Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2023
Fort Walton Beach, FL Crime Grade
How Fort Walton Beach grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of Florida — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
9/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Florida
8/10
vs. Florida cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2023, the violent crime rate in Fort Walton Beach, FL was 461.2 per 100,000 residents (97 incidents over a population of 21,031). That puts Fort Walton Beach 20% above the U.S. rate of 385.9 and 61% above the Florida statewide rate of 286.7.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Fort Walton Beach (red), Florida (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Fort Walton Beach vs. U.S., 2023 — by offense
Rates per 100,000 residents for each offense category.
Full data, last 5 years
Rates per 100,000 residents. Raw counts in parentheses.
| Offense | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 309.9(69) | 300.3(68) | 323.6(74) | 368.8(77) | 461.2(97) |
| Murder | 4.5(1) | 8.8(2) | 8.7(2) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 58.4(13) | 79.5(18) | 56.8(13) | 100.6(21) | 80.8(17) |
| Robbery | 31.4(7) | 4.4(1) | 17.5(4) | 33.5(7) | 66.6(14) |
| Aggravated assault | 215.6(48) | 207.6(47) | 240.5(55) | 234.7(49) | 313.8(66) |
| Property crime | 2951.1(657) | 2102.0(476) | 2024.4(463) | 1868.2(390) | 1645.2(346) |
| Burglary | 368.3(82) | 260.5(59) | 389.1(89) | 206.0(43) | 214.0(45) |
| Larceny | 2313.3(515) | 1642.7(372) | 1416.6(324) | 1652.6(345) | 1426.5(300) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 260.5(58) | 194.3(44) | 214.2(49) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- Metric: Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- National decile: Fort Walton Beach's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- State decile: Same calculation restricted to Florida cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- Letter grade: 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- Refresh: Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- Limits: The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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Comparable Florida cities by population.
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