The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Macclenny, FL
Macclenny is a city of 14,900 in Baker County, about 30 miles west of downtown Jacksonville · Updated November 2026
Is Macclenny, FL safe?
Yes. An overall CrimeGrade™ of A means crime in Macclenny is low. Most US neighborhoods have little crime too, so Macclenny sits near the middle: 58% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime, and 42% in neighborhoods with less. Property crime grades better than violent crime here, A+ against A-. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Macclenny run from A+ to B+, so check the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 873 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
58% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Macclenny as a whole, and 42% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Macclenny scores 873.
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 Macclenny, FL at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Macclenny, 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 Macclenny
Aggravated assaults run high for an A-graded city. Macclenny has 2.7 aggravated assaults a year per 1,000 residents; for the typical resident of an A-graded US city, the figure is 1.2.
Simple assaults run high, though crime overall runs low. Crime overall in Macclenny runs 35% below the US rate, but simple assaults run 33% above it: 12.9 a year per 1,000 residents, against 9.7 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Macclenny
Every part of Macclenny where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Macclenny run from A+ to B+; 83% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Macclenny, the southwest side has the least crime and the center the most.
Is crime going up in Macclenny?
Reported crime in Macclenny has fallen since 2019: violent crime is down 44% and property crime down 47%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 7.5 to 4.2 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 19 to 9.9 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, violent crime fell 34% and property crime fell 26%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
MacclennyUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police agencies that serve Macclenny. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Macclenny
Violent, US
Property, Macclenny
Property, US
2016
+6%
+4%
+25%
+15%
2017
-22%
+4%
+30%
+12%
2018
-19%
+0%
+10%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+3%
+4%
-5%
-8%
2021
-40%
+6%
-21%
-10%
2022
-34%
+5%
-35%
-6%
2023
-15%
+2%
-28%
-7%
2024
-44%
-4%
-47%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Macclenny
CrimeGrade™ estimates Macclenny has about 24 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 35% less than the US as a whole and 20% less 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.
Assault is the most common crime in Macclenny, about 64% of everything reported, and it also accounts for the largest share of what crime costs here.
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.
Where and when crime happens in Macclenny
The Baker County Sheriff's Office polices Macclenny, and these figures cover every place it serves, 2022 to 2024.
In Macclenny, 72% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 58% of them, against 34% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (72%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Homes (62%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Theft from cars
Homes (58%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (61%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (59%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
How Macclenny compares with nearby cities
Macclenny has more crime than 7 of its 8 nearest cities. St. George, GA and Bryceville have the least crime nearby.
Density, night lighting and walkability in Macclenny
Two things set Macclenny apart: it has 0% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally, and 49% of the land where people live lit at night, against 78% nationally. Places like that tend to report less robbery and car theft, and car theft runs low here.
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.under 1% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 93% of US city residents
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.49% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 88% 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. 94% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D- (8 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 83% of US city residents
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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 Macclenny: F (0 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 84% 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.9.7% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 84% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.11.6 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 66% of US city residents
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 Macclenny
Crime costs Macclenny about $935 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 22% 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 $13 million a year, or $868 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$430,000
$28
Rape
$200,000
$13
Robbery
$39,000
$3
Assault
$2.6 million
$172
Burglary
$93,000
$6
Theft
$380,000
$25
Vehicle theft
$310,000
$20
Arson
$4,500
under $1
Vandalism
$140,000
$10
Total
$4.2 million
$279
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 Macclenny 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 Macclenny, FL average a SchoolGrade of A: 65% of students test proficient, against 51% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Macclenny on SchoolGrade
