West Melbourne, FL is close to the national middle for violent crime, and earns a B PlainCrime safety grade, where violent crime runs 57% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, West Melbourne, FL shows violent crime at 153 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,197.7 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 57% 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
153/100K violent
1197.7/100K property
-57% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for West Melbourne, FL
Comparable rate records
West Melbourne's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Florida cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to West Melbourne's 153.0 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Sebastian (153.0), Clewiston (152.5), South Pasadena (151.9), Palmetto Bay (148.5). 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 4 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 191.8 per 100,000 in 2020 to 153.0 in 2024 (-20.2%). The highest observed value was 232.7 in 2022 and the lowest 153.0 in 2024. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property-offense composition
Larceny-theft dominates the property total more than it does across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 93.1% of reported property offenses in West Melbourne, against a cohort median of 81.5%. The remainder is burglary (18) and motor vehicle theft (7). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
Position in the state cohort
West Melbourne sits mid-pack among comparable Florida cities
At 153.0 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, West Melbourne ranks 74 of 126 — above 52 of the 125 other Florida cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is -25.1% 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 West Melbourne'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.
West Melbourne's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 10.9 Census sq mi, West Melbourne logged 33.1 property and 4.2 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
West Melbourne's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (83% of 406 offenses; mix index 6,909).
Violent offenses are only 11% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (10.9 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
-9.8%
169.7 → 153/100K
Property Crime Rate
-2.7%
1231.5 → 1197.7/100K
Property offenses lead West Melbourne's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs US avg
Property Crime
360
1197.7
1711
Larceny-Theft
335
1114.5
-
Burglary
18
59.9
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
7
23.3
-
Arson
0
0
-
Violent Crime
46
153
352
Aggravated Assault
35
116.4
-
Robbery
7
23.3
-
Rape
4
13.3
-
Murder
0
0
-
West Melbourne 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.
West Melbourne 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
West Melbourne: 153 violent, 1198 property per 100,000 (grade B)
Crestview: 214 violent, 1408 property per 100,000 (grade B)
Winter Park: 204 violent, 1976 property per 100,000 (grade B)
Casselberry: 282 violent, 2589 property per 100,000 (grade C)
Miami Lakes: 102 violent, 1314 property per 100,000 (grade A)
Sebastian: 153 violent, 900 property per 100,000 (grade A)
Temple Terrace: 418 violent, 1652 property per 100,000 (grade C)
Leesburg: 380 violent, 2177 property per 100,000 (grade C)
Tarpon Springs: 237 violent, 1554 property per 100,000 (grade B)
West Melbourne Police Department
Reporting agency for West Melbourne NIBRS-participating
West Melbourne Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind West Melbourne's 406 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 West Melbourne in population. Their populations run from 26,119 to 33,435, against 30,057 here. Or use our
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West Melbourne at 153/100K violent and 1,197.7/100K property - matched below outside Florida (≥10k pop, latest UCR vintage; not the in-state lists above).
In 2024, West Melbourne reported 46 violent crimes and 360 property crimes, for a total of 406 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in West Melbourne?
From 2023 to 2024, West Melbourne's violent crime rate decreased by 9.8%, and the property crime rate decreased by 2.7%.
What is the most common crime in West Melbourne?
The most common crime type in West Melbourne is larceny-theft, accounting for 82.5% of all reported crimes (335 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: West Melbourne 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 West Melbourne, FL rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.