2025 Compare Cities Crime:
Bloomington, IN vs Santa Barbara, CA

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Highlights
- Santa Barbara has 2% less violent crime than Bloomington.
- Santa Barbara has 6% less property crime than Bloomington.
 Bloomington, INSanta Barbara, CAUnited States
 Violent Crime  Unlock18.222.7
 Property Crime45  Unlock35.4

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

Reviews for Bloomington    25 Reviews

I have lived here for almost 23 years. Wonderful, cosmopolitan, safe, cultural, liberal, all-inclusive town, with plenty of arts, shopping, sports events and activities,  More

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Over 5 years ago

The city government of Bloomington is very famous for its corruption. The police of this city are famous for their inactivity and lack of professionalism. The judges  More

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Over 6 years ago

Terrible. There is nothing good about Bloomington, IN. Don’t live there. As for Catalent, there is one of those in my home town Woodstock, IL. It’s a pharmaceutical  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 Bloomington, IndianaCrime Index
 Harrodsburg, IN17.55
 Ellettsville, IN20.9
 Smithville-Sanders, IN22
 Gosport, IN26.55
 Spencer, IN29.15
 Stinesville, IN31.7
 Bloomington, IN31.8

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