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West Downtown Matthews

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88out of 100

Overall safety score

“Go. West Downtown Matthews is a charming, remarkably safe suburban town center offering historic architecture, local dining, and quiet residential streets. Visitors will find virtually no violent crime risk and only standard, low-level suburban property concerns.”
— Gogo, on West Downtown Matthews

Walk score

68/100

Bike score

52/100

About the area

Historic / Tree-LinedFamily-FriendlyRelaxed SuburbanWalkable Dining Hub

West Downtown Matthews blends a preserved historic small-town core with leafy residential streets, parks, and independent eateries just southeast of Charlotte. It serves as a community hub with active civic gathering spaces and well-kept early-to-mid 20th-century homes.

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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