Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Santa Fe, NM Crime Grade
How Santa Fe grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of New Mexico — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
9/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
New Mexico
5/10
vs. New Mexico cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Santa Fe, NM was 517.2 per 100,000 residents (472 incidents over a population of 91,268). That puts Santa Fe Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 21% below the New Mexico statewide rate of 652.0.
That ranks Santa Fe #3,307 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 12% of them, and #11 of 20 in New Mexico. Violent crime is down 39% year over year and down 44% over the last five years.
Santa Fe, NM crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (9/10)
- New Mexico Grade
- B (5/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 517.2 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,307 of 3,771
- NM rank
- #11 of 20
- Safer than
- 12% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 39%
- 5-year change
- down 44%
- Population
- 91,268
- Reporting agency
- Santa Fe Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Santa Fe Police Department (FBI ORI NM0260100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Santa Fe, NM
Also known as
- Hulpana *
- San daxeye *
- Yotqo *
- Santa Fe de San Francisco
- Ogapoge *
- La Villa de Santa Fe
- La Villa
- Santa Fe ou Granada
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. Santa Fe (red), New Mexico (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Santa Fe vs. U.S., 2025 — 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 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 920.3(786) | 923.3(819) | 863.3(774) | 843.3(756) | 517.2(472) |
| Murder | 10.5(9) | 5.6(5) | 5.6(5) | 4.5(4) | 5.5(5) |
| Rape | 67.9(58) | 47.3(42) | 66.9(60) | 64.7(58) | 47.1(43) |
| Robbery | 94.8(81) | 112.7(100) | 80.3(72) | 89.2(80) | 47.1(43) |
| Aggravated assault | 747.0(638) | 757.6(672) | 710.5(637) | 684.9(614) | 417.5(381) |
| Property crime | 3629.8(3,100) | 4934.3(4,377) | 5020.2(4,501) | 5189.0(4,652) | 2892.6(2,640) |
| Burglary | 718.9(614) | 1076.6(955) | 1170.0(1,049) | 973.8(873) | 519.3(474) |
| Larceny | 2359.4(2,015) | 3066.3(2,720) | 2993.6(2,684) | 3383.1(3,033) | 2042.3(1,864) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 516.4(441) | 753.1(668) | 813.1(729) | 802.0(719) | 315.6(288) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Santa Fe, NM 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 Santa Fe 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 Santa Fe calculated?
- Santa Fe's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- How is the New Mexico state decile calculated?
- Same calculation restricted to New Mexico 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 Santa Fe 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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