2025 Compare Cities Crime:
Jacksonville, FL vs Santa Barbara, CA

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Highlights
- Santa Barbara has 46% less violent crime than Jacksonville.
- Santa Barbara has 20% less property crime than Jacksonville.
 Jacksonville, FLSanta Barbara, CAUnited States
 Violent Crime  Unlock18.222.7
 Property Crime52.9  Unlock35.4

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

Reviews for Jacksonville    174 Reviews

I moved from a small town in Ohio around four years ago, I was 24 years old. Now, at 28, my outlook about living here has changed. I have came to the conclusion, that,  More

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I’ve lived in Jacksonville for 12+ years(but visited on and off much longer). There’s things I love and things I hate and just like any place there are pros and cons.  More

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We have been investigating Jax for a while. It looks like the Southside, Baymeadows and the further East you get is great. Any thoughts on moving to those areas, pretty  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 Jacksonville, FloridaCrime Index
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 Asbury Lake, FL24
 Fernandina Beach, FL24.25
 Sawgrass, FL24.8
 Neptune Beach, FL25.2
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