Photo: Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK · CC BY 2.0Santa Fe reports more crime per resident than 97% of U.S. towns
On crimes reported to the FBI by Santa Fe’s police in 2023–2025, it grades D− for safety: #25 of 29 graded towns in New Mexico.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of NM” is every other New Mexico city and town in the FBI’s tables; the U.S. figure is the FBI’s national estimate as published, averaged over the three years. The FBI publishes no national homicide or robbery rate in our data, so those compare with all U.S. cities and towns in its tables.
What stands out about safety in Santa Fe
Reported crime is falling
Crime reported per resident fell from 2023 to 2025 by more than ordinary year-to-year swings, on the grade’s own score. Trend ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Santa Fe’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Both violent and property crime are higher than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the closer of the two to typical.
Reported crime is falling
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of New Mexico.
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| Year | Santa Fe property | Rest of New Mexico property | Santa Fe violent | Rest of New Mexico violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 48.8 | 37.8 | 9.2 | 9.8 |
| 2023 | 49.7 | 37.1 | 8.5 | 9.5 |
| 2024 | 51.6 | 35.2 | 8.4 | 8.6 |
| 2025 | 28.8 | 29.2 | 5.2 | 7.3 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Violent crime, by year and by type
Santa Fe’s police reported 1,993 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 7.4 per 1,000 residents a year, against 8.5 in the rest of New Mexico and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
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| Year | Santa Fe | Rest of New Mexico | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 9.2 | 9.8 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 8.5 | 9.5 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 8.4 | 8.6 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 5.2 | 7.3 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
For every 1,000 residents, about 29 property crimes reported
And about 5 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
3,098 crimes reported in 2025
472 violent and 2,626 property, as reported to the FBI by Santa Fe’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
47 people died in crashes on Santa Fe’s roads in 2019–2023
Santa Fe had 44 fatal crashes in five years, in which 47 people died; 13 were pedestrians and 2 were cyclists. 6 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 10.6 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, about the same as the median for New Mexico towns of 25,000–100,000 people (9.8, 8 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.
Santa Fe and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Fe | D− | 7.4 | 43.2 |
| La Cienega | — | — | — |
| Tres Arroyos | — | — | — |
| Tano Road | — | — | — |
| Tesuque | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. La Cienega, Tres Arroyos, Tano Road and Tesuque are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own.
New Mexico towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Fe | D− | 7.4 | 43.2 |
| Rio Rancho | C | 3.5 | 12.6 |
| Roswell | D | 8.1 | 25.7 |
| Farmington | D | 10.2 | 25.0 |
| Las Cruces | D− | 6.0 | 46.3 |
The five graded New Mexico towns closest to Santa Fe’s population (89,837), by grade.
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 Santa Fe. A citywide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of the city to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Santa Fe’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (91,268 in 2025); our figure for Santa Fe is 89,837 (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 Santa Fe
Is Santa Fe, NM safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Santa Fe reports more crime per resident than 97% of U.S. towns, a D− Safety Grade and #25 of 29 in New Mexico. Its police reported 7.4 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 8.5 in the rest of New Mexico and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Santa Fe?
7.4 violent and 43.2 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of New Mexico reports 8.5 and 33.8; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is crime going up or down in Santa Fe?
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
How many homicides were there in Santa Fe in 2025?
Santa Fe’s police reported 5 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 5.5 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Who polices Santa Fe?
Santa Fe’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Santa Fe”. 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, 2025, 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.