Winter Park, FL carries a PlainCrime B safety grade with violent crime 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.
The verdict
Winter Park earns a B safety grade: violent crime runs 42% below the U.S. average, placing it close to the national middle for violent crime.
B
PlainCrime safety grade
-42%
violent crime vs. U.S. average
45th
percentile of 7,769 U.S. cities
1,976.4
property crimes per 100K
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.
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
Property crime rate (2024)
1,976.4/100K↓3.9%vs 2023
Winter Park violent crime rate trend
Secondary series · fell · 2020-2024 · FBI UCR
Violent crime rate (2024)
204.3/100K↓8%vs 2023
Year
Coverage
Population
Violent Rate
Property Rate
Total Crimes
2020
Comparable
31,183
279
2199.9
773
2021
Insufficient reporting
30,971
-
-
-
2022
Comparable
28,582
304.4
1955.8
646
2023
Comparable
29,718
222.1
2056
677
2024
Comparable
29,853
204.3
1976.4
651
How Winter Park sits among FL peers
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Reporting Agency
Winter Park Police Department Summary Reporting (SRS)
Winter Park's crime figures on this page originate from Winter Park 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 Park in population. Their populations run from 26,119 to 33,435, against 29,853 here. Or use our
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These Florida cities report the closest violent-crime rates to Winter Park's 204.3/100K (same FBI UCR vintage rules; size peers above are excluded so the two lists stay distinct).
Winter Park has a violent crime rate of 204.3 per 100,000 residents and a property crime rate of 1976.4 per 100,000, based on 2024 FBI UCR data.
Is Winter Park, FL safe? ▼
Winter Park receives a safety grade of B (Above Average), with a safety score of 62/100. The violent crime rate is 42% below the national average and 3% below the Florida average.
What is the population of Winter Park, FL? ▼
The reporting population for Winter Park is 29,853 as of 2024.
How many crimes were reported in Winter Park? ▼
In 2024, Winter Park reported 61 violent crimes and 590 property crimes, for a total of 651 reported offenses.
How do Winter Park's reported offenses compare with its population? ▼
In 2024, Winter Park recorded about one reported offense per 46 residents and one reported violent offense per 489 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 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.