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Safety in Santa Ana

Santa Ana ranks #18 of 134 US cities for staying safe, with a safety score of 87 — Exceptional. That puts it in the 87th percentile nationally and #4 of 18 in California.

safety score
87
Exceptional
National rank
#18 of 134
In California
#4 of 18
Percentile
87th

The typical city scores 50 for staying safe; Santa Ana sits 37 points above the median.

How safety is measured

Reported violent and property crime rates.

The safety score is the flip side of our crime measure — 100 minus the raw crime score — so a city with less of it scores higher.

Data sources: FBI Crime Data Explorer and city open-data crime portals.

Full methodology → Glossary The raw measurement is part of the Data plan →

Ranked around Santa Ana

  1. T#15 Hialeah, FL 89
  2. #17 Sedona, AZ 88
  3. #18 Santa Ana, CA — this page 87
  4. T#19 Jackson, MS 86
  5. T#19 Mesa, AZ 86

See the full leaderboard — The safest cities in America →

Top US cities for staying safe

  1. #1 Jackson, WY 100
  2. #2 Gilbert, AZ 99
  3. T#3 Boise, ID 98
  4. T#3 Santa Clarita, CA 98
  5. #5 Irvine, CA 97

More about Santa Ana

Santa Ana scores 32 overall (Some Fun) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: