St. Cloud, FL has a A safety grade (75/100) with a violent crime rate of 189 per 100,000, 46% below the national average.
FBI UCR 2024 Per-capita rates FBI UCR + NIBRS
St. Cloud, FL Crime Rate & Safety
Compiled by PlainCrime, Independent crime-data publisher
At 68,966 residents, St. Cloud is a large city: FBI UCR Table 8 rates (per 100,000) here are read against FL and U.S. averages before the offense-family breakdown.
St. Cloud, FL carries a PlainCrime A safety grade with violent crime 46% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, St. Cloud, FL shows violent crime at 188.5 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 758.3 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 46% 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
188.5/100K violent
758.3/100K property
-46% vs U.S.
The verdict
St. Cloud earns an A safety grade: violent crime runs 46% below the U.S. average, placing it close to the national middle for violent crime.
A
PlainCrime safety grade
-46%
violent crime vs. U.S. average
48th
percentile of 7,769 U.S. cities
758.3
property crimes per 100K
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for St. Cloud, FL
Comparable rate records
St. Cloud's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Florida cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to St. Cloud's 188.5 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Astatula (189.8), Treasure Island (184.5), Seminole (192.7), Belleair Bluffs (175.7). 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.
Offense mix
Violent offenses make up an unusually large share of the reported mix
Violent offenses are 19.9% of the 653 Part I offenses reported in St. Cloud for 2024, against a median of 13.3% across comparable Florida cities — a gap of 6.7 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.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window higher
Across 4 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 174.2 per 100,000 in 2020 to 188.5 in 2024 (+8.2%). The highest observed value was 233.0 in 2022 and the lowest 165.2 in 2023. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Position in the state cohort
St. Cloud sits mid-pack among comparable Florida cities
At 188.5 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, St. Cloud ranks 66 of 126 — above 60 of the 125 other Florida cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is -7.7% 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 St. Cloud'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.
On a large city row, these are citywide reported offense totals - not neighbourhood advice. Conditions vary by place and time; reporting rates differ across jurisdictions.
Property rate moved most (2023→2024)
Property Crime Rate
-20.4%
952.6 → 758.3/100K
Violent Crime Rate
+14.1%
165.2 → 188.5/100K
Property offenses lead St. Cloud's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
523
758.3
1711
Larceny-Theft
417
604.6
-
Burglary
91
131.9
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
15
21.7
-
Arson
1
1.4
-
Violent Crime
130
188.5
352
Aggravated Assault
108
156.6
-
Rape
13
18.8
-
Robbery
7
10.1
-
Murder
2
2.9
-
St. Cloud 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.
St. Cloud property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 4 comparable years · FBI UCR
Property crime rate (2024)
758.3/100K↓20.4%vs 2023
St. Cloud violent crime rate trend
Secondary series · rose · 2020-2024 · FBI UCR
Violent crime rate (2024)
188.5/100K↑14.1%vs 2023
Year
Coverage
Population
Violent Rate
Property Rate
Total Crimes
2020
Comparable
56,828
174.2
1059.3
701
2021
Insufficient reporting
58,896
-
-
-
2022
Comparable
64,799
233
1007.7
804
2023
Comparable
67,184
165.2
952.6
751
2024
Comparable
68,966
188.5
758.3
653
How St. Cloud sits among FL peers
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Reporting Agency
St. Cloud Police Department NIBRS-participating
St. Cloud's crime figures on this page originate from St. Cloud 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 St. Cloud in population. Their populations run from 57,503 to 70,046, against 68,966 here. Or use our
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These Florida cities report the closest violent-crime rates to St. Cloud's 188.5/100K (same FBI UCR vintage rules; size peers above are excluded so the two lists stay distinct).
St. Cloud has a violent crime rate of 188.5 per 100,000 residents and a property crime rate of 758.3 per 100,000, based on 2024 FBI UCR data.
Is St. Cloud, FL safe? ▼
St. Cloud receives a safety grade of A (Safe), with a safety score of 75/100. The violent crime rate is 46% below the national average and 10% below the Florida average.
What is the population of St. Cloud, FL? ▼
The reporting population for St. Cloud is 68,966 as of 2024.
How many crimes were reported in St. Cloud? ▼
In 2024, St. Cloud reported 130 violent crimes and 523 property crimes, for a total of 653 reported offenses.
How do St. Cloud's reported offenses compare with its population? ▼
In 2024, St. Cloud recorded about one reported offense per 106 residents and one reported violent offense per 531 residents. These ratios count reported offenses, not distinct victims, and are not a person's probability of victimization.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in St. Cloud? ▼
From 2023 to 2024, St. Cloud's violent crime rate increased by 14.1%, and the property crime rate decreased by 20.4%.
What is the most common crime in St. Cloud? ▼
The most common crime type in St. Cloud is larceny-theft, accounting for 63.9% of all reported crimes (417 incidents in 2024).
Large-city read: St. Cloud's rates come from the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, CIUS Table 8, vintage 2024.
Incomplete reporters stay out of rate rankings. Cross-check population with Census ACS; state UCR programs for statewide context. Primary verify links: FBI.gov UCR, Census QuickFacts.
Disclaimer (large city): informational crime rates only - not legal, insurance, or personal-safety advice. Source: FBI UCR. Ask a qualified professional before acting.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 St. Cloud, FL rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.