2025 Compare Cities Crime:
Augusta, ME vs Santa Barbara, CA

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- Santa Barbara has 32% less violent crime than Augusta.
- Santa Barbara has 37% less property crime than Augusta.
 Augusta, MESanta Barbara, CAUnited States
 Violent Crime  Unlock18.222.7
 Property Crime66.8  Unlock35.4

Crime is ranked on a scale of 1 (low crime) to 100 (high crime)

Reviews for Augusta    8 Reviews

We spent 1 year in Augusta. It is probably the cutest Capitol city that I have ever visited in the US. That being said, it has a dark underbelly and a ruthless drug  More

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Over 15 years ago

Winter in Maine usually starts in November, occasionally in October and lasts until March, sometimes April. Although last year was unusually mild, most folks around  More

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I've been living in Augusta for about 9 months now. Moved here from New Orleans. I should be moving out in a few months; I seriously considered staying in Augusta  More

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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

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Over 4 years ago

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

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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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Cities with the Least Crime Near Augusta, MaineCrime Index
 Winthrop CDP, ME 
 Winslow CDP, ME 
 Farmingdale CDP, ME 
 Clinton CDP, ME 
 Oakland CDP, ME 
 Hallowell, ME18.7
 Gardiner, ME24.75
 Waterville, ME40.75
 Augusta, ME46.8

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