Parker, FL is higher-crime than most U.S. cities, and earns a C PlainCrime safety grade, where violent crime runs 1% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Parker, FL shows violent crime at 348.6 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,948.3 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 1% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade C from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
C safety grade
348.6/100K violent
1948.3/100K property
-1% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Parker, FL
Small-count caution
The violent-crime count is small enough that the derived rate is unstable
Parker reported 17 violent offences in 2024 against a population of 4,876. At this volume one additional or one fewer report moves the per-100,000 rate noticeably, so the figure is better read as a data point than as a precise measurement, and year-to-year swings here are expected.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window higher
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 212.2 per 100,000 in 2020 to 348.6 in 2024 (+64.3%). The highest observed value was 348.6 in 2024 and the lowest 0.0 in 2021. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Comparable rate records
Parker's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Florida cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Parker's 348.6 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Palm Bay (347.2), Blountstown (351.6), Key West (352.3), Altamonte Springs (340.3). 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
Parker sits mid-pack among comparable Florida cities
At 348.6 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Parker ranks 40 of 126 — above 86 of the 125 other Florida cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +80.9% 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.
Property counts dominate Parker'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.
Based on 17 reported violent incidents in a population of 4,876. At this volume, one additional or one fewer report can shift the rate and letter grade noticeably; small-city crime counts are inherently more volatile year to year than large-city counts, so treat this grade as a data point, not a precise ranking.
Small-city offense counts above are voluntary UCR submissions, not neighbourhood advice. Year-to-year swings can look large when the population base is modest.
Parker's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 1.9 Census sq mi, Parker logged 49.7 property and 8.9 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Parker's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (74% of 112 offenses; mix index 5,727).
Violent offenses are 15% of the municipal total; property offenses still dominate the count.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (1.9 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
+70.5%
204.5 → 348.6/100K
Property Crime Rate
-32.9%
2903.9 → 1948.3/100K
Property offenses lead Parker's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs FL
Property Crime
95
1948.3
1030
Larceny-Theft
83
1702.2
-
Burglary
9
184.6
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
3
61.5
-
Arson
0
0
-
Violent Crime
17
348.6
210.3
Aggravated Assault
14
287.1
-
Rape
3
61.5
-
Murder
0
0
-
Robbery
0
0
-
Parker 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.
Parker property crime rate trend
Lead series · rose 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
Parker: 349 violent, 1948 property per 100,000 (grade C)
South Bay: 1002 violent, 2147 property per 100,000 (grade F)
Wauchula: 282 violent, 867 property per 100,000 (grade B)
Fellsmere: 60 violent, 596 property per 100,000 (grade A)
Belleair: 22 violent, 657 property per 100,000 (grade A+)
South Pasadena: 152 violent, 1272 property per 100,000 (grade B)
Pahokee: 1132 violent, 2245 property per 100,000 (grade F)
Bay Harbor Islands: 36 violent, 856 property per 100,000 (grade A)
Madeira Beach: 322 violent, 2379 property per 100,000 (grade C)
Parker Police Department
Reporting agency for Parker NIBRS-participating
Parker Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Parker's 112 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 Parker in population. Their populations run from 4,036 to 5,610, against 4,876 here. Or use our
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In 2024, Parker reported 17 violent crimes and 95 property crimes, for a total of 112 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Parker?
From 2023 to 2024, Parker's violent crime rate increased by 70.5%, and the property crime rate decreased by 32.9%.
What is the most common crime in Parker?
The most common crime type in Parker is larceny-theft, accounting for 74.1% of all reported crimes (83 incidents in 2024).
Small-city read: Parker is sourced from FBI UCR Table 8 for 2024; rates use that row's population.
Small-city rows use the same per-100,000 formula; a few unreported years can leave gaps in the trend table. Verify the agency's submission on FBI.gov UCR.
Disclaimer (small city): UCR counts here are informational only. They are not a victimization probability. Source: FBI UCR Program.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Parker, FL rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.