Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Santa Fe, TX Crime Grade
How Santa Fe grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of Texas — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
4/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Texas
3/10
vs. Texas cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Santa Fe, TX was 128.5 per 100,000 residents (17 incidents over a population of 13,227). That puts Santa Fe 60% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 63% below the Texas statewide rate of 345.5.
That ranks Santa Fe #1,405 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 63% of them, and #69 of 250 in Texas. Violent crime is up 53% year over year and down 27% over the last five years.
Santa Fe, TX crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- B (4/10)
- Texas Grade
- A (3/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 128.5 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,405 of 3,771
- TX rank
- #69 of 250
- Safer than
- 63% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 53%
- 5-year change
- down 27%
- Population
- 13,227
- Reporting agency
- Santa Fe Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Santa Fe Police Department (FBI ORI TX0842100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Santa Fe, TX
Also known as
- Alto Loma
- Alta Loma
- Arcadia
History
Includes the former communities of Arcadia and Alta Loma which incorporated on June 30, 1978. (US-T121)
Location
6.4 km (4 mi) NW of Hitchcook. (US-T121)
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), Texas (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 | 176.7(24) | 140.6(18) | 155.2(20) | 84.3(11) | 128.5(17) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 95.7(13) | 62.5(8) | 62.1(8) | 7.7(1) | 45.4(6) |
| Robbery | 0.0(0) | 15.6(2) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Aggravated assault | 81.0(11) | 62.5(8) | 93.1(12) | 76.6(10) | 83.2(11) |
| Property crime | 721.5(98) | 921.7(118) | 597.7(77) | 735.4(96) | 567.0(75) |
| Burglary | 198.8(27) | 234.3(30) | 116.4(15) | 237.5(31) | 105.8(14) |
| Larceny | 419.6(57) | 554.6(71) | 395.9(51) | 406.0(53) | 408.3(54) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 88.3(12) | 132.8(17) | 85.4(11) | 91.9(12) | 45.4(6) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Santa Fe, TX 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 Texas state decile calculated?
- Same calculation restricted to Texas 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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