Crime Grade · Florida

Most Dangerous Cities in Florida

163 reporting Florida cities ranked from highest violent crime rate down, by FBI violent crime rate per 100,000 residents. Data from the FBI Crime Data Explorer.

State median violent crime rate: 235.8 per 100,000. Cities with population ≥ 10,000. Letter grade is the national decile against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities — same grade everywhere on this site.

Rank	City	Population	Violent / 100k	Grade
1	Opa Locka	16,501	1957.5	F10/10
2	Florida City	13,194	1409.7	F10/10
3	Belle Glade	16,880	1327.0	F9/10
4	Palm Springs	25,451	1131.6	F9/10
5	Miami Beach	79,031	1074.3	F9/10
6	Panama City Beach	12,703	1031.3	D8/10
7	Riviera Beach	39,021	943.1	D8/10
8	Daytona Beach	77,130	928.3	D8/10
9	Cocoa	20,135	918.8	D8/10
10	Lauderhill	72,421	872.7	D8/10
11	Orlando	310,713	835.8	D8/10
12	Lauderdale Lakes	36,587	754.4	C7/10
13	North Miami	58,502	748.7	C7/10
14	Gainesville	147,022	746.8	C7/10
15	Pompano Beach	113,545	737.2	C7/10
16	Lake Worth	41,324	730.8	C7/10
17	Lantana	12,825	670.6	C7/10
18	Miami Springs	13,925	660.7	C7/10
19	West Park	15,204	644.6	C7/10
20	Tallahassee	206,918	627.8	C7/10
21	Dania Beach	32,557	623.5	C7/10
22	St. Petersburg	264,999	619.6	C6/10
23	Palmetto	13,662	607.5	C6/10
24	Fort Lauderdale	191,199	605.7	C6/10
25	Oakland Park	45,646	565.2	C6/10
26	Brooksville	10,267	564.9	C6/10
27	Sanford	66,900	542.6	C6/10
28	Plant City	39,615	540.2	C6/10
29	Titusville	50,153	518.4	C6/10
30	North Miami Beach	46,232	504.0	C6/10
31	Hallandale Beach	40,153	498.1	C6/10
32	Bartow	20,948	491.7	C6/10
33	West Palm Beach	130,449	489.1	C6/10
34	Wilton Manors	12,885	488.9	C6/10
35	Fort Walton Beach	21,031	461.2	B5/10
36	Kissimmee	86,213	446.6	B5/10
37	Fort Myers	103,372	441.1	B5/10
38	Homestead	87,171	437.1	B5/10
39	Apopka	60,583	430.8	B5/10
40	North Lauderdale	44,618	430.3	B5/10
41	Fort Pierce	51,623	424.2	B5/10
42	Palatka	10,968	419.4	B5/10
43	Boynton Beach	81,473	416.1	B5/10
44	Cocoa Beach	11,763	408.1	B5/10
45	Lake City	12,895	403.3	B5/10
46	Bradenton	58,792	398.0	B5/10
47	DeLand	39,924	383.2	B5/10
48	Sarasota	58,428	378.2	B5/10
49	Ocala	71,947	375.3	B5/10
50	Lakeland	127,935	368.2	B5/10
51	Miami Gardens	117,389	358.6	B4/10
52	Miami	498,792	356.9	B4/10
53	Key West	24,697	352.3	B4/10
54	St. Augustine	15,435	349.9	B4/10
55	Deerfield Beach	81,749	348.6	B4/10
56	Hollywood	156,434	346.5	B4/10
57	Altamonte Springs	44,956	340.3	B4/10
58	Jacksonville Beach	23,585	339.2	B4/10
59	Stuart	20,109	323.2	B4/10
60	Winter Garden	47,484	322.2	B4/10
61	Green Cove Springs	10,143	315.5	B4/10
62	Temple Terrace	27,808	312.9	B4/10
63	Tampa	421,313	310.5	B4/10
64	South Miami	13,539	310.2	B4/10
65	New Port Richey	18,487	308.3	B4/10
66	Dade City	10,394	307.9	B4/10
67	Holly Hill	13,040	306.7	B4/10
68	Panama City	38,146	301.5	B4/10
69	Delray Beach	71,000	287.3	B4/10
70	Casselberry	31,166	282.4	B4/10
71	Leesburg	41,151	274.6	B4/10
72	Tarpon Springs	26,429	272.4	B4/10
73	Palm Bay	148,091	268.8	B4/10
74	Ocoee	49,877	264.7	B4/10
75	Orange City	14,880	262.1	B4/10
76	Miami Shores	11,476	252.7	A3/10
77	Largo	82,264	249.2	A3/10
78	Clearwater	116,679	247.7	A3/10
79	Greenacres City	44,143	244.7	A3/10
80	Lake Wales	16,813	243.9	A3/10
81	Longwood	17,298	242.8	A3/10
