Winter Haven, FL has a B safety grade (63/100) with a violent crime rate of 236 per 100,000, 33% below the national average.
FBI UCR 2024 Per-capita rates FBI UCR + NIBRS
Winter Haven, FL Crime Rate & Safety
Compiled by PlainCrime, Independent crime-data publisher
At 59,450 residents, Winter Haven 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.
Winter Haven, FL carries a PlainCrime B safety grade with violent crime 33% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Winter Haven, FL shows violent crime at 235.5 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,549.2 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
235.5/100K violent
1549.2/100K property
-33% vs U.S.
The verdict
Winter Haven earns a B safety grade: violent crime runs 33% below the U.S. average, placing it higher-crime than most U.S. cities.
B
PlainCrime safety grade
-33%
violent crime vs. U.S. average
39th
percentile of 7,769 U.S. cities
1,549.2
property crimes per 100K
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Winter Haven, FL
Comparable rate records
Winter Haven's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Florida cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Winter Haven's 235.5 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Pinellas Park (233.7), Tarpon Springs (237.4), 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 4 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 369.5 per 100,000 in 2020 to 235.5 in 2024 (-36.3%). The highest observed value was 369.5 in 2020 and the lowest 235.5 in 2024. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Position in the state cohort
Winter Haven sits mid-pack among comparable Florida cities
At 235.5 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Winter Haven ranks 56 of 126 — above 70 of the 125 other Florida cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +22.2% 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 Winter Haven'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.
Violent rate moved most (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
-27.3%
324.1 → 235.5/100K
Property Crime Rate
-8.4%
1690.4 → 1549.2/100K
Property offenses lead Winter Haven's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs FL
Property Crime
921
1549.2
1030
Larceny-Theft
760
1278.4
-
Burglary
96
161.5
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
65
109.3
-
Arson
1
1.7
-
Violent Crime
140
235.5
210.3
Aggravated Assault
119
200.2
-
Robbery
14
23.5
-
Murder
4
6.7
-
Rape
3
5
-
Winter Haven 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.
Winter Haven property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 4 comparable years · FBI UCR
Property crime rate (2024)
1,549.2/100K↓8.4%vs 2023
Winter Haven violent crime rate trend
Secondary series · fell · 2020-2024 · FBI UCR
Violent crime rate (2024)
235.5/100K↓27.3%vs 2023
Year
Coverage
Population
Violent Rate
Property Rate
Total Crimes
2020
Comparable
46,275
369.5
1994.6
1,094
2021
Insufficient reporting
47,974
-
-
-
2022
Comparable
54,905
316.9
1653.8
1,082
2023
Comparable
57,382
324.1
1690.4
1,156
2024
Comparable
59,450
235.5
1549.2
1,061
How Winter Haven sits among FL peers
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Reporting Agency
Winter Haven Police Department Summary Reporting (SRS)
Winter Haven's crime figures on this page originate from Winter Haven Police Department's submission to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program.
This agency reports via the traditional Summary Reporting System (SRS): aggregate monthly offense counts rather than incident-level detail.
Similar-Size Cities in Florida
Crime rates read differently at different scales, so these are the Florida cities closest to Winter Haven in population. Their populations run from 49,970 to 67,780, against 59,450 here. Or use our
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These Florida cities report the closest violent-crime rates to Winter Haven's 235.5/100K (same FBI UCR vintage rules; size peers above are excluded so the two lists stay distinct).
Winter Haven has a violent crime rate of 235.5 per 100,000 residents and a property crime rate of 1549.2 per 100,000, based on 2024 FBI UCR data.
Is Winter Haven, FL safe? ▼
Winter Haven receives a safety grade of B (Above Average), with a safety score of 63/100. The violent crime rate is 33% below the national average and 12% above the Florida average.
What is the population of Winter Haven, FL? ▼
The reporting population for Winter Haven is 59,450 as of 2024.
How many crimes were reported in Winter Haven? ▼
In 2024, Winter Haven reported 140 violent crimes and 921 property crimes, for a total of 1,061 reported offenses.
How do Winter Haven's reported offenses compare with its population? ▼
In 2024, Winter Haven recorded about one reported offense per 56 residents and one reported violent offense per 425 residents. These ratios count reported offenses, not distinct victims, and are not a person's probability of victimization.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Winter Haven? ▼
From 2023 to 2024, Winter Haven's violent crime rate decreased by 27.3%, and the property crime rate decreased by 8.4%.
What is the most common crime in Winter Haven? ▼
The most common crime type in Winter Haven is larceny-theft, accounting for 71.6% of all reported crimes (760 incidents in 2024).
Large-city read: Winter Haven'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 Winter Haven, FL rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.