Tarpon Springs, FL is higher-crime than most U.S. cities, and earns a B PlainCrime safety grade, where violent crime runs 33% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Tarpon Springs, FL shows violent crime at 237.4 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,554.4 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 33% 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
237.4/100K violent
1554.4/100K property
-33% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Tarpon Springs, FL
Comparable rate records
Tarpon Springs's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Florida cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Tarpon Springs's 237.4 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Winter Haven (235.5), Pinellas Park (233.7), Lake Helen (232.9), Longwood (242.8). 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 422.2 per 100,000 in 2020 to 237.4 in 2024 (-43.8%). The highest observed value was 422.2 in 2020 and the lowest 162.5 in 2021. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Position in the state cohort
Tarpon Springs sits mid-pack among comparable Florida cities
At 237.4 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Tarpon Springs ranks 55 of 126 — above 71 of the 125 other Florida cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +23.2% 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 Tarpon Springs'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.
Tarpon Springs's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 9.3 Census sq mi, Tarpon Springs logged 43.8 property and 6.7 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Tarpon Springs's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (74% of 468 offenses; mix index 5,692).
Violent offenses are only 13% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (9.3 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Property rate moved most (2023→2024)
Property Crime Rate
+6.9%
1454.1 → 1554.4/100K
Violent Crime Rate
+2.2%
232.2 → 237.4/100K
Property offenses lead Tarpon Springs's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs FL
Property Crime
406
1554.4
1030
Larceny-Theft
348
1332.4
-
Burglary
32
122.5
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
26
99.5
-
Arson
3
11.5
-
Violent Crime
62
237.4
210.3
Aggravated Assault
40
153.1
-
Rape
14
53.6
-
Robbery
7
26.8
-
Murder
1
3.8
-
Tarpon Springs Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Tarpon Springs 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
Tarpon Springs: 237 violent, 1554 property per 100,000 (grade B)
Temple Terrace: 418 violent, 1652 property per 100,000 (grade C)
Sebastian: 153 violent, 900 property per 100,000 (grade A)
Key West: 352 violent, 2259 property per 100,000 (grade C)
Palmetto Bay: 149 violent, 2017 property per 100,000 (grade B)
Winter Park: 204 violent, 1976 property per 100,000 (grade B)
Crestview: 214 violent, 1408 property per 100,000 (grade B)
West Melbourne: 153 violent, 1198 property per 100,000 (grade B)
Hialeah Gardens: 63 violent, 1020 property per 100,000 (grade A)
Tarpon Springs Police Department
Reporting agency for Tarpon Springs NIBRS-participating
Tarpon Springs Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Tarpon Springs's 468 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, Tarpon Springs reported 62 violent crimes and 406 property crimes, for a total of 468 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Tarpon Springs?
From 2023 to 2024, Tarpon Springs's violent crime rate increased by 2.2%, and the property crime rate increased by 6.9%.
What is the most common crime in Tarpon Springs?
The most common crime type in Tarpon Springs is larceny-theft, accounting for 74.4% of all reported crimes (348 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Tarpon Springs 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 Tarpon Springs, FL rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.