North Miami Beach, FL has a F safety grade (17/100) with a violent crime rate of 583 per 100,000, 65% above the national average.
FBI UCR 2024 Per-capita rates FBI UCR + NIBRS
North Miami Beach, FL Crime Rate & Safety
Compiled by PlainCrime, Independent crime-data publisher
North Miami Beach (42,574 people) sits in the mid-size municipal band. This page opens with per-100,000 FBI UCR rates, then FL and national benchmarks.
North Miami Beach, FL carries a PlainCrime F safety grade with violent crime 65% above the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, North Miami Beach, FL shows violent crime at 582.5 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 2,912.6 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 65% above the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade F from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
F safety grade
582.5/100K violent
2912.6/100K property
+65% vs U.S.
The verdict
North Miami Beach earns an F safety grade: violent crime runs 65% above the U.S. average, placing it among the highest-crime cities in the country.
F
PlainCrime safety grade
+65%
violent crime vs. U.S. average
10th
percentile of 7,769 U.S. cities
2,912.6
property crimes per 100K
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for North Miami Beach, FL
Position in the state cohort
North Miami Beach reported a higher violent-crime rate than most comparable Florida cities
At 582.5 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, North Miami Beach ranks 15 of 126 — above 111 of the 125 other Florida cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +202.3% 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.
Comparable rate records
North Miami Beach's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Florida cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to North Miami Beach's 582.5 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Lake Park (580.4), West Palm Beach (575.8), Palmetto (607.5), Sarasota (549.4). 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 lower
Across 3 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 734.9 per 100,000 in 2020 to 582.5 in 2024 (-20.7%). The highest observed value was 734.9 in 2020 and the lowest 582.5 in 2024. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Offense mix
Violent offenses make up an unusually large share of the reported mix
Violent offenses are 16.7% of the 1,488 Part I offenses reported in North Miami Beach for 2024, against a median of 13.3% across comparable Florida cities — a gap of 3.4 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 North Miami Beach'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
-9%
639.9 → 582.5/100K
Property Crime Rate
+7.4%
2711.5 → 2912.6/100K
Property offenses lead North Miami Beach's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs FL
Property Crime
1,240
2912.6
1030
Larceny-Theft
1,010
2372.3
-
Burglary
155
364.1
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
75
176.2
-
Arson
3
7
-
Violent Crime
248
582.5
210.3
Aggravated Assault
144
338.2
-
Robbery
83
195
-
Rape
17
39.9
-
Murder
4
9.4
-
North Miami Beach 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.
North Miami Beach property crime rate trend
Lead series · rose across 3 comparable years · FBI UCR
Property crime rate (2024)
2,912.6/100K↑7.4%vs 2023
North Miami Beach violent crime rate trend
Secondary series · fell · 2020-2024 · FBI UCR
Violent crime rate (2024)
582.5/100K↓9%vs 2023
Year
Coverage
Population
Violent Rate
Property Rate
Total Crimes
2020
Comparable
43,273
734.9
2722.3
1,496
2021
Insufficient reporting
42,592
-
-
-
2022
Insufficient reporting
41,632
-
-
-
2023
Comparable
42,818
639.9
2711.5
1,435
2024
Comparable
42,574
582.5
2912.6
1,488
How North Miami Beach sits among FL peers
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Reporting Agency
North Miami Beach Police Department NIBRS-participating
North Miami Beach's crime figures on this page originate from North Miami Beach Police Department's submission to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program.
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 North Miami Beach in population. Their populations run from 39,021 to 44,956, against 42,574 here. Or use our
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These Florida cities report the closest violent-crime rates to North Miami Beach's 582.5/100K (same FBI UCR vintage rules; size peers above are excluded so the two lists stay distinct).
What is the crime rate in North Miami Beach, FL? ▼
North Miami Beach has a violent crime rate of 582.5 per 100,000 residents and a property crime rate of 2912.6 per 100,000, based on 2024 FBI UCR data.
Is North Miami Beach, FL safe? ▼
North Miami Beach receives a safety grade of F (High Risk), with a safety score of 17/100. The violent crime rate is 65% above the national average and 177% above the Florida average.
What is the population of North Miami Beach, FL? ▼
The reporting population for North Miami Beach is 42,574 as of 2024.
How many crimes were reported in North Miami Beach? ▼
In 2024, North Miami Beach reported 248 violent crimes and 1,240 property crimes, for a total of 1,488 reported offenses.
How do North Miami Beach's reported offenses compare with its population? ▼
In 2024, North Miami Beach recorded about one reported offense per 29 residents and one reported violent offense per 172 residents. These ratios count reported offenses, not distinct victims, and are not a person's probability of victimization.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in North Miami Beach? ▼
From 2023 to 2024, North Miami Beach's violent crime rate decreased by 9%, and the property crime rate increased by 7.4%.
What is the most common crime in North Miami Beach? ▼
The most common crime type in North Miami Beach is larceny-theft, accounting for 67.9% of all reported crimes (1,010 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: North Miami Beach 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 North Miami Beach, FL rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.