The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Greenville County, SC
Greenville County, the most populous county in South Carolina, is home to 548,200 residents and includes Greenville and Greer · Updated November 2026
Is Greenville County, SC safe?
With an overall CrimeGrade™ of B+, Greenville County has moderate crime by national standards. Most US neighborhoods have less: 62% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime. Property crime grades better than violent crime here, A- against B+. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Greenville County run from A+ to F, so check the map or the safest and least safe places below.
B+
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 768 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
38% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Greenville County as a whole, and 62% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Greenville County scores 768.
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 Greenville County, SC at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Greenville 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 Greenville County
Thefts from cars happen at homes far more often than nationally. In Greenville County, 68% of reported thefts from cars happen at homes, against 34% nationally.
The safest and most dangerous places in Greenville County
Low crime is the norm across Greenville County: 86% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 9% in areas graded D or F. Grades across Greenville County run from A+ to F; 49% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
86%
A or B 86%C 5%D or F 9%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Cities and towns in Greenville 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 east side has the least crime and the Parker, Berea, and Sans Souci areas the most.
Is crime going up in Greenville County?
Reported crime in Greenville County has fallen since 2019: violent crime is down 13% and property crime down 19%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 4.5 to 3.9 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 25 to 20 (US: 18). Neither changed much from 2023 to 2024.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
Greenville CountyUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police departments across Greenville County. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Greenville County
Violent, US
Property, Greenville County
Property, US
2016
+8%
+4%
+16%
+15%
2017
+5%
+4%
+10%
+12%
2018
-4%
+0%
+8%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+12%
+4%
+6%
-8%
2021
-2%
+6%
-5%
-10%
2022
-3%
+5%
-14%
-6%
2023
-6%
+2%
-12%
-7%
2024
-13%
-4%
-18%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Greenville County
CrimeGrade™ estimates Greenville County has about 41 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 10% more than the US as a whole and close to 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 Greenville County, about 40% 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.
Where and when crime happens in Greenville County
These figures come from the reports of the police departments across Greenville County, 2022 to 2024.
In Greenville County, 67% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (67%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Homes (59%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Homes (68%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (54%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (32%)
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 Greenville County compares with nearby counties
Greenville County has the most crime of its 10 nearest counties.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Greenville County. Beside each overall CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with counties of similar size and density, Greenville County has more crime than 72% of them.
Two things set Greenville County apart: it has 6% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally, and a Walk Grade of D- (12 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole. Places like that tend to report less robbery; here robbery sits near the national middle.
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.56 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 83% of Americans
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.11.7 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 81% 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- (12 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 74% 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.6% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 74% of Americans
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary and arson.6.9% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 59% 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.82% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 58% 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 Greenville County
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Greenville County about $1,301 a year per household, 8% more than the US figure of $1,205. The total is about $272 million a year.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost rises to about $947 million a year, or $1,728 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$63 million
$115
Rape
$13 million
$23
Robbery
$6.6 million
$12
Assault
$91 million
$167
Burglary
$13 million
$23
Theft
$47 million
$85
Vehicle theft
$17 million
$31
Arson
$960,000
$2
Vandalism
$21 million
$38
Total
$272 million
$496
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 Greenville 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.
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 Greenville County, SC average a SchoolGrade of A-: 61% of students test proficient, against 43% projected for schools like them. Overall, they exceed expectations. See schools in Greenville County on SchoolGrade
