Miami Lakes, FL is safer than most U.S. cities, and earns an A PlainCrime safety grade, where violent crime runs 71% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Miami Lakes, FL shows violent crime at 101.6 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,313.8 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 71% 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
101.6/100K violent
1313.8/100K property
-71% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Miami Lakes, FL
Comparable rate records
Miami Lakes's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Florida cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Miami Lakes's 101.6 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Sweetwater (101.3), Oviedo (105.6), Village of Pinecrest (94.6), North Port (93.7). 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
Miami Lakes reported a lower violent-crime rate than most comparable Florida cities
At 101.6 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Miami Lakes ranks 96 of 126 — above 30 of the 125 other Florida cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is -50.3% 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
The reported mix leans further toward property offenses than the state cohort
Violent offenses are 7.2% of the 446 Part I offenses reported in Miami Lakes for 2024, against a median of 13.5% across comparable Florida cities — a gap of 6.3 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-offense composition
Burglary and vehicle theft carry more of the property total than they do across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 72.9% of reported property offenses in Miami Lakes, against a cohort median of 81.8%. The remainder is burglary (19) and motor vehicle theft (93). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window higher
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 98.2 per 100,000 in 2020 to 101.6 in 2024 (+3.5%). The highest observed value was 128.4 in 2022 and the lowest 25.2 in 2021. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property counts dominate Miami Lakes'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.
Miami Lakes's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 5.7 Census sq mi, Miami Lakes logged 73.2 property and 5.7 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Miami Lakes's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (68% of 446 offenses; mix index 5,071).
Violent offenses are only 7% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (5.7 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
-13.6%
1521.2 → 1313.8/100K
Violent Crime Rate
-1.5%
103.1 → 101.6/100K
Property offenses lead Miami Lakes's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
414
1313.8
1711
Larceny-Theft
302
958.4
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
93
295.1
-
Burglary
19
60.3
-
Arson
0
0
-
Violent Crime
32
101.6
352
Aggravated Assault
25
79.3
-
Robbery
5
15.9
-
Rape
2
6.3
-
Murder
0
0
-
Miami Lakes 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.
Miami Lakes 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
Miami Lakes: 102 violent, 1314 property per 100,000 (grade A)
Casselberry: 282 violent, 2589 property per 100,000 (grade C)
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)
Leesburg: 380 violent, 2177 property per 100,000 (grade C)
Sebastian: 153 violent, 900 property per 100,000 (grade A)
Dunedin: 81 violent, 922 property per 100,000 (grade A)
Temple Terrace: 418 violent, 1652 property per 100,000 (grade C)
Miami Lakes Police Department
Reporting agency for Miami Lakes NIBRS-participating
Miami Lakes Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Miami Lakes's 446 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
Crime rates read differently at different scales, so these are the Florida cities closest to Miami Lakes in population. Their populations run from 27,062 to 35,885, against 31,511 here. Or use our
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In 2024, Miami Lakes reported 32 violent crimes and 414 property crimes, for a total of 446 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Miami Lakes?
From 2023 to 2024, Miami Lakes's violent crime rate decreased by 1.5%, and the property crime rate decreased by 13.6%.
What is the most common crime in Miami Lakes?
The most common crime type in Miami Lakes is larceny-theft, accounting for 67.7% of all reported crimes (302 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Miami Lakes 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 Miami Lakes, FL rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.