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Crime Map, Crime Rate and Safety Score in Alachua, FL
Explore neighborhood Safety Scores in Alachua, see which ZIP codes its residents live in, and compare the closest cities.
Explore neighborhood Safety Scores around Alachua. The map can include areas outside the city limits.
Is Alachua, FL safe?
Alachua, Florida has a CrimeScore Safety Score of 78 out of 100, grade B, above the Florida statewide score of 53. An estimated 92% of its residents live in neighborhoods graded A or B, compared with 45% statewide. Safety Scores are modeled estimates, not official crime rates.
- Safety Score
- 78 / 100
- Residents in A or B neighborhoods
- 92%
- Residents in D or F neighborhoods
- <1%
- Scored neighborhoods
- 11
How Alachua compares
Alachua scores 25 points above the Florida statewide score of 53. Both scores average neighborhood scores weighted by population, so they compare directly.
Alachua lies in Alachua County, which has a county Safety Score of 12, grade F.
County Safety Scores describe whole counties and are measured differently, so they are not an average of the neighborhoods inside Alachua.
Neighborhoods inside Alachua
11 scored neighborhoods (Census block groups) with residents lie at least partly inside Alachua; 4 of them lie mostly inside it.
ZIP codes where Alachua residents live
Listed by the estimated share of Alachua's residents who live in each ZIP code. A ZIP score covers the whole ZIP, including any part outside the city.
Higher scores indicate safer modeled conditions. Scored areas are Census block groups, not a coverage percentage.
Closest cities in Florida
- Gainesville Safety Score 30 · grade D · 11 miles
- Lake City Safety Score 32 · grade D · 30 miles
- Ocala Safety Score 39 · grade D · 46 miles
- Green Cove Springs Safety Score 44 · grade C · 49 miles
- Palatka Safety Score 23 · grade D · 50 miles
Distances are measured between the population-weighted centers of each city's scored neighborhoods.
About Alachua
Alachua has an estimated 10,856 residents (2024 Census estimate) and 36.2 square miles of land inside its 2020 city limits. Its city score combines 11 scored Census block groups that lie at least partly within those limits.
How this page is built
ZIP codes are listed by the estimated share of the city's residents who live in them, from 2020 Census block-group population spread evenly over each block group's land. The city score is not an average of ZIP scores.
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