Photo: Schwerdf · CC BY 4.0Crime reported in St. Augustine, FL
St. Augustine’s police reported to the FBI for 2023 but not 2024 or 2025, so there is no Safety Grade: the grade needs all three years, 2023–2025.
For every 1,000 residents, about 26 property crimes reported
And about 3 violent crimes, in 2023. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2023
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2023
Crimes reported to police in 2023 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
The years St. Augustine’s police reported
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents, against the rest of Florida. A year the department didn’t report in full is a gap, not a zero.
Show as a table
| Year | St. Augustine | Rest of Florida | St. Augustine | Rest of Florida |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 26.2 | 22.1 | 3.4 | 4.4 |
| 2023 | 26.2 | 19.2 | 3.4 | 3.6 |
| 2024 | not reported | 18.4 | not reported | 3.5 |
| 2025 | not reported | 14.3 | not reported | 3.0 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
457 crimes reported in 2023
52 violent and 405 property, as reported to the FBI by St. Augustine’s police.
2023 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
The nearest Florida towns with a Safety Grade
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Cove Springs | C+ | 23 mi | 3.1 | 9.9 |
| Palatka | D | 27 mi | 4.3 | 32.7 |
| Neptune Beach | B | 29 mi | 1.0 | 12.3 |
| Orange Park | B− | 30 mi | 2.7 | 7.4 |
| Atlantic Beach | B− | 31 mi | 1.6 | 12.7 |
| Flagler Beach | B | 31 mi | 2.1 | 7.5 |
Straight-line distance from the center of St. Augustine. Nearby towns can differ a lot from St. Augustine.
10 people died in crashes on St. Augustine’s roads in 2019–2023
St. Augustine had 10 fatal crashes in five years, in which 10 people died; 3 were pedestrians and 2 were cyclists.
That is 13.0 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Florida towns of 5,000–25,000 people (11.0, 308 towns).
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.
St. Augustine and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Augustine South | — | — | — |
| St. Augustine Beach | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. St. Augustine South is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own. St. Augustine Beach reported to the FBI for 2023 but not 2024 or 2025.
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.
- One number for all of St. Augustine. A town-wide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of town to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against St. Augustine’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (15,435 in 2023); our figure for St. Augustine is 16,141 (2025 Census estimate).
- 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 St. Augustine
Is St. Augustine, FL safe?
There is no Safety Grade for St. Augustine. St. Augustine’s police reported to the FBI for 2023 but not 2024 or 2025, so there is no Safety Grade: the grade needs all three years, 2023–2025. The nearest Florida towns with a grade are Green Cove Springs (C+, 23 mi), Palatka (D, 27 mi), Neptune Beach (B, 29 mi).
Who polices St. Augustine?
St. Augustine’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “St. Augustine”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2023, 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.