Santa Fe, NM crime rate
In 2025 the Santa Fe Police Department reported 521.5 violent crimes and 2,933.1 property crimes per 100,000 residents it covers. The FBI's estimates for New Mexico and the US for the same year are beside each number.
Data as of 2025 (FBI), checked October 30, 2026. How we got these numbers
Data notes.
- Arson, 2025: possibly incomplete. 14 reported; 6 of 12 months zero (Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jul, Dec) while other offenses were reported in those months; 2024: 27 reported. The count is shown; its rate is not compared.
How does Santa Fe compare with New Mexico and the US?
Arson has no FBI state or US estimate, so its row shows Santa Fe only.
What offenses were reported in Santa Fe, 2025?
| Offense | Reported | Per 100k | New Mexico | US | vs 2024 | vs 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | ||||||
| Violent crime | 476 | 521.5 | 621.6 | 327.6 | down 38.2% | down 43.3% |
| Murder | 5 | 5.5 | 8.6 | 4.1 | up 22.2% | down 47.6% |
| Rape | 43 | 47.1 | 50.7 | 36.1 | down 27.2% | down 30.6% |
| Robbery | 44 | 48.2 | 51.2 | 49.4 | down 46.0% | down 49.2% |
| Aggravated assault | 384 | 420.7 | 511.2 | 238.0 | down 38.6% | down 43.7% |
| Property crime | ||||||
| Property crime | 2,677 | 2,933.1 | 2,239.5 | 1,534.8 | down 43.5% | down 19.2% |
| Burglary | 480 | 525.9 | 404.9 | 193.6 | down 46.0% | down 26.8% |
| Larceny-theft | 1,892 | 2,073.0 | 1,513.7 | 1,144.1 | down 38.7% | down 12.1% |
| Motor vehicle theft | 291 | 318.8 | 320.9 | 197.0 | down 60.2% | down 38.3% |
| Arson | 14 | Not estimated | Not estimated | See data note | See data note | |
Reported = offenses known to the Santa Fe Police Department and sent to the FBI. New Mexico and US are FBI estimates for the same year. Changes compare rates of full years only.
Violent crime rate, 2021 to 2025
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| Year | Santa Fe | United States | New Mexico |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 920.3 | 387.0 | 820.8 |
| 2022 | 923.3 | 388.7 | 776.8 |
| 2023 | 863.3 | 379.5 | 746.9 |
| 2024 | 843.3 | 362.9 | 725.3 |
| 2025 | 521.5 | 327.6 | 621.6 |
Property crime rate, 2021 to 2025
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| Year | Santa Fe | United States | New Mexico |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 3,629.8 | 1,832.3 | 2,772.4 |
| 2022 | 4,934.3 | 1,973.8 | 2,976.2 |
| 2023 | 5,020.2 | 1,934.1 | 2,876.1 |
| 2024 | 5,189.0 | 1,761.1 | 2,787.6 |
| 2025 | 2,933.1 | 1,534.8 | 2,239.5 |
Is Santa Fe safe?
We don't rate cities as safe or unsafe. What the FBI's numbers show: in 2025 the violent crime rate the Santa Fe Police Department reported, 521.5 per 100,000 residents, was lower than New Mexico's 621.6, and higher than the US rate of 327.6 (FBI estimates). It fell 38.2% from 2024.
What these numbers can't tell you:
- How crime differs between neighborhoods (the FBI publishes agency totals only).
- Crimes nobody reported to the police.
- How many offenses involved visitors and commuters, who are not in the population count.
In Santa Fe, the 476 violent crimes reported to the FBI for 2025 equal 521.5 per 100,000 residents covered by the Santa Fe Police Department. The rate was lower than the New Mexico estimate of 621.6, and 1.6 times the US rate of 327.6. Violent crime fell 38.2% from 2024, when the rate was 843.3, and 43.3% from 2021.
Robbery fell the most of the violent offenses in both spans: 46.0% in the last year and 49.2% since 2021. Aggravated assault dropped 38.6% from 2024 and accounted for 81% of violent crime in 2025. There were 5 homicides in 2025, a murder rate of 5.5 per 100,000.
Property crime came to 2,933.1 per 100,000, 1.3 times the state figure of 2,239.5 and 1.9 times the national 1,534.8. Property crime fell 43.5% from 2024 and 19.2% from 2021. Motor vehicle theft fell 60.2% in the last year, to 318.8 per 100,000, close to the state estimate of 320.9.
Burglary, at 525.9 per 100,000, was 2.7 times the US rate. The 2025 arson count is flagged as possibly incomplete, since several months were sent as zero, so it is not compared. All 12 months were sent for each of the 5 years shown; the department began NIBRS reporting in 2021.
The Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office reports separately, and its cases are not part of these numbers.
Written from the numbers on this page. Every figure and every comparison is checked against the stored FBI data before publishing.
Other New Mexico cities
The nearest New Mexico cities with a page, in alphabetical order. VC = violent crime per 100,000, 2025.
Sources
- FBI Crime Data Explorer, Santa Fe Police Department (ORI NM0260100), offenses known to law enforcement and police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026. Crime Data Explorer
- FBI Crime Data Explorer, New Mexico and United States estimated crime (Summary Reporting System estimates), 2021 to 2025.
- FBI, "UCR Statistics: Their Proper Use" (why we don't rank cities).
Every stored file behind this page (11)
- Santa Fe Police Department (NM0260100): violent crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NM0260100_violent_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Santa Fe Police Department (NM0260100): murder, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NM0260100_homicide__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Santa Fe Police Department (NM0260100): rape, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NM0260100_rape__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Santa Fe Police Department (NM0260100): robbery, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NM0260100_robbery__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Santa Fe Police Department (NM0260100): aggravated assault, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NM0260100_aggravated_assault__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Santa Fe Police Department (NM0260100): property crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NM0260100_property_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Santa Fe Police Department (NM0260100): burglary, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NM0260100_burglary__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Santa Fe Police Department (NM0260100): larceny-theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NM0260100_larceny__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Santa Fe Police Department (NM0260100): motor vehicle theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NM0260100_motor_vehicle_theft__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Santa Fe Police Department (NM0260100): arson, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_NM0260100_arson__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Santa Fe Police Department (NM0260100): police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/pe_agency_NM0260100__from-2021-to-2025.json)