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 84% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.23 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 83% 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 Greenfield
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Greenfield about $2,093 a year per household, 74% more 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 $36 million a year, or $1,683 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$1.8 million
$86
Rape
$730,000
$34
Robbery
$630,000
$30
Assault
$3.6 million
$170
Burglary
$310,000
$15
Theft
$510,000
$24
Vehicle theft
$470,000
$22
Arson
$130,000
$6
Vandalism
$1.0 million
$47
Total
$9.3 million
$434
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 Greenfield 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. Greenfield 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 Greenfield, CA average a SchoolGrade of D-: 24% of students test proficient, against 19% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Greenfield on SchoolGrade
