Healthcare & Safety in Miramar Beach
Miramar Beach is directly home to Ascension Sacred Heart Emerald Coast -- Walton County's only hospital -- a genuinely strong, place-specific healthcare advantage, though a Miramar-Beach-specific crime figure was not independently sourced this session.
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Learn moreAscension Sacred Heart Emerald Coast: the county's only hospital, located right in Miramar Beach
Ascension Sacred Heart Emerald Coast, a 76-bed hospital at 7800 U.S. Highway 98 West, is located directly in Miramar Beach and is Walton County's only hospital, per Ascension's own facility materials cited in this cluster's Santa Rosa Beach research. It offers 24/7 emergency care with both adult and pediatric emergency rooms, and it achieved a five-star rating in the 2024 CMS Overall Hospital Quality Star Ratings -- a genuine, in-town healthcare advantage that neighboring Santa Rosa Beach and other Walton County communities rely on Miramar Beach for.
HCA Florida Fort Walton-Destin Hospital as an additional option
HCA Florida Fort Walton-Destin Hospital, a 331-bed facility with the Tri-County area's only Level II Trauma Center, sits further west in Fort Walton Beach and serves as an additional option for higher-acuity or trauma care beyond Ascension Sacred Heart Emerald Coast's more limited bed count.
A disclosed gap on Miramar-Beach-specific crime data
No independently sourced, Miramar-Beach-specific crime rate was found this session -- a genuine gap. A crime figure exists for neighboring Santa Rosa Beach elsewhere in this cluster's research (NeighborhoodScout: 6 per 1,000 residents; CrimeGrade.org: a B grade), but that describes a different, adjacent community and is not substituted here. Consult a current tool such as CrimeGrade.org or NeighborhoodScout directly, and check a specific address, before relying on any figure.
Key takeaways
- Ascension Sacred Heart Emerald Coast (76 beds), Walton County's only hospital, is located directly in Miramar Beach, with 24/7 adult and pediatric emergency care and a five-star 2024 CMS Overall Hospital Quality rating.
- HCA Florida Fort Walton-Destin Hospital (331 beds), including the Tri-County area's only Level II Trauma Center, is a further-west option for higher-acuity care.
- No Miramar-Beach-specific crime rate was independently sourced this session -- a disclosed gap; a neighboring Santa Rosa Beach figure exists elsewhere in this cluster but is not substituted here.
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