82	Zephyrhills	23,750	235.8	A3/10
83	Winter Haven	59,450	235.5	A3/10
84	Pinellas Park	53,481	233.7	A3/10
85	Eustis	21,642	231.0	A3/10
86	Davie	106,759	228.6	A3/10
87	Groveland	17,622	221.3	A3/10
88	Auburndale	21,677	216.8	A3/10
89	Tamarac	67,399	216.6	A3/10
90	Plantation	98,100	210.0	A3/10
91	Rockledge	28,614	209.7	A3/10
92	Winter Park	29,853	204.3	A3/10
93	Mount Dora	14,801	202.7	A3/10
94	Fernandina Beach	13,822	202.6	A3/10
95	Sunrise	96,428	202.2	A3/10
96	South Daytona	13,712	189.6	A3/10
97	Clermont	48,180	188.9	A3/10
98	Gulfport	11,615	180.8	A3/10
99	Ormond Beach	43,860	180.1	A3/10
100	Margate	59,449	176.6	A2/10
101	Winter Springs	37,788	174.7	A2/10
102	Boca Raton	100,557	172.0	A2/10
103	Hialeah	238,769	171.7	A2/10
104	New Smyrna Beach	31,839	166.5	A2/10
105	Seminole	19,390	165.0	A2/10
106	West Melbourne	32,715	162.0	A2/10
107	Royal Palm Beach	39,654	158.9	A2/10
108	Sebastian	27,445	153.0	A2/10
109	Atlantic Beach	13,226	151.2	A2/10
110	Sebring	12,007	149.9	A2/10
111	Crestview	31,585	142.5	A2/10
112	Lynn Haven	21,152	141.8	A2/10
113	Oldsmar	14,809	141.8	A2/10
114	Coconut Creek	62,220	141.4	A2/10
115	St. Cloud	74,269	138.7	A2/10
116	Pensacola	53,583	138.1	A2/10
117	Lake Mary	16,669	138.0	A2/10
118	Edgewater	24,166	132.4	A2/10
119	Haines City	41,035	131.6	A2/10
120	Wellington	61,652	129.8	A2/10
121	Jupiter	63,447	129.2	A2/10
122	Port St. Lucie	273,427	126.9	A2/10
123	Maitland	19,136	125.4	A2/10
124	Minneola	13,001	123.1	A2/10
125	Miramar	144,398	121.2	A2/10
126	Cape Coral	228,672	121.1	A2/10
127	Aventura	40,657	118.1	A1/10
128	Safety Harbor	16,950	118.0	A1/10
129	Coral Springs	141,436	116.0	A1/10
130	Palmetto Bay	25,682	112.9	A1/10
131	Wildwood	19,634	112.1	A1/10
132	North Palm Beach	13,494	111.2	A1/10
133	Lady Lake	16,255	110.7	A1/10
134	Coral Gables	48,920	110.4	A1/10
135	Naples	19,668	106.8	A1/10
136	Oviedo	41,656	105.6	A1/10
137	Sweetwater	20,733	101.3	A1/10
138	Milton	11,419	96.3	A1/10
139	Cooper City	36,714	95.3	A1/10
140	North Port	97,818	95.1	A1/10
141	Village of Pinecrest	17,963	94.6	A1/10
142	Cutler Bay	45,992	87.0	A1/10
143	Sunny Isles Beach	23,068	86.7	A1/10
144	Satellite Beach	11,402	78.9	A1/10
145	Doral	85,601	78.3	A1/10
146	Davenport	17,456	74.5	A1/10
147	Palm Beach Gardens	64,337	71.5	A1/10
148	Vero Beach	17,851	67.2	A1/10
149	Dunedin	35,898	66.9	A1/10
150	Venice	24,366	65.7	A1/10
151	Tavares	21,790	64.2	A1/10
152	Key Biscayne	14,306	55.9	A1/10
153	Hialeah Gardens	23,422	51.2	A1/10
154	Weston	71,815	50.1	A1/10
155	Lighthouse Point	10,512	47.6	A1/10
156	Port Orange	64,037	45.3	A1/10
157	Pembroke Pines	180,075	41.6	A1/10
158	Miami Lakes	33,991	41.2	A1/10
159	Melbourne	87,601	38.8	A1/10
160	Niceville	18,481	32.5	A1/10
161	Marco Island	16,758	29.8	A1/10
162	Parkland	35,773	22.4	A1/10
163	Punta Gorda	20,614	9.7	A1/10

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About this ranking

Cities are ranked by the FBI's reported violent crime rate per 100,000 residents for the most recent fully-reported year (see individual city pages for the year shown). The list is restricted to cities with population ≥ 10,000 that report to the FBI's National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS). Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer. Refreshed every six months.