Butler Beach has no Safety Grade
Flagler Beach, 24 miles away, is the nearest town with a Safety Grade (B). Butler Beach has no police department of its own: it’s an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) in St. Johns County. The St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office reports to the FBI for the parts of the county without police of their own, so there are no figures for Butler Beach alone, and no Safety Grade.
What stands out about safety in Butler Beach
Policed by the county
Butler Beach is a census-designated place, with no town government. Crimes there are reported to the FBI inside the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office’s totals for the county. County police ↓
Counts, not rates
The FBI doesn’t publish how many people the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office covers, so its totals can’t be turned into a per-resident rate or a grade for Butler Beach. County police ↓
The nearest graded towns
The closest Florida towns with their own police figures are Flagler Beach (B, 24 mi), Palatka (D, 27 mi), Green Cove Springs (C+, 28 mi). Nearby towns can differ a lot from Butler Beach. Nearest ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office reports
Reports to the FBI for the parts of St. Johns County without police of their own, which include Butler Beach.
Property crimes
Violent crimes
2025 offenses reported by the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office
Counts, not rates: the FBI doesn’t publish how many people each agency covers. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, Tables 10–11.
Crimes reported to the FBI for the whole area the department covers, by year.
The nearest Florida towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flagler Beach | B | 24 mi | 2.1 | 7.5 |
| Palatka | D | 27 mi | 4.3 | 32.7 |
| Green Cove Springs | C+ | 28 mi | 3.1 | 9.9 |
| Crescent City | B | 30 mi | 0.4 | 11.7 |
| Neptune Beach | B | 36 mi | 1.0 | 12.3 |
| Orange Park | B− | 37 mi | 2.7 | 7.4 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Butler Beach. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Butler Beach.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Five people died in crashes on Butler Beach’s roads in 2019–2023
Butler Beach had 5 fatal crashes in five years, in which five people died; 2 were pedestrians and 2 were cyclists.
That is more than is typical for Florida towns of 2,500–5,000 people: at their median rate (10.4 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Butler Beach’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Butler Beach’s own rate (21.7) is context, not a ranking.
Deaths are counted where the crash happened, not where the people lived: a highway through town adds through-traffic deaths, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Town rates sit below state and U.S. rates because a third of fatal crashes happen outside any town. Road safety is described here and is not part of the Safety Grade. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023.
Butler Beach and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Augustine Beach | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. St. Augustine Beach reported to the FBI for 2023 but not 2024 or 2025.
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many crimes are never reported to police.
- A county agency covers a wide area. Its totals mix many communities, so they say little about any one of them.
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.
How the grade is calculated, for every town: How TownRatings grades safety →
Questions about safety in Butler Beach
Is Butler Beach, FL safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Butler Beach. The nearest Florida towns with a grade are Flagler Beach (B, 24 mi), Palatka (D, 27 mi), Green Cove Springs (C+, 28 mi).
Who polices Butler Beach?
The St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office. Butler Beach is an unincorporated community, and the department reports to the FBI for the parts of St. Johns County without police of their own.
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Neighbors looking out for each other in Butler Beach.
Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Road deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.