Longwood, FL carries a PlainCrime B safety grade with violent crime 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.
The verdict
Longwood earns a B safety grade: violent crime runs 31% below the U.S. average, placing it higher-crime than most U.S. cities.
B
PlainCrime safety grade
-31%
violent crime vs. U.S. average
38th
percentile of 7,769 U.S. cities
1,364.3
property crimes per 100K
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.
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
Property crime rate (2024)
1,364.3/100K↓13.8%vs 2023
Longwood violent crime rate trend
Secondary series · fell · 2020-2024 · FBI UCR
Violent crime rate (2024)
242.8/100K↑22.3%vs 2023
Year
Coverage
Population
Violent Rate
Property Rate
Total Crimes
2020
Comparable
15,793
253.3
1640
299
2021
Insufficient reporting
17,245
-
-
-
2022
Comparable
14,999
333.4
2033.5
355
2023
Comparable
17,627
198.6
1582.8
314
2024
Comparable
17,298
242.8
1364.3
278
How Longwood sits among FL peers
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Reporting Agency
Longwood Police Department Summary Reporting (SRS)
Longwood's crime figures on this page originate from Longwood 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 Longwood in population. Their populations run from 16,362 to 17,963, against 17,298 here. Or use our
side-by-side compare tool
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These Florida cities report the closest violent-crime rates to Longwood's 242.8/100K (same FBI UCR vintage rules; size peers above are excluded so the two lists stay distinct).
Longwood has a violent crime rate of 242.8 per 100,000 residents and a property crime rate of 1364.3 per 100,000, based on 2024 FBI UCR data.
Is Longwood, FL safe? ▼
Longwood receives a safety grade of B (Above Average), with a safety score of 64/100. The violent crime rate is 31% below the national average and 15% above the Florida average.
What is the population of Longwood, FL? ▼
The reporting population for Longwood is 17,298 as of 2024.
How many crimes were reported in Longwood? ▼
In 2024, Longwood reported 42 violent crimes and 236 property crimes, for a total of 278 reported offenses.
How do Longwood's reported offenses compare with its population? ▼
In 2024, Longwood recorded about one reported offense per 62 residents and one reported violent offense per 412 residents. These ratios count reported offenses, not distinct victims, and are not a person's probability of victimization.
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.