Healthcare & Safety in Navarre
Navarre has real hospital access in two directions -- Baptist Health Care's Gulf Breeze Hospital to the west, with a dedicated Navarre outpost, and HCA Florida Fort Walton-Destin Hospital to the east -- alongside crime rates well below both state and national averages.
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Learn moreGulf Breeze Hospital and Baptist Medical Park - Navarre
Gulf Breeze Hospital, part of the Baptist Health Care system, sits west of Navarre and serves the surrounding area including Pensacola Beach and Navarre. Baptist Medical Park - Navarre, a department of Gulf Breeze Hospital located directly in Navarre, offers the area's only free-standing emergency room and urgent care, plus access to Baptist Medical Group specialists and primary care providers -- giving Navarre residents real local emergency access without a drive to Gulf Breeze or Pensacola for every need.
HCA Florida Fort Walton-Destin Hospital to the east
HCA Florida Fort Walton-Destin Hospital, a 331-bed acute care facility including the Tri-County area's only Level II Trauma Center, sits east of Navarre in Fort Walton Beach -- giving Navarre residents a genuine choice of direction for hospital-level care beyond the free-standing Navarre ER.
Crime runs well below state and national averages
NeighborhoodScout gives Navarre a combined violent-and-property crime rate of 5 per 1,000 residents -- lower than 65% of U.S. communities and lower than roughly 76% of Florida cities and towns, with a 1-in-194 overall chance of being a crime victim. CrimeGrade.org separately estimates Navarre's annual cost of crime per resident at $123 -- $136 below the national average and $33 below Florida's statewide average.
Key takeaways
- Baptist Medical Park - Navarre, a department of Gulf Breeze Hospital (Baptist Health Care), offers the area's only free-standing ER and urgent care directly in Navarre; full-service Gulf Breeze Hospital sits to the west.
- HCA Florida Fort Walton-Destin Hospital (331 beds), including the Tri-County area's only Level II Trauma Center, sits east of Navarre in Fort Walton Beach.
- NeighborhoodScout: combined crime rate of 5 per 1,000 residents, lower than 65% of U.S. communities and roughly 76% of Florida communities; CrimeGrade.org estimates $123/resident/year cost of crime, below both national and state averages.
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