Marshbrooke is a neighborhood of 16,500 residents in Matthews, about 4 miles north of downtown · Updated November 2026
Is Marshbrooke in Matthews safe?
Marshbrooke has more crime than most of the country: an overall CrimeGrade™ of C+, with more crime than the neighborhoods where 81% of Americans live. Violent crime grades B- and property crime C+. Matthews as a whole grades A-. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Marshbrooke run from A- to F, so check the map below.
C+
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 530 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
19% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Marshbrooke as a whole, and 81% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Marshbrooke scores 530.
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 Marshbrooke, Matthews, NC at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Marshbrooke in Matthews, 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
How Marshbrooke compares within Matthews
Most of Marshbrooke grades well: 52% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 11% in areas graded D or F. Grades across Marshbrooke run from A- to F; every part of Marshbrooke has more crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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A or B 52%C 37%D or F 11%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Marshbrooke has less crime than 0 of the 2 neighborhoods in Matthews. It covers much of the Marshbrooke and East Forest areas.
Is crime going up in Matthews?
Reported violent crime in Matthews as a whole peaked in 2021 and has fallen 30% since, back near its 2019 level. Property crime is down 22% from 2019. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 1.7 to 1.8 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 33 to 26 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, violent crime fell 23% and property crime fell 11%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
MatthewsUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police departments that serve Matthews. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Matthews
Violent, US
Property, Matthews
Property, US
2016
-15%
+4%
+2%
+15%
2017
+1%
+4%
-6%
+12%
2018
+21%
+0%
-13%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+17%
+4%
+10%
-8%
2021
+50%
+6%
+5%
-10%
2022
-8%
+5%
-13%
-6%
2023
+36%
+2%
-13%
-7%
2024
+6%
-4%
-22%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Marshbrooke
CrimeGrade™ estimates Marshbrooke has about 41 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 11% more than the US as a whole and close to Matthews 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.
Assault is the most common crime in Marshbrooke, about 35% 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 Marshbrooke compares with nearby neighborhoods
Marshbrooke has less crime than 8 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods; only Stonehaven and Sardis Woods have less.
Two things set Marshbrooke apart: it has tree cover over 42% of the land where people live, against 21% nationally, and a Walk Grade of D- (8 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole. Places like that tend to report less robbery.
Tree coverThe share of land under tree canopy where people live. Leafy neighborhoods tend to report less robbery.42% where people liveUS: 21%Higher than for 98% 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. 99% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D- (8 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 95% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft and car theft.2.6 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 93% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.9 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 91% 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 Marshbrooke
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Marshbrooke about $1,361 a year per household, 13% 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 $27 million a year, or $1,618 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 Marshbrooke 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 Marshbrooke, Matthews, NC average a SchoolGrade of C: 52% of students test proficient, against 39% projected for schools like them. Overall, they greatly exceed expectations. See schools in Marshbrooke on SchoolGrade
