Pensacola is a city of 112,600 in Escambia County and the main city of the Pensacola metro area, home to 524,400 · Updated November 2026
How common is violent crime in Pensacola?
Violent crime in Pensacola sits near the national middle: an A-, with more violent crime than the neighborhoods where 55% of Americans live. Assaults make up 91% of it, and most of those are simple assaults, which involve no weapon and no serious injury.
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Violent crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 840 of 1,000About as much violent crime as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
45% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more violent crime than Pensacola as a whole, and 55% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a violent crime safety score of 860, a CrimeGrade™ of A. Pensacola scores 840.
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 violent crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its violent crime with the people who spend time there, on one national scale, from green for the least to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy downtown or nightlife strip can show red while the homes around it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a solid connection. Compare high speed internet in Pensacola, FL at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Pensacola, 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 about violent crime in Pensacola
Robberies and aggravated assaults both run low. In Pensacola, each runs at less than half the US rate: 0.23 robberies and 1.1 aggravated assaults a year per 1,000 residents, against 0.62 and 2.6 nationally.
Where violent crime is lowest and highest in Pensacola
Low violent crime is the norm across Pensacola: 90% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 5% in areas graded D or F. Violent crime grades across Pensacola run from A+ to F.
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A or B 90%C 5%D or F 5%
Share of residents, by the violent crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
1Fontanel Place, northAggravated assaults run about 40% lower here than in the rest of Pensacola.A859
2Downtown Pensacola, southClose to the rest of Pensacola on most crimes.B+717
3Westpointe Heritage, centralAggravated assaults run about 40% higher here than in the rest of Pensacola.B-583
Neighborhood areas of Pensacola, ranked by violent crime CrimeGrade™; beside each grade is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer). Each one combines several of the smaller areas on the map.
Violent crime rates and types in Pensacola
CrimeGrade™ estimates Pensacola has about 6.9 reported violent crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 48% less than the US as a whole and 41% less than Florida.
All violent crime
Assaults
Robbery
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. Violent crime here includes simple assaults, which the FBI's violent crime rate leaves out.
Assault is the most common violent crime in Pensacola, about 91% of the total. Murder and rape are far rarer, but they account for 58% of the cost of violent crime here.
Each CrimeGrade™ here compares a violent crime with the people who spend time in an area, not only the people who live there. 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 violent crime happens in Pensacola
Pensacola has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Pensacola, 51% of aggravated assaults happen at a home, against 53% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Aggravated assault
Homes (51%)
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.
Violent crime in Pensacola and nearby cities
Pensacola has less violent crime than 8 of its 10 nearest cities; only Beulah and Gonzalez have less.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Pensacola. Beside each violent crime CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with cities of similar size and density, Pensacola is safer than 52% of them.
Among the traits that tend to go with violent crime, one sets Pensacola apart: it has 77 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole. Places like that tend to report more robbery, yet robbery runs lower here than that would suggest.
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more robbery.77 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 91% of US city residents
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery.8% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 66% 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 assault. 81% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D (16 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 55% 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 robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Pensacola: D- (7 of 100).2 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 53% 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 violent crime costs Pensacola
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, violent crime costs Pensacola about $108 million a year, or $956 per resident. The costs that reach a bill, such as medical care, lost work and the justice system, come to about $21 million, or $184 per resident.
Billed cost of violent crime per resident, per year
How the cost breaks down
Pain and suffering are about 81% of that full cost.
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$9.8 million
$87
Rape
$2.3 million
$20
Robbery
$810,000
$7
Assault
$7.9 million
$70
Total
$21 million
$184
How CrimeGrade™ works
The violent crime CrimeGrade™ covers murder, rape, robbery and assault, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most, on one scale for the whole country.
It weighs each violent crime against the people who spend time in an area, so a busy downtown is graded on its workers and visitors as well as its residents.
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.
