Stuart, FL carries a PlainCrime C safety grade with violent crime 12% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Stuart, FL shows violent crime at 308.3 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 2,148.3 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 12% 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
308.3/100K violent
2148.3/100K property
-12% vs U.S.
The verdict
Stuart earns a C safety grade: violent crime runs 12% below the U.S. average, placing it higher-crime than most U.S. cities.
C
PlainCrime safety grade
-12%
violent crime vs. U.S. average
29th
percentile of 7,769 U.S. cities
2,148.3
property crimes per 100K
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Stuart, FL
Comparable rate records
Stuart's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Florida cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Stuart's 308.3 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Gulfport (309.9), St. Pete Beach (310.8), Loxatachee Groves (315.7), Madeira Beach (322.1). 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
Stuart sits mid-pack among comparable Florida cities
At 308.3 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Stuart ranks 47 of 126 — above 79 of the 125 other Florida cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +60.0% 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-offense composition
Larceny-theft dominates the property total more than it does across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 94.4% of reported property offenses in Stuart, against a cohort median of 81.5%. The remainder is burglary (21) and motor vehicle theft (3). 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 275.3 per 100,000 in 2020 to 308.3 in 2024 (+12.0%). The highest observed value was 464.2 in 2022 and the lowest 59.5 in 2021. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property counts dominate Stuart'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
-32.5%
456.5 → 308.3/100K
Property Crime Rate
-5.2%
2266.3 → 2148.3/100K
Property offenses lead Stuart's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs FL
Property Crime
432
2148.3
1030
Larceny-Theft
408
2028.9
-
Burglary
21
104.4
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
3
14.9
-
Arson
1
5
-
Violent Crime
62
308.3
210.3
Aggravated Assault
43
213.8
-
Rape
12
59.7
-
Robbery
6
29.8
-
Murder
1
5
-
Stuart 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.
Stuart property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 4 comparable years · FBI UCR
Property crime rate (2024)
2,148.3/100K↓5.2%vs 2023
Stuart violent crime rate trend
Secondary series · rose · 2020-2024 · FBI UCR
Violent crime rate (2024)
308.3/100K↓32.5%vs 2023
Year
Coverage
Population
Violent Rate
Property Rate
Total Crimes
2020
Comparable
16,347
275.3
2171.7
400
2021
Insufficient reporting
16,801
-
-
-
2022
Comparable
17,663
464.2
2417.5
509
2023
Comparable
18,621
456.5
2266.3
507
2024
Comparable
20,109
308.3
2148.3
494
How Stuart sits among FL peers
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Reporting Agency
Stuart Police Department NIBRS-participating
Stuart's crime figures on this page originate from Stuart 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 Stuart in population. Their populations run from 19,136 to 21,762, against 20,109 here. Or use our
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These Florida cities report the closest violent-crime rates to Stuart's 308.3/100K (same FBI UCR vintage rules; size peers above are excluded so the two lists stay distinct).
Stuart has a violent crime rate of 308.3 per 100,000 residents and a property crime rate of 2148.3 per 100,000, based on 2024 FBI UCR data.
Is Stuart, FL safe? ▼
Stuart receives a safety grade of C (Average), with a safety score of 51/100. The violent crime rate is 12% below the national average and 47% above the Florida average.
What is the population of Stuart, FL? ▼
The reporting population for Stuart is 20,109 as of 2024.
How many crimes were reported in Stuart? ▼
In 2024, Stuart reported 62 violent crimes and 432 property crimes, for a total of 494 reported offenses.
How do Stuart's reported offenses compare with its population? ▼
In 2024, Stuart recorded about one reported offense per 41 residents and one reported violent offense per 324 residents. These ratios count reported offenses, not distinct victims, and are not a person's probability of victimization.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Stuart? ▼
From 2023 to 2024, Stuart's violent crime rate decreased by 32.5%, and the property crime rate decreased by 5.2%.
What is the most common crime in Stuart? ▼
The most common crime type in Stuart is larceny-theft, accounting for 82.6% of all reported crimes (408 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Stuart 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 Stuart, FL rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.