Lynn Haven, FL is close to the national middle for violent crime, and earns an A PlainCrime safety grade, where violent crime runs 60% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Lynn Haven, FL shows violent crime at 141.8 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 643 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 60% 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
141.8/100K violent
643/100K property
-60% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Lynn Haven, FL
Comparable rate records
Lynn Haven's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Florida cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Lynn Haven's 141.8 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Indian Harbour Beach (144.1), Lake Mary (138.0), Indian Rocks Beach (137.8), Coral Springs (136.9). 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 3 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 106.1 per 100,000 in 2020 to 141.8 in 2024 (+33.7%). The highest observed value was 141.8 in 2024 and the lowest 106.1 in 2020. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Position in the state cohort
Lynn Haven sits mid-pack among comparable Florida cities
At 141.8 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Lynn Haven ranks 81 of 126 — above 45 of the 125 other Florida cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is -30.6% 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.
Offense mix
Violent offenses make up an unusually large share of the reported mix
Violent offenses are 18.1% of the 166 Part I offenses reported in Lynn Haven for 2024, against a median of 13.3% across comparable Florida cities — a gap of 4.8 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.
Property counts dominate Lynn Haven'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.
Lynn Haven's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 10.5 Census sq mi, Lynn Haven logged 12.9 property and 2.8 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Lynn Haven's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (67% of 166 offenses; mix index 4,868).
Violent offenses are 18% of the municipal total; property offenses still dominate the count.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (10.5 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Property rate moved most (2023→2024)
Property Crime Rate
-15.5%
760.5 → 643/100K
Violent Crime Rate
+9.1%
130 → 141.8/100K
Property offenses lead Lynn Haven's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
136
643
1711
Larceny-Theft
112
529.5
-
Burglary
18
85.1
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
6
28.4
-
Arson
0
0
-
Violent Crime
30
141.8
352
Aggravated Assault
22
104
-
Rape
4
18.9
-
Robbery
3
14.2
-
Murder
1
4.7
-
Lynn Haven Crime Trend (2020-2024)
The chart omits 2021, 2022 rather than drawing an unsupported zero or partial-coverage dip. The table preserves the year and marks the gap.
Lynn Haven property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 3 comparable years · FBI UCR
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averagesRead the chart as a list
Lynn Haven: 142 violent, 643 property per 100,000 (grade A)
Bartow: 492 violent, 1790 property per 100,000 (grade D)
Sweetwater: 101 violent, 2069 property per 100,000 (grade B)
Auburndale: 217 violent, 2118 property per 100,000 (grade B)
Sunny Isles Beach: 133 violent, 1195 property per 100,000 (grade A)
Tavares: 64 violent, 243 property per 100,000 (grade A+)
Hialeah Gardens: 63 violent, 1020 property per 100,000 (grade A)
Cocoa: 1082 violent, 3553 property per 100,000 (grade F)
Stuart: 308 violent, 2148 property per 100,000 (grade C)
Lynn Haven Police Department
Reporting agency for Lynn Haven NIBRS-participating
Lynn Haven Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Lynn Haven's 166 reported offenses (3-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, Lynn Haven reported 30 violent crimes and 136 property crimes, for a total of 166 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Lynn Haven?
From 2023 to 2024, Lynn Haven's violent crime rate increased by 9.1%, and the property crime rate decreased by 15.5%.
What is the most common crime in Lynn Haven?
The most common crime type in Lynn Haven is larceny-theft, accounting for 67.5% of all reported crimes (112 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Lynn Haven 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 Lynn Haven, FL rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.