| | Santa Barbara, CA | Tampa, FL | United States |
| | 18.2 | 36 | 22.7 |
| | 42.4 | 33.4 | 35.4 |
The Crime Indices range from 1 (low crime) to 100 (high crime). Our crime rates are based on FBI data.
YOU SHOULD KNOW
Violent crime is composed of four offenses: murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery, and aggravated assault.
Property crime includes the offenses of burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft, and arson. The object of the theft-type offenses is the taking of money or property, but there is no force or threat of force against the victims.
| Cities with the Least Crime Near Santa Barbara, California | Crime Index |
| University of California-Santa Barbara, CA | |
| Eastern Goleta Valley, CA | |
| Guadalupe, CA | 13.7 |
| Buellton, CA | 17.3 |
| Casmalia, CA | 18.2 |
| Goleta, CA | 18.6 |
| Solvang, CA | 19.1 |
| Carpinteria, CA | 19.2 |
| Mission Hills, CA | 20.6 |
| Isla Vista, CA | 21.0 |
Reviews for Santa Barbara 
51 Reviews
I moved to Santa Barbara around 23 years ago to study at Brooks, which like most of the Santa Barbara that I knew—has been destroyed. Homelessness, drugs, gangs, high More
I fell in love with Santa Barbara about thirty years ago and finally moved here a few years ago. Because of the price of homes, it is an expensive place to live. The More
If you like high crime, paying a $4,500 a month mortgage and crazy high taxes, this is the place for you. It’s too bad because it wasn’t always like this. When I moved More
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The people in Tampa are fantastic but the city is a total bore. All events are always in South Tampa and never elsewhere, ie, North Tampa. The north end never More
I've lived in small towns before and now for the past 25 years in this large metropolis. It's a very nice city. Lots of jobs, shopping restaurants, churches, Busch More
This is my favorite city that I have ever lived in. I am reading all of these terrible reviews for Tampa, but then when I read what people are writing, they are actually More
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