2025 Compare Cities Crime:
Santa Fe, NM vs Santa Barbara, CA

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Highlights
- Santa Barbara has 25% less violent crime than Santa Fe.
- Santa Barbara has 26% less property crime than Santa Fe.
 Santa Fe, NMSanta Barbara, CAUnited States
 Violent Crime  Unlock18.222.7
 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 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 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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