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South Caraleigh

Garner · Go, stay aware

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74out of 100

Go, stay aware

Overall safety score

“Go with care. South Caraleigh and the surrounding Garner border is an evolving residential and light-commercial area that is safe and approachable during daytime hours. Visitors should exercise standard caution with parked vehicles and poorly lit roads at night, but violent crime risk is relatively low.”
— Gogo, on South Caraleigh

Walk score

32/100

Bike score

41/100

Recent local news: Recent municipal coverage has focused on ongoing infrastructure upgrades, storm drainage improvements, and residential revitalization spreading southward along the Fayetteville Road and US-401 corridors.

About the area

Suburban FringeEvolvingQuiet ResidentialCar-Dependent

Straddling the border between South Raleigh and Garner, South Caraleigh features a mix of mid-century single-family homes, newer residential infill, and light industrial parcels. Its close proximity to Dorothea Dix Park, the State Farmers Market, and downtown Raleigh makes it a quiet, convenient suburban-urban fringe district.

Scores are safety-driven: recent crime levels and local news, plus Census data on income and poverty, housing, education and household make-up, and access to vehicles, internet and health coverage. Walk and bike scores are shown separately and do not affect the safety score. A guide, not a guarantee. Neighborhood outlines come from official city and US Census boundary data.

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