Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2023
St. Augustine, FL Crime Grade
How St. Augustine grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of Florida — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
8/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Florida
7/10
vs. Florida cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2023, the violent crime rate in St. Augustine, FL was 349.9 per 100,000 residents (54 incidents over a population of 15,435). That puts St. Augustine 9% below the U.S. rate of 385.9 and 22% above the Florida statewide rate of 286.7.
That ranks St. Augustine #2,846 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 25% of them, and #110 of 163 in Florida. Violent crime is down 10% year over year and down 46% over the last five years.
St. Augustine, FL crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- D (8/10)
- Florida Grade
- C (7/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 349.9 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,846 of 3,771
- FL rank
- #110 of 163
- Safer than
- 25% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 10%
- 5-year change
- down 46%
- Population
- 15,435
- Reporting agency
- St. Augustine Police Department
- Data year
- 2023 · FBI UCR
Reported by St. Augustine Police Department (FBI ORI FL0550100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About St. Augustine, FL
Also known as
- Presidio de San Augustin
- Saint Augustin
- San Agustín
Name history sourced from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) — public-domain federal geographic-names data.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. St. Augustine (red), Florida (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
St. Augustine vs. U.S., 2023 — by offense
Rates per 100,000 residents for each offense category.
Full data, last 5 years
Rates per 100,000 residents. Raw counts in parentheses.
| Offense | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 644.6(93) | 724.0(107) | 483.9(76) | 389.9(58) | 349.9(54) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 6.8(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 6.5(1) |
| Rape | 97.0(14) | 128.6(19) | 70.0(11) | 53.8(8) | 45.4(7) |
| Robbery | 97.0(14) | 94.7(14) | 57.3(9) | 40.3(6) | 64.8(10) |
| Aggravated assault | 450.5(65) | 494.0(73) | 356.6(56) | 295.8(44) | 233.2(36) |
| Property crime | 3964.8(572) | 2997.7(443) | 2929.0(460) | 3092.4(460) | 2708.1(418) |
| Burglary | 464.4(67) | 392.5(58) | 273.8(43) | 363.0(54) | 330.4(51) |
| Larceny | 3299.4(476) | 2415.8(357) | 2496.0(392) | 2601.7(387) | 2293.5(354) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 194.1(28) | 169.2(25) | 140.1(22) | 121.0(18) | 84.2(13) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the St. Augustine, FL Crime Grade?
- FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- What metric does the St. Augustine Crime Grade use?
- Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- How is the national decile for St. Augustine calculated?
- St. Augustine's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- How is the Florida state decile calculated?
- Same calculation restricted to Florida cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- How do decile scores convert to a letter grade?
- 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- How often is the St. Augustine Crime Grade refreshed?
- Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- What are the limits of this Crime Grade?
- The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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