Seminole, FL is close to the national middle for violent crime, and earns a B PlainCrime safety grade, where violent crime runs 45% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Seminole, FL shows violent crime at 192.7 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,874.9 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 45% 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
192.7/100K violent
1874.9/100K property
-45% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Seminole, FL
Comparable rate records
Seminole's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Florida cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Seminole's 192.7 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Astatula (189.8), St. Cloud (188.5), Treasure Island (184.5), Winter Park (204.3). 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.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 252.4 per 100,000 in 2020 to 192.7 in 2024 (-23.7%). The highest observed value was 252.4 in 2020 and the lowest 119.2 in 2023. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Offense mix
The reported mix leans further toward property offenses than the state cohort
Violent offenses are 9.3% of the 397 Part I offenses reported in Seminole for 2024, against a median of 13.5% across comparable Florida cities — a gap of 4.2 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.
Position in the state cohort
Seminole sits mid-pack among comparable Florida cities
At 192.7 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Seminole ranks 64 of 126 — above 62 of the 125 other Florida cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is -5.7% 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.
Property counts dominate Seminole'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.
Seminole's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 5.2 Census sq mi, Seminole logged 69.4 property and 7.1 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Seminole's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (75% of 397 offenses; mix index 5,773).
Violent offenses are only 9% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (5.2 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
+61.7%
119.2 → 192.7/100K
Property Crime Rate
-6.7%
2010.4 → 1874.9/100K
Property offenses lead Seminole's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs FL
Property Crime
360
1874.9
1030
Larceny-Theft
297
1546.8
-
Burglary
32
166.7
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
31
161.4
-
Arson
0
0
-
Violent Crime
37
192.7
210.3
Aggravated Assault
27
140.6
-
Rape
7
36.5
-
Robbery
3
15.6
-
Murder
0
0
-
Seminole Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Seminole property crime rate trend
Lead series · rose across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averagesRead the chart as a list
Seminole: 193 violent, 1875 property per 100,000 (grade B)
Maitland: 125 violent, 1354 property per 100,000 (grade A)
Stuart: 308 violent, 2148 property per 100,000 (grade C)
Cocoa: 1082 violent, 3553 property per 100,000 (grade F)
Village of Pinecrest: 95 violent, 1748 property per 100,000 (grade A)
Sweetwater: 101 violent, 2069 property per 100,000 (grade B)
Vero Beach: 45 violent, 272 property per 100,000 (grade A+)
Davenport: 75 violent, 344 property per 100,000 (grade A+)
Bartow: 492 violent, 1790 property per 100,000 (grade D)
Seminole Police Department
Reporting agency for Seminole NIBRS-participating
Seminole Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Seminole's 397 reported offenses (5-year span 2020-2024).
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, Seminole reported 37 violent crimes and 360 property crimes, for a total of 397 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Seminole?
From 2023 to 2024, Seminole's violent crime rate increased by 61.7%, and the property crime rate decreased by 6.7%.
What is the most common crime in Seminole?
The most common crime type in Seminole is larceny-theft, accounting for 74.8% of all reported crimes (297 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Seminole 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 Seminole, FL rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.