This overview combines violent, property, and other offenses into a single grade for Santa Rosa Beach. The dedicated violent crime and property crime pages go deeper on each. The map below shows the overall crime rate per 1,000 residents.
A+
Overall Crime Grade™
A+ |
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A+ |
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Other Crime Grade |
A+ |
$3.07 million
Cost of Crime™ for Santa Rosa Beach, FL
In 2025, crime will cost $330 per household.
On the map, green marks the parts of Santa Rosa Beach with the least crime overall and red marks the most. Each area is weighted by the type and severity of every offense, so a place with rare but serious violent crime can grade differently from one with frequent petty theft. The Interpreting the Crime Maps section below explains how to read the colors.
The A+ overall grade blends the violent, property, and other grades shown above into one measure, set against the average US city, where Santa Rosa Beach's combined rate is much lower than the norm. Santa Rosa Beach sits in the 99th percentile, ahead of 99% of cities and behind 1%. The grade covers only Santa Rosa Beach's official city boundaries. See the table below for nearby cities.
The overall crime rate in Santa Rosa Beach is 6.898 per 1,000 residents in a typical year. Residents generally consider the northwest part of the city the safest. Your chance of being a victim ranges from 1 in 93 in the west neighborhoods to 1 in 179 in the northwest.
Counting total incidents instead of per-capita rates, the northwest parts of Santa Rosa Beach, FL report the most crime, about 60 cases per year. The southwest part reports the fewest, around 0 per year.
| Santa Rosa Beach, FL: | $141 |
|---|---|
| Gladeview, FL: | $878 |
| Parrish, FL: | $91 |
| Florida: | $246 |
| USA: | $464 |
Crime |
Cost to Santa Rosa Beach |
Cost per Santa Rosa Beach Resident |
|---|---|---|
Murder |
$1.27 million |
$59 |
Rape/Sexual Assault |
$475,386 |
$22 |
Robbery |
$189,267 |
$9 |
Assault |
$263,725 |
$12 |
Kidnapping |
$15,462 |
$1 |
Vehicle Theft |
$76,811 |
$4 |
Burglary |
$101,693 |
$5 |
Theft |
$341,880 |
$16 |
Arson |
$17,888 |
$1 |
Vandalism |
$90,694 |
$4 |
Animal Cruelty |
$3,054 |
$0 |
Drug Crimes |
$187,528 |
$9 |
Identity Theft |
$32,584 |
$2 |
Total Cost of Crime |
$3,066,491 |
$141 |
Crime rates on the map are measured per resident, so areas with heavy visitor traffic can read high because crime follows crowds, even where few people live. The northwest part of the city holds more retail establishments, which lifts recorded crime around those blocks. A red area does not always mean the neighborhood is unsafe for residents.
Airports, parks, and transit hubs create the same effect. Major airports draw large crowds with few residents nearby, so they read as high-crime spots. Parks and recreational areas, of which Santa Rosa Beach has 10, do the same, and of Santa Rosa Beach's 21,684 residents few live beside them. Before assuming an area is unsafe, weigh both the per-capita rate and the total number of incidents, and note what sits nearby.
The interactive maps load faster on a strong connection. Compare high speed internet in Santa Rosa Beach, FL at ISP Reports.The tables below show which crimes are used to calculate the Crime Grades above. All crime rates are shown as the number of crimes per 1,000 Santa Rosa Beach residents in a standard year.
Crime Type |
Crime Rate |
|---|---|
Assault |
0.4235 |
Robbery |
0.2775 |
Rape |
0.3616 |
Murder |
0.0312 |
Total Violent Crime |
1.094 (A+) |
Crime Type |
Crime Rate |
|---|---|
Theft |
3.044 |
Vehicle Theft |
0.2288 |
Burglary |
0.5171 |
Arson |
0.0342 |
Total Property Crime |
3.824 (A+) |
Crime Type |
Crime Rate |
|---|---|
Kidnapping |
0.0118 |
Drug Crimes |
1.169 |
Vandalism |
0.5855 |
Identity Theft |
0.1941 |
Animal Cruelty |
0.0190 |
Total "Other" Rate |
1.980 (A+) |
Compared to surrounding cities, the rate of crime in Santa Rosa Beach is lower. The table below shows Crime Grades for cities close to Santa Rosa Beach.
Nearby City | Overall Crime Grade | Violent Crime Grade | Property Crime Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
A+ | A+ | A+ | |
A+ | A | A+ | |
A+ | A+ | A+ | |
A+ | A+ | A+ | |
A+ | A+ | A+ | |
A | A+ | A- | |
A- | B+ | B | |
A+ | A | A+ | |
A | D | A | |
A+ | B+ | A+ |
Santa Rosa Beach is lower versus other cities of the same size for crime. The table below compares crime in cities with comparable overall population in the city‘s boundaries.
Similar City | Overall Crime Grade | Violent Crime Grade | Property Crime Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
A- | A | A | |
C+ | D+ | D+ | |
B | C+ | C+ | |
A | A+ | A+ | |
B- | B- | B- | |
B- | B | B | |
C- | C | C | |
B+ | A- | A- | |
A+ | A+ | A+ | |
C+ | C+ | C+ |
Considering only the crime rate, Santa Rosa Beach is safer than the Florida state average and safer than the national average.
Safety and school performance are separate topics, but both shape moving decisions. Using SchoolGrade data, schools in Santa Rosa Beach, FL average SchoolGrade of A+, with 72% actual proficiency versus 61% projected; overall, schools greatly exceed expectations. See Santa Rosa Beach schools on SchoolGrade
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