Crime in Mary Esther, Florida
Major crime in Mary Esther is 31% below the U.S. rate per resident: 49% lower for persons crimes and 26% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 7.3% from a year earlier.
Modeled estimates per resident, not counts of incidents. How we calculated this
Index: crimes per resident compared with the U.S., where 100 is the U.S. rate and 200 is twice it.
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Shoplifting stands out most, at 38% above the U.S. rate
Expected crimes per year in Mary Esther for each type, and the index against the U.S. rate per resident.
Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live
Property crimes
Social disorder
Neighborhoods in Mary Esther
Mary Esther is made up of 3 census block groups. The typical resident lives where the major-crime index is 51; the middle half of residents live where it is between 27 and 105.
- 0–5027.0%
- 50–10026.9%
- 100–20046.2%
- 200–4000.0%
- 400+0.0%
Share of residents by the index of their census block group, a neighborhood of roughly 600 to 3,000 people.
Highest on weekdays, day and night
Major-crime index by time of week, against the U.S. rate for the same hours.
Major crime fell 7.3% in a year; across Florida it fell 7.8%
Change in expected crimes, with Florida as a whole in gray. The past year uses the reporting agencies' year-to-date FBI data; 2031 is the model's projection.
Mary Esther against U.S. places with 2,000 to 5,000 residents
698 of the 1,761 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Mary Esther; the middle of the group is 58. The 9 nearest in population:
Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; residents in gray.
Mary Esther has a higher major-crime index than 6 of its 8 nearest neighbors
The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Fort Walton Beach (2 mi), is 50% above Mary Esther's rate.
Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; distances between where residents live, in miles.
Questions about crime in Mary Esther
What are the most common crimes in Mary Esther?
By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are shoplifting (about 19 a year), other larceny (about 13 a year) and theft from vehicle (about 7 a year). Compared with the U.S., shoplifting stands out most: 38% above the U.S. rate per resident.
How we calculated this
Each police agency's crimes, as reported to the FBI, are spread across the census block groups it serves using population, jobs, points of interest and, where available, local incident records. Mary Esther's figures add up its 3 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.
- Mary Esther has no published incident records in our data, so its estimate relies on agency totals and neighborhood characteristics.
- 0.0% of residents live in block groups whose estimate has high confidence (80% interval within about 5x).
- Rates are per resident, so places where many people work or visit but few live, such as downtowns, airports and stadiums, can read high.
- Disorderly conduct and trespassing are modeled, because the FBI records them only through arrests.
- Residents: 4,228. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2
Full method and validation·Data sources
CrimeMetric. "Crime in Mary Esther, Florida." Vorp Labs, model updated Oct 20, 2026. https://crimemetric.com/fl/mary-esther
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