The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Ensley, FL
Ensley is an unincorporated community of 21,700 in Escambia County, about 8 miles northwest of downtown Pensacola · Updated November 2026
Is Ensley, FL safe?
Crime in Ensley is moderate, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of B-. Most US neighborhoods have little crime: 76% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime than Ensley. Property crime grades better than violent crime here, B+ against B-. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Ensley run from B+ to C-, so check the map below.
B-
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 612 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
24% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Ensley as a whole, and 76% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Ensley scores 612.
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 Ensley, FL at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Ensley, 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 Ensley
Car thefts are less common than the crime level suggests. Crime overall in Ensley runs 45% above the US rate, but car thefts run 30% below it: 1.9 a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 nationally.
Theft at about double the US rate. Ensley has 24.2 thefts a year per 1,000 residents, against 13.1 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Ensley
Low crime is the norm across Ensley: 74% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and the rest in areas graded C. Grades across Ensley run from B+ to C-; every part of Ensley has more crime than the typical US neighborhood.
74%26%
A or B 74%C 26%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Ensley, the northeast side has the least crime and the southwest side the most.
Crime rates and types in Ensley
CrimeGrade™ estimates Ensley has about 54 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 45% more than the US as a whole and 77% more than Florida.
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 makes up about 45% of crime reported in Ensley. Assault is less common but 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 Ensley compares with nearby cities
Of the 10 cities closest to Ensley, 6 have less crime. Beulah and Cantonment have the least.
Two things set Ensley apart: it has 1% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally, and 14.8 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally. Places where few residents live in dense blocks tend to report less robbery and car theft, yet robbery and car theft run higher here than that would suggest.
Lit at nightSatellite images show which neighborhoods are lit at night, a sign of busy streets and businesses. Brightly lit places tend to report more theft and vandalism.100% where people liveUS: 78%Higher than for 92% of US city residents
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.1% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 90% of US city residents
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. 93% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D- (11 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 73% of US city residents
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Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.14.8 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 86% of US city residents
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.9.5% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 83% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.1.4 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 61% of US city residents
BestNeighborhood, a sister site of CrimeGrade™, ranks the neighborhoods of Ensley on shops, parks, home prices, getting around and more.
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 Ensley
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Ensley about $1,526 a year per household, 27% more 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 $51 million a year, or $2,350 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$3.7 million
$172
Rape
$820,000
$38
Robbery
$710,000
$33
Assault
$4.3 million
$199
Burglary
$710,000
$32
Theft
$2.7 million
$124
Vehicle theft
$630,000
$29
Arson
$20,000
$1
Vandalism
$770,000
$35
Total
$14 million
$664
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 Ensley 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 Ensley, FL average a SchoolGrade of D: 46% of students test proficient, against 37% projected for schools like them. Overall, they don't meet expectations. See schools in Ensley on SchoolGrade
