Davenport, FL is safer than most U.S. cities, and earns an A+ PlainCrime safety grade, where violent crime runs 79% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Davenport, FL shows violent crime at 74.5 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 343.7 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 79% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade A+ from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
A+ safety grade
74.5/100K violent
343.7/100K property
-79% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Davenport, FL
Small-count caution
The violent-crime count is small enough that the derived rate is unstable
Davenport reported 13 violent offences in 2024 against a population of 17,456. At this volume one additional or one fewer report moves the per-100,000 rate noticeably, so the figure is better read as a data point than as a precise measurement, and year-to-year swings here are expected.
Comparable rate records
Davenport's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Florida cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Davenport's 74.5 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Palm Beach Shores (75.5), Juno Beach (77.6), Lake Alfred (78.4), South Palm Beach (68.8). 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.
Position in the state cohort
Davenport reported a lower violent-crime rate than most comparable Florida cities
At 74.5 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Davenport ranks 105 of 126 — above 21 of the 125 other Florida cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is -63.6% against the cohort median of 204.3. Cities that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window higher
Across 4 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 61.4 per 100,000 in 2020 to 74.5 in 2024 (+21.3%). The highest observed value was 74.5 in 2024 and the lowest 48.4 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 66.7% of reported property offenses in Davenport, against a cohort median of 81.8%. The remainder is burglary (17) and motor vehicle theft (3). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
Offense mix
Violent offenses make up an unusually large share of the reported mix
Violent offenses are 17.8% of the 73 Part I offenses reported in Davenport for 2024, against a median of 13.3% across comparable Florida cities — a gap of 4.6 points. Offense mix is shaped by which agencies report and how incidents are classified as well as by the underlying offenses, so it describes the reported record rather than a settled difference in conditions.
Property counts dominate Davenport'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.
Based on 13 reported violent incidents in a population of 17,456. At this volume, one additional or one fewer report can shift the rate and letter grade noticeably; small-city crime counts are inherently more volatile year to year than large-city counts, so treat this grade as a data point, not a precise ranking.
Mid-size municipal totals above are reported offenses, not safety advice for any single block. Reporting completeness still varies by year and agency.
Davenport's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 4.4 Census sq mi, Davenport logged 13.6 property and 3 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Davenport leans on larceny-theft at 55% of reported offenses, with a moderate mix index of 3,766.
Violent offenses are 18% of the municipal total; property offenses still dominate the count.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (4.4 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Violent rate moved most (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
+48.4%
50.2 → 74.5/100K
Property Crime Rate
-24.9%
457.9 → 343.7/100K
Property offenses lead Davenport's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
60
343.7
1711
Larceny-Theft
40
229.1
-
Burglary
17
97.4
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
3
17.2
-
Arson
0
0
-
Violent Crime
13
74.5
352
Aggravated Assault
10
57.3
-
Rape
3
17.2
-
Murder
0
0
-
Robbery
0
0
-
Davenport 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.
Davenport property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 4 comparable years · FBI UCR
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averagesRead the chart as a list
Davenport: 75 violent, 344 property per 100,000 (grade A+)
Longwood: 243 violent, 1364 property per 100,000 (grade B)
Vero Beach: 45 violent, 272 property per 100,000 (grade A+)
Village of Pinecrest: 95 violent, 1748 property per 100,000 (grade A)
Safety Harbor: 130 violent, 691 property per 100,000 (grade A)
Belle Glade: 1327 violent, 2660 property per 100,000 (grade F)
Lake Wales: 244 violent, 1529 property per 100,000 (grade B)
Lake Mary: 138 violent, 1038 property per 100,000 (grade A)
Marco Island: 61 violent, 410 property per 100,000 (grade A+)
Davenport Police Department
Reporting agency for Davenport Summary Reporting (SRS)
Davenport Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Davenport's 73 reported offenses (4-year span 2020-2024, with internal gaps).
This agency reports via the traditional Summary Reporting System (SRS): aggregate monthly offense counts rather than incident-level detail.
Similar-Size Cities in Florida
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In 2024, Davenport reported 13 violent crimes and 60 property crimes, for a total of 73 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Davenport?
From 2023 to 2024, Davenport's violent crime rate increased by 48.4%, and the property crime rate decreased by 24.9%.
What is the most common crime in Davenport?
The most common crime type in Davenport is larceny-theft, accounting for 54.8% of all reported crimes (40 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Davenport 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 Davenport, FL rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.