Winter Park, FL is close to the national middle for violent crime, and earns a B PlainCrime safety grade, where violent crime runs 42% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Winter Park, FL shows violent crime at 204.3 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,976.4 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 42% 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
204.3/100K violent
1976.4/100K property
-42% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Winter Park, FL
Comparable rate records
Winter Park's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Florida cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Winter Park's 204.3 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Marianna (208.6), Plantation (210.0), Crestview (214.0), Seminole (192.7). 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 279.0 per 100,000 in 2020 to 204.3 in 2024 (-26.8%). The highest observed value was 304.4 in 2022 and the lowest 204.3 in 2024. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Offense mix
The reported mix leans further toward property offenses than the state cohort
Violent offenses are 9.4% of the 651 Part I offenses reported in Winter Park for 2024, against a median of 13.5% across comparable Florida cities — a gap of 4.1 points. Offense mix is shaped by which agencies report and how incidents are classified as well as by the underlying offenses, so it describes the reported record rather than a settled difference in conditions.
Position in the state cohort
Winter Park sits mid-pack among comparable Florida cities
At 204.3 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Winter Park ranks 63 of 126 — above 63 of the 125 other Florida cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is +6.0% 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 counts dominate Winter Park'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.
Winter Park's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 8.8 Census sq mi, Winter Park logged 67.3 property and 7 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Winter Park's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (69% of 651 offenses; mix index 5,015).
Violent offenses are only 9% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (8.8 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
-8%
222.1 → 204.3/100K
Property Crime Rate
-3.9%
2056 → 1976.4/100K
Property offenses lead Winter Park's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs FL
Property Crime
590
1976.4
1030
Larceny-Theft
448
1500.7
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
72
241.2
-
Burglary
70
234.5
-
Arson
2
6.7
-
Violent Crime
61
204.3
210.3
Aggravated Assault
38
127.3
-
Robbery
15
50.2
-
Rape
8
26.8
-
Murder
0
0
-
Winter Park 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 Park 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
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)
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)
Winter Park Police Department
Reporting agency for Winter Park Summary Reporting (SRS)
Winter Park Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Winter Park's 651 reported offenses (4-year span 2020-2024, with internal gaps).
This agency reports via the traditional Summary Reporting System (SRS): aggregate monthly offense counts rather than incident-level detail.
Similar-Size Cities in Florida
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Winter Park at 204.3/100K violent and 1,976.4/100K property - matched below outside Florida (≥10k pop, latest UCR vintage; not the in-state lists above).
In 2024, Winter Park reported 61 violent crimes and 590 property crimes, for a total of 651 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Winter Park?
From 2023 to 2024, Winter Park's violent crime rate decreased by 8%, and the property crime rate decreased by 3.9%.
What is the most common crime in Winter Park?
The most common crime type in Winter Park is larceny-theft, accounting for 68.8% of all reported crimes (448 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Winter Park 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 Winter Park, FL rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.