County crime profile · 2024 · mid-size county · property-led
DeSoto County, FL
DeSoto County (33,976 people) sits in the mid-size county band in Florida. This page opens with reported offense counts, then rates where a Census join exists.
DeSoto County, FL reported 236 violent crimes per 100,000 in FBI UCR 2024
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, DeSoto County, FL agencies reported 80 violent and 286 property offenses. That equals about 236 violent and 842 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
80 violent offenses
236/100K violent rate
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for DeSoto County, FL
Position in the state cohort
DeSoto County reported a higher violent-crime rate than most comparable Florida counties
At 235.5 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, DeSoto County ranks 6 of 37 — above 31 of the 36 other Florida counties whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test and carries a matched Census denominator. That is +53.0% 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.
2024 reported record
Larceny-theft is the most reported offence in DeSoto County
Of the 366 Part I offences DeSoto County reported for 2024, 21.9% were violent. Aggravated assault leads the violent categories at 67, and larceny-theft leads the property categories at 222, against a population of 33,976. Florida has too few counties with a comparable 2024 submission to place this record against an in-state cohort, so it is reported on its own terms.
Mid-size county rows still aggregate voluntary UCR submissions. Per-100,000 rates need a matched 2020 Census population; unmatched stay count-only. County-wide totals rarely describe any single town inside the line.
Crime Breakdown (2024) · property-led · mid-size county
Category
Count
Property Crime
286
Burglary
47
Larceny-Theft
222
Motor Vehicle Theft
17
Arson
1
Violent Crime
80
Murder
2
Rape
7
Robbery
4
Aggravated Assault
67
Reporting Agency
Desoto County Sheriff's Office NIBRS-participating
DeSoto County's crime figures on this page originate from Desoto 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.