Photo: Nsaum75 · CC BY-SA 3.0Santa Fe reports less crime per resident than 71% of U.S. towns
On crimes reported to the FBI by Santa Fe’s police in 2023–2025, it grades B+ for safety: #75 of 471 graded towns in Texas.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of TX” is every other Texas 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
Santa Fe reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 2 Texas towns on Santa Fe’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Dickinson (B−), Hitchcock (C). Neighbors ↓
Among Texas towns, higher
Texas’ cities and towns report more crime than most states’, so Santa Fe’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 84% of the 471 Texas towns we grade, against 71% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
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 lower than in most U.S. towns; property crime is the stronger of the two.
Violent crime, by year and by type
Santa Fe’s police reported 47 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.2 per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.3 in the rest of Texas and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
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| Year | Santa Fe | Rest of Texas | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.6 | 5.1 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.5 | 4.7 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.8 | 4.4 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.3 | 3.8 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
For every 1,000 residents, about 6 property crimes reported
And about 1 violent crime, 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.
Reported crime is steady
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Texas.
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| Year | Santa Fe property | Rest of Texas property | Santa Fe violent | Rest of Texas violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 9.4 | 27.3 | 1.6 | 5.1 |
| 2023 | 5.7 | 26.3 | 1.5 | 4.7 |
| 2024 | 7.4 | 23.9 | 0.8 | 4.4 |
| 2025 | 5.6 | 20.6 | 1.3 | 3.8 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
91 crimes reported in 2025
17 violent and 74 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.
Five people died in crashes on Santa Fe’s roads in 2019–2023
Santa Fe had 4 fatal crashes in five years, in which five people died; 1 was a pedestrian.
That is about what is typical for Texas towns of 5,000–25,000 people: at their median rate (7.3 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Santa Fe’s size would see about 5 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Santa Fe’s own rate (7.8) 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.
Santa Fe and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Texas towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Fe | B+ | 1.2 | 6.2 |
| Lumberton | A− | 0.8 | 6.1 |
| Port Neches | B− | 2.5 | 7.7 |
| Seabrook | B− | 2.1 | 11.9 |
| Forest Hill | C+ | 2.1 | 15.2 |
| Athens | C | 3.9 | 15.3 |
The five graded Texas towns closest to Santa Fe’s population (13,913), 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 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 Santa Fe’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (13,227 in 2025); our figure for Santa Fe is 13,913 (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, TX safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Santa Fe reports less crime per resident than 71% of U.S. towns, a B+ Safety Grade and #75 of 471 in Texas. Its police reported 1.2 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 4.3 in the rest of Texas and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Santa Fe?
1.2 violent and 6.2 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Texas reports 4.3 and 23.6; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is crime going up or down in Santa Fe?
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings.
Is Santa Fe safer than Hitchcock?
Hitchcock reports more crime per resident than Santa Fe: Hitchcock grades C for safety and Santa Fe B+. Hitchcock’s police reported 3.7 violent and 15.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
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.