Gulfport, FL is higher-crime than most U.S. cities, and earns a C PlainCrime safety grade, where violent crime runs 12% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Gulfport, FL shows violent crime at 309.9 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 2,186.3 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 12% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade C from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
C safety grade
309.9/100K violent
2186.3/100K property
-12% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Gulfport, FL
Comparable rate records
Gulfport's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Florida cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Gulfport's 309.9 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are St. Pete Beach (310.8), Stuart (308.3), Loxatachee Groves (315.7), Madeira Beach (322.1). 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 higher
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 250.4 per 100,000 in 2020 to 309.9 in 2024 (+23.7%). The highest observed value was 309.9 in 2024 and the lowest 81.2 in 2021. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Position in the state cohort
Gulfport sits mid-pack among comparable Florida cities
At 309.9 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Gulfport ranks 46 of 126 — above 80 of the 125 other Florida cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +60.8% 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 Gulfport'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.
Gulfport's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 2.8 Census sq mi, Gulfport logged 91.9 property and 13 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Gulfport's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (68% of 290 offenses; mix index 4,916).
Violent offenses are only 12% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (2.8 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
+39.5%
222.1 → 309.9/100K
Property Crime Rate
-9.2%
2409 → 2186.3/100K
Property offenses lead Gulfport's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs FL
Property Crime
254
2186.3
1030
Larceny-Theft
197
1695.6
-
Burglary
39
335.7
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
18
154.9
-
Arson
1
8.6
-
Violent Crime
36
309.9
210.3
Aggravated Assault
25
215.2
-
Robbery
7
60.3
-
Rape
4
34.4
-
Murder
0
0
-
Gulfport Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Gulfport property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averagesRead the chart as a list
Gulfport: 310 violent, 2186 property per 100,000 (grade C)
Miami Shores: 253 violent, 3686 property per 100,000 (grade C)
South Miami: 446 violent, 2164 property per 100,000 (grade D)
Palatka: 268 violent, 3735 property per 100,000 (grade C)
Florida City: 2291 violent, 8014 property per 100,000 (grade F)
Lighthouse Point: 48 violent, 1379 property per 100,000 (grade A)
Atlantic Beach: 161 violent, 1491 property per 100,000 (grade B)
North Palm Beach: 84 violent, 550 property per 100,000 (grade A)
Brooksville: 426 violent, 2013 property per 100,000 (grade C)
Gulfport Police Department
Reporting agency for Gulfport NIBRS-participating
Gulfport Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Gulfport's 290 reported offenses (5-year span 2020-2024).
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
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In 2024, Gulfport reported 36 violent crimes and 254 property crimes, for a total of 290 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Gulfport?
From 2023 to 2024, Gulfport's violent crime rate increased by 39.5%, and the property crime rate decreased by 9.2%.
What is the most common crime in Gulfport?
The most common crime type in Gulfport is larceny-theft, accounting for 67.9% of all reported crimes (197 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Gulfport 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 Gulfport, FL rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.