Photo: A1C Emily S. Moore · Public domainThe nearest town with a Safety Grade to Hurlburt Field is Fort Walton Beach, 6 miles away
A 25-mile circle around it holds 3 towns with a grade. Hurlburt Field has no FBI crime figures of its own for 2023–2025, so there is nothing to grade it on. Within 10 miles, Fort Walton Beach is the one town with a Safety Grade.
The nearest Florida towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Walton Beach | C− | 6 mi | 4.9 | 16.0 |
| Niceville | A+ | 16 mi | 0.3 | 1.8 |
| Crestview | B | 24 mi | 1.6 | 8.4 |
| Gulf Breeze | A | 27 mi | 0.5 | 2.9 |
| Pensacola | B+ | 28 mi | 0.9 | 7.3 |
| DeFuniak Springs | C− | 41 mi | 3.7 | 17.6 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Hurlburt Field. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Hurlburt Field.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
One person died in crashes on Hurlburt Field’s roads in 2019–2023
Hurlburt Field had 1 fatal crash in five years, in which one person died.
That is about what 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 Hurlburt Field’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Hurlburt Field’s own rate (6.8) 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.
Hurlburt Field and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Walton Beach | C− | 4.9 | 16.0 |
| Wright | — | — | — |
| Mary Esther | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Wright is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own. Mary Esther has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
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 Hurlburt Field
Is Hurlburt Field, FL safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Hurlburt Field. The nearest Florida towns with a grade are Fort Walton Beach (C−, 6 mi), Niceville (A+, 16 mi), Crestview (B, 24 mi).
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Neighbors looking out for each other in Hurlburt Field.
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.