Is Your Neighborhood Safe? US Neighborhood Safety Scores

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Southernside

Greenville · Go, stay aware

Photo — Sean Davis (Flickr, CC BY-NC 2.0)

70out of 100

Go, stay aware

Overall safety score

“Go with care. Southernside has experienced a remarkable transformation anchored by the 60-acre Unity Park, making it a lively and welcoming destination during daytime and early evening hours. While park areas and adjacent dining hubs are generally safe and active, certain residential side streets still see higher rates of property crime, so standard city awareness is recommended after dark.”
— Gogo, on Southernside

Walk score

62/100

Bike score

78/100

Recent local news: The ongoing development and enhanced ranger patrols around Unity Park have dramatically increased daytime security and visitor traffic across the corridor.

About the area

Park-CentricRapidly DevelopingActive Greenway HubFamily-Friendly by Day

Southernside is a historic, rapidly gentrifying neighborhood located just northwest of downtown Greenville along the Reedy River. Once an under-resourced textile community, it is now widely recognized for Unity Park, the Swamp Rabbit Trail, and modern adaptive-reuse dining spaces. Visitors come for spacious recreation grounds, craft food halls, and easy trail connectivity to downtown.

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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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