County crime profile · 2024 · large county · property-led
Clay County, FL
At 218,245 residents, Clay County is a large county in Florida. FBI UCR county totals below are read before any per-100,000 rate (Census denominator when matched).
Clay County, FL reported 200 violent crimes per 100,000 in FBI UCR 2024
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Clay County, FL agencies reported 437 violent and 1,750 property offenses. That equals about 200 violent and 802 property crimes per 100,000 using a verified Census population join. Table 10 coverage is a voluntary subset of U.S. counties.
2024 UCR year
437 violent offenses
200/100K violent rate
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Clay County, FL
Position in the state cohort
Clay County sits mid-pack among comparable Florida counties
At 200.2 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Clay County ranks 11 of 37 — above 26 of the 36 other Florida counties whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test and carries a matched Census denominator. That is +30.1% against the cohort median of 153.9. Counties that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 3 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 225.0 per 100,000 in 2020 to 200.2 in 2024 (-11.0%). The highest observed value was 225.0 in 2020 and the lowest 200.2 in 2024. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
On a large county row, county figures aggregate every participating agency inside the county. Participation is voluntary. Per-100,000 rates use a separately matched 2020 U.S. Census county population, never a Table 10 field; unmatched counties stay count-only. A large county line encloses very different communities.
Crime Breakdown (2024) · property-led · large county
Category
Count
Property Crime
1,750
Burglary
225
Larceny-Theft
1,471
Motor Vehicle Theft
54
Arson
7
Violent Crime
437
Murder
1
Rape
91
Robbery
19
Aggravated Assault
326
Reporting Agency
Clay County Sheriff's Office NIBRS-participating
Clay County's crime figures on this page originate from Clay County Sheriff's Office's submission to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program.
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 Counties in Florida
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Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, Crime in the United States (CIUS) Table 10.
FBI Table 10 supplies county offense counts but no resident population. Where this page shows a per-100,000 rate, the denominator is a separately matched 2020 U.S. Census Bureau county population; unmatched county rows remain count-only. Statewide comparisons draw on the state UCR program. Verify with FBI.gov UCR and Census.gov QuickFacts.