Baymeadows is a neighborhood of 15,300 residents in Jacksonville, about 9 miles southeast of downtown · Updated November 2026
Is Baymeadows in Jacksonville safe?
With an overall CrimeGrade™ of B+, Baymeadows has moderate crime by national standards. Most US neighborhoods have less: 67% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime. Violent and property crime both grade B+ here. Jacksonville as a whole grades B. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Baymeadows run from A- to C+, so check the map below.
B+
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 727 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
33% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Baymeadows as a whole, and 67% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Baymeadows scores 727.
Crime is concentrated in a small share of places, so most neighborhoods score high on the 0 to 1,000 scale. That is why a score in the 800s can still mean more crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its crime with the people, homes and cars there, on one national scale, from green for the least crime to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy shopping center can show red while the homes beside it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a strong connection. Compare high speed internet in Baymeadows, Jacksonville, FL at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Baymeadows in Jacksonville, and anyone thinking about buying or renting a home there.
Business and enterprise customers: this free map shows neighborhood areas. CrimeGrade™ business reports map crime at about 66-meter detail and estimate it for one address and type of business. See business reports
What stands out in Baymeadows
Car thefts happen at homes far more often than nationally. In Jacksonville as a whole, 65% of reported car thefts happen at homes, against 33% nationally.
How Baymeadows compares within Jacksonville
Most of Baymeadows grades well: 92% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and the rest in areas graded C. Grades across Baymeadows run from A- to C+; 37% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
92%
A or B 92%C 8%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Baymeadows has less crime than 69 of the 108 neighborhoods in Jacksonville. It covers much of the Beach Haven, Del Rio, and Windy Hill areas.
Is crime going up in Jacksonville?
Reported crime in Jacksonville as a whole has fallen since 2019: violent crime is down 12% and property crime down 20%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 6.4 to 5.7 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 33 to 26 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, violent crime fell 13%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
JacksonvilleUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police departments that serve Jacksonville. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Jacksonville
Violent, US
Property, Jacksonville
Property, US
2016
-3%
+4%
+9%
+15%
2017
-2%
+4%
+7%
+12%
2018
-8%
+0%
+1%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+5%
+4%
-16%
-8%
2021
+5%
+6%
-24%
-10%
2022
-3%
+5%
-24%
-6%
2023
+1%
+2%
-22%
-7%
2024
-12%
-4%
-20%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Baymeadows
CrimeGrade™ estimates Baymeadows has about 32 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 14% less than the US as a whole and 40% less than Jacksonville as a whole.
Overall crime
Violent crime
Property crime
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. These figures include simple assaults and vandalism, which the FBI's violent and property crime rates leave out.
Theft is the most common crime in Baymeadows, about 35% of everything reported, but assault costs more, because each one does more harm.
Each CrimeGrade™ compares a crime with what it affects: people for assaults and robbery, homes for burglary, parked cars for vehicle theft. Rates count crimes per 1,000 residents.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
How Baymeadows compares with nearby neighborhoods
Baymeadows has less crime than 5 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods.
Two things set Baymeadows apart: it has a Walk Grade of D- (8 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole, and 69 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole. Places that are hard to get around on foot tend to report less theft and assault, yet theft and assault run higher here than that would suggest.
Walk GradeBestNeighborhood's grade for getting through daily life on foot, traced along real walking routes to shops, schools and parks. Walkable places tend to report more theft and assault. 98% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D- (8 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 96% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Tree coverThe share of land under tree canopy where people live. Leafy neighborhoods tend to report less robbery.25% where people liveUS: 21%Higher than for 86% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft and robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Baymeadows: D- (11 of 100).1 trips an hourUS: noneLower than for 85% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.69 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 80% of residents of US city neighborhoods
These traits tend to go with more or less crime; none of them causes it on its own. Sources: Census job counts and housing figures, OpenStreetMap and Overture business listings, CrimeGrade™ parking estimates, NASA night-light imagery, US Forest Service tree cover, EPA transit data and BestNeighborhood's Walk Grade.
What crime costs Baymeadows
Crime costs Baymeadows about $899 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 25% less than the US figure of $1,205.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost comes to about $21 million a year, or $1,383 per resident.
How CrimeGrade™ works
A CrimeGrade™ shows how much crime an area has compared with the rest of the country, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most. Every neighborhood in the US is graded on the same scale, so a B in Baymeadows means the same as a B anywhere else.
CrimeGrade™ starts from the crimes people report to police and measures each kind of crime against what it affects: people for assaults, homes for burglaries, parked cars for car thefts.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them.
Comparisons with US neighborhoods use the Census Bureau's block groups, small areas of about 1,400 residents, and count the people who live in each. The figures count crimes reported to police; many crimes, shoplifting above all, never are. Behind the grades, CrimeGrade™ tested 21,607 factors from 125 data families. For business owners, paid CrimeGrade™ location reports estimate crime at a single address for each type of business.
Where the numbers come from
Crime reports that police departments file with the FBI
State crime records and city crime data, where they are published
Published research on what crime costs victims and communities
These are estimates of reported crime for whole areas, not a record of what happened on any one street. CrimeGrade™ updates them once a year and provides them free and without guarantee. Check local sources before you rely on them for a decision.
Schools in Baymeadows, Jacksonville, FL average a SchoolGrade of D: 46% of students test proficient, against 39% projected for schools like them. Overall, they don't meet expectations. See schools in Baymeadows on SchoolGrade
