Stuart, FL is higher-crime than most U.S. cities, and earns a C PlainCrime safety grade, where violent crime runs 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.
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.
Stuart's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 7.1 Census sq mi, Stuart logged 60.7 property and 8.7 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Stuart's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (83% of 494 offenses; mix index 6,923).
Violent offenses are only 13% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (7.1 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
-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
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averagesRead the chart as a list
Stuart: 308 violent, 2148 property per 100,000 (grade C)
Cocoa: 1082 violent, 3553 property per 100,000 (grade F)
Sweetwater: 101 violent, 2069 property per 100,000 (grade B)
Bartow: 492 violent, 1790 property per 100,000 (grade D)
Seminole: 193 violent, 1875 property per 100,000 (grade B)
Maitland: 125 violent, 1354 property per 100,000 (grade A)
Lynn Haven: 142 violent, 643 property per 100,000 (grade A)
Auburndale: 217 violent, 2118 property per 100,000 (grade B)
Sunny Isles Beach: 133 violent, 1195 property per 100,000 (grade A)
Stuart Police Department
Reporting agency for Stuart NIBRS-participating
Stuart Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Stuart's 494 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 Stuart in population. Their populations run from 19,136 to 21,762, against 20,109 here. Or use our
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In 2024, Stuart reported 62 violent crimes and 432 property crimes, for a total of 494 reported offenses.
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.