2025 Compare Cities Crime:
Santa Fe, NM vs Elko, NV

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- Elko has 15% more violent crime than Santa Fe.
- Elko has 7% less property crime than Santa Fe.
 Santa Fe, NMElko, NVUnited States
 Violent Crime  Unlock28.422.7
 Property Crime57.3  Unlock35.4

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

Reviews for Santa Fe    55 Reviews

I’ve recently moved to Santa Fe from Colorado. I love Santa Fe for various reasons… mostly because of the tricultural aspects of it. We have amazing Native American,  More

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Over 6 years ago

Bought a house here in 2013 and split my time here with other house in Adirondack Mountains of NYS. Santa Fe is great, but not perfect. Love the climate. 306 days of  More

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Over 6 years ago

The only 2 things about Santa Fe that are nice is the scenery and the weather. But, those two things cannot bring about the total comfort and homeyness that makes a city  More

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Reviews for Elko    4 Reviews

Elko is like all small Nevada towns - limited in many things and the only change as far as the eye can see are over priced housing starts, drugs and crime. I really like  More

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Over 16 years ago

Spent my teen years in Elko & my parents still live there. It is extremely isolated. Life revolves around the mining industry. The old ranching families that live  More

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Over 17 years ago

Elko has an economy that is fairly typical of mining areas, that is, boom and bust. I've lived here for about 16 or so years. It's boomed tremendously twice and busted  More

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Cities with the Least Crime Near Santa Fe, New MexicoCrime Index
 Golden, NM14.3
 Cedar Grove, NM19.7
 San Pedro, NM20
 Chupadero, NM20.15
 Sombrillo, NM20.2
 Jaconita, NM21.6
 Cundiyo, NM21.9
 Cuyamungue, NM22.4
 Glorieta, NM23
 Rio en Medio, NM23.15

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