Lighthouse Point, FL carries a PlainCrime A safety grade with violent crime 86% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Lighthouse Point, FL shows violent crime at 47.6 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,379.4 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 86% 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
47.6/100K violent
1379.4/100K property
-86% vs U.S.
The verdict
Lighthouse Point earns an A safety grade: violent crime runs 86% below the U.S. average, placing it safer than most U.S. cities.
A
PlainCrime safety grade
-86%
violent crime vs. U.S. average
89th
percentile of 7,769 U.S. cities
1,379.4
property crimes per 100K
Based on 5 reported violent incidents in a population of 10,512. 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.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Lighthouse Point, FL
Small-count caution
The violent-crime count is small enough that the derived rate is unstable
Lighthouse Point reported 5 violent offences in 2024 against a population of 10,512. 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.
Position in the state cohort
Lighthouse Point reported a lower violent-crime rate than most comparable Florida cities
At 47.6 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Lighthouse Point ranks 116 of 126 — above 10 of the 125 other Florida cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is -76.7% 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.
Comparable rate records
Lighthouse Point's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Florida cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Lighthouse Point's 47.6 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Vero Beach (45.4), Bowling Green (40.6), Key Biscayne (55.9), Crescent City (58.5). 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.
Offense mix
The reported mix leans further toward property offenses than the state cohort
Violent offenses are 3.3% of the 150 Part I offenses reported in Lighthouse Point for 2024, against a median of 13.5% across comparable Florida cities — a gap of 10.2 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.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 4 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 61.5 per 100,000 in 2020 to 47.6 in 2024 (-22.7%). The highest observed value was 77.8 in 2022 and the lowest 47.6 in 2024. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property counts dominate Lighthouse Point'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 5 reported violent incidents in a population of 10,512. 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.
Both rates shifted (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
-17.5%
57.7 → 47.6/100K
Property Crime Rate
-18.5%
1693 → 1379.4/100K
Property offenses lead Lighthouse Point's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs FL
vs US avg
Property Crime
145
1379.4
1030
1711
Larceny-Theft
126
1198.6
-
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
17
161.7
-
-
Burglary
2
19
-
-
Arson
0
0
-
-
Violent Crime
5
47.6
210.3
352
Aggravated Assault
4
38.1
-
-
Robbery
1
9.5
-
-
Murder
0
0
-
-
Rape
0
0
-
-
Lighthouse Point 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.
Lighthouse Point property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 4 comparable years · FBI UCR
Property crime rate (2024)
1,379.4/100K↓18.5%vs 2023
Lighthouse Point violent crime rate trend
Secondary series · fell · 2020-2024 · FBI UCR
Violent crime rate (2024)
47.6/100K↓17.5%vs 2023
Year
Coverage
Population
Violent Rate
Property Rate
Total Crimes
2020
Comparable
11,373
61.5
1767.3
208
2021
Insufficient reporting
10,546
-
-
-
2022
Comparable
10,283
77.8
1390.6
151
2023
Comparable
10,396
57.7
1693
182
2024
Comparable
10,512
47.6
1379.4
150
How Lighthouse Point sits among FL peers
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Reporting Agency
Lighthouse Point Police Department Summary Reporting (SRS)
Lighthouse Point's crime figures on this page originate from Lighthouse Point Police Department's submission to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program.
This agency reports via the traditional Summary Reporting System (SRS): aggregate monthly offense counts rather than incident-level detail.
Similar-Size Cities in Florida
Crime rates read differently at different scales, so these are the Florida cities closest to Lighthouse Point in population. Their populations run from 8,959 to 12,106, against 10,512 here. Or use our
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These Florida cities report the closest violent-crime rates to Lighthouse Point's 47.6/100K (same FBI UCR vintage rules; size peers above are excluded so the two lists stay distinct).
Lighthouse Point has a violent crime rate of 47.6 per 100,000 residents and a property crime rate of 1379.4 per 100,000, based on 2024 FBI UCR data.
Is Lighthouse Point, FL safe? ▼
Lighthouse Point receives a safety grade of A (Safe), with a safety score of 83/100. The violent crime rate is 86% below the national average and 77% below the Florida average.
What is the population of Lighthouse Point, FL? ▼
The reporting population for Lighthouse Point is 10,512 as of 2024.
How many crimes were reported in Lighthouse Point? ▼
In 2024, Lighthouse Point reported 5 violent crimes and 145 property crimes, for a total of 150 reported offenses.
How do Lighthouse Point's reported offenses compare with its population? ▼
In 2024, Lighthouse Point recorded about one reported offense per 70 residents and one reported violent offense per 2102 residents. These ratios count reported offenses, not distinct victims, and are not a person's probability of victimization.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Lighthouse Point? ▼
From 2023 to 2024, Lighthouse Point's violent crime rate decreased by 17.5%, and the property crime rate decreased by 18.5%.
What is the most common crime in Lighthouse Point? ▼
The most common crime type in Lighthouse Point is larceny-theft, accounting for 84.0% of all reported crimes (126 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Lighthouse Point 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 Lighthouse Point, FL rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.