Crime Grade · Florida

Safest Cities in Florida

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

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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.