Leesburg, FL is higher-crime than most U.S. cities, and earns a C PlainCrime safety grade, where violent crime runs 8% above the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Leesburg, FL shows violent crime at 379.8 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 2,177.4 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 8% above 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
379.8/100K violent
2177.4/100K property
+8% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Leesburg, FL
Comparable rate records
Leesburg's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Florida cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Leesburg's 379.8 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are DeFuniak Springs (382.8), Key West (352.3), Blountstown (351.6), Parker (348.6). 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 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 660.8 per 100,000 in 2020 to 379.8 in 2024 (-42.5%). The highest observed value was 660.8 in 2020 and the lowest 36.8 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
Leesburg sits mid-pack among comparable Florida cities
At 379.8 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Leesburg ranks 37 of 126 — above 89 of the 125 other Florida cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +97.1% 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 Leesburg'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.
Leesburg's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 39.3 Census sq mi, Leesburg logged 18.5 property and 3.2 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Leesburg's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (68% of 855 offenses; mix index 4,897).
Violent offenses are only 15% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (39.3 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
-4.2%
396.4 → 379.8/100K
Property Crime Rate
-2.6%
2236.3 → 2177.4/100K
Property offenses lead Leesburg's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs FL
Property Crime
728
2177.4
1030
Larceny-Theft
581
1737.7
-
Burglary
95
284.1
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
52
155.5
-
Arson
4
12
-
Violent Crime
127
379.8
210.3
Aggravated Assault
90
269.2
-
Robbery
19
56.8
-
Rape
14
41.9
-
Murder
4
12
-
Leesburg 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.
Leesburg 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
Leesburg: 380 violent, 2177 property per 100,000 (grade C)
Miami Lakes: 102 violent, 1314 property per 100,000 (grade A)
Casselberry: 282 violent, 2589 property per 100,000 (grade C)
Dunedin: 81 violent, 922 property per 100,000 (grade A)
Panama City: 650 violent, 2189 property per 100,000 (grade F)
West Melbourne: 153 violent, 1198 property per 100,000 (grade B)
Crestview: 214 violent, 1408 property per 100,000 (grade B)
Winter Park: 204 violent, 1976 property per 100,000 (grade B)
Aventura: 164 violent, 4090 property per 100,000 (grade C)
Leesburg Police Department
Reporting agency for Leesburg NIBRS-participating
Leesburg Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Leesburg's 855 reported offenses (4-year span 2020-2024, with internal gaps).
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, Leesburg reported 127 violent crimes and 728 property crimes, for a total of 855 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Leesburg?
From 2023 to 2024, Leesburg's violent crime rate decreased by 4.2%, and the property crime rate decreased by 2.6%.
What is the most common crime in Leesburg?
The most common crime type in Leesburg is larceny-theft, accounting for 68.0% of all reported crimes (581 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Leesburg 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 Leesburg, FL rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.