Longwood, FL is higher-crime than most U.S. cities, and earns a B PlainCrime safety grade, where violent crime runs 31% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Longwood, FL shows violent crime at 242.8 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,364.3 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 31% 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
242.8/100K violent
1364.3/100K property
-31% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Longwood, FL
Comparable rate records
Longwood's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Florida cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Longwood's 242.8 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Lake Wales (243.9), Greenacres City (244.7), Tarpon Springs (237.4), Winter Haven (235.5). 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.
Position in the state cohort
Longwood sits mid-pack among comparable Florida cities
At 242.8 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Longwood ranks 54 of 126 — above 72 of the 125 other Florida cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +26.0% 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.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 4 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 253.3 per 100,000 in 2020 to 242.8 in 2024 (-4.1%). The highest observed value was 333.4 in 2022 and the lowest 198.6 in 2023. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property counts dominate Longwood'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.
Longwood's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 5.5 Census sq mi, Longwood logged 42.7 property and 7.6 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Longwood's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (69% of 278 offenses; mix index 5,014).
Violent offenses are 15% of the municipal total; property offenses still dominate the count.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (5.5 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
+22.3%
198.6 → 242.8/100K
Property Crime Rate
-13.8%
1582.8 → 1364.3/100K
Property offenses lead Longwood's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
vs FL
Property Crime
236
1364.3
1711
1030
Larceny-Theft
191
1104.2
-
-
Burglary
34
196.6
-
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
11
63.6
-
-
Arson
1
5.8
-
-
Violent Crime
42
242.8
352
210.3
Aggravated Assault
30
173.4
-
-
Robbery
9
52
-
-
Rape
3
17.3
-
-
Murder
0
0
-
-
Longwood 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.
Longwood 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
Longwood: 243 violent, 1364 property per 100,000 (grade B)
Davenport: 75 violent, 344 property per 100,000 (grade A+)
Vero Beach: 45 violent, 272 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)
Village of Pinecrest: 95 violent, 1748 property per 100,000 (grade A)
Marco Island: 61 violent, 410 property per 100,000 (grade A+)
Longwood Police Department
Reporting agency for Longwood Summary Reporting (SRS)
Longwood Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Longwood's 278 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
Crime rates read differently at different scales, so these are the Florida cities closest to Longwood in population. Their populations run from 16,362 to 17,963, against 17,298 here. Or use our
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In 2024, Longwood reported 42 violent crimes and 236 property crimes, for a total of 278 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Longwood?
From 2023 to 2024, Longwood's violent crime rate increased by 22.3%, and the property crime rate decreased by 13.8%.
What is the most common crime in Longwood?
The most common crime type in Longwood is larceny-theft, accounting for 68.7% of all reported crimes (191 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Longwood 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 Longwood, FL rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.