Crestview, FL carries a PlainCrime B safety grade with violent crime 39% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Crestview, FL shows violent crime at 214 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,407.9 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 39% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade B from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
B safety grade
214/100K violent
1407.9/100K property
-39% vs U.S.
The verdict
Crestview earns a B safety grade: violent crime runs 39% below the U.S. average, placing it higher-crime than most U.S. cities.
B
PlainCrime safety grade
-39%
violent crime vs. U.S. average
43rd
percentile of 7,769 U.S. cities
1,407.9
property crimes per 100K
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Crestview, FL
Comparable rate records
Crestview's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Florida cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Crestview's 214.0 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Auburndale (216.8), Plantation (210.0), Marianna (208.6), Winter Park (204.3). These are same-year agency submissions that pass the same completeness screen, not a claim that the cities have identical conditions. They make the cohort position above checkable against named records instead of a generic state average.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 4 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 360.6 per 100,000 in 2020 to 214.0 in 2024 (-40.7%). The highest observed value was 360.6 in 2020 and the lowest 7.1 in 2022. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property-offense composition
Burglary and vehicle theft carry more of the property total than they do across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 73.6% of reported property offenses in Crestview, against a cohort median of 81.8%. The remainder is burglary (83) and motor vehicle theft (28). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
Position in the state cohort
Crestview sits mid-pack among comparable Florida cities
At 214.0 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Crestview ranks 60 of 126 — above 66 of the 125 other Florida cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +11.1% against the cohort median of 192.7. Cities that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.
Property counts dominate Crestview's FBI UCR Table 8 municipal row. Per-100,000 rates use the reporting-year population on that row; cities that fail the completeness test stay out of rate rankings. A citywide figure rarely describes any single neighbourhood inside the municipal boundary.
Mid-size municipal totals above are reported offenses, not safety advice for any single block. Reporting completeness still varies by year and agency.
Property rate moved most (2023→2024)
Property Crime Rate
+150%
563.1 → 1407.9/100K
Violent Crime Rate
+65.4%
129.4 → 214/100K
Property offenses lead Crestview's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs FL
vs US avg
Property Crime
421
1407.9
1030
1711
Larceny-Theft
310
1036.7
-
-
Burglary
83
277.6
-
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
28
93.6
-
-
Arson
0
0
-
-
Violent Crime
64
214
210.3
352
Aggravated Assault
55
183.9
-
-
Rape
8
26.8
-
-
Robbery
1
3.3
-
-
Murder
0
0
-
-
Crestview Crime Trend (2020-2024)
The chart omits 2021 rather than drawing an unsupported zero or partial-coverage dip. The table preserves the year and marks the gap.
Crestview property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 4 comparable years · FBI UCR
Property crime rate (2024)
1,407.9/100K↑150%vs 2023
Crestview violent crime rate trend
Secondary series · fell · 2020-2024 · FBI UCR
Violent crime rate (2024)
214/100K↑65.4%vs 2023
Year
Coverage
Population
Violent Rate
Property Rate
Total Crimes
2020
Comparable
25,787
360.6
2346.1
698
2021
Insufficient reporting
26,173
-
-
-
2022
Comparable
28,098
7.1
3.6
3
2023
Comparable
28,591
129.4
563.1
198
2024
Comparable
29,903
214
1407.9
485
How Crestview sits among FL peers
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Reporting Agency
Crestview Police Department NIBRS-participating
Crestview's crime figures on this page originate from Crestview Police Department's submission to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program.
This agency reports via NIBRS, the incident-based system that captures more detail per offense (multiple crimes per incident, victim/offender data) than the older summary counts.
Similar-Size Cities in Florida
Crime rates read differently at different scales, so these are the Florida cities closest to Crestview in population. Their populations run from 26,119 to 33,435, against 29,903 here. Or use our
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These Florida cities report the closest violent-crime rates to Crestview's 214/100K (same FBI UCR vintage rules; size peers above are excluded so the two lists stay distinct).
Crestview has a violent crime rate of 214 per 100,000 residents and a property crime rate of 1407.9 per 100,000, based on 2024 FBI UCR data.
Is Crestview, FL safe? ▼
Crestview receives a safety grade of B (Above Average), with a safety score of 66/100. The violent crime rate is 39% below the national average and 2% above the Florida average.
What is the population of Crestview, FL? ▼
The reporting population for Crestview is 29,903 as of 2024.
How many crimes were reported in Crestview? ▼
In 2024, Crestview reported 64 violent crimes and 421 property crimes, for a total of 485 reported offenses.
How do Crestview's reported offenses compare with its population? ▼
In 2024, Crestview recorded about one reported offense per 62 residents and one reported violent offense per 467 residents. These ratios count reported offenses, not distinct victims, and are not a person's probability of victimization.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Crestview? ▼
From 2023 to 2024, Crestview's violent crime rate increased by 65.4%, and the property crime rate increased by 150%.
What is the most common crime in Crestview? ▼
The most common crime type in Crestview is larceny-theft, accounting for 63.9% of all reported crimes (310 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Crestview figures are FBI UCR CIUS Table 8 (vintage 2024), population-adjusted per 100,000.
Denominators are the reporting-year population on the municipal row. Incomplete years are dropped from rankings. Confirm at FBI Crime Data Explorer and Census.gov QuickFacts.
Disclaimer (mid-size municipal): figures are informational, not advice. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program is the source. Consult a professional before decisions.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Crestview, FL rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.