Florida Crime Grades A-F (2024)

Statewide grade B

122 cities graded A+ through F based on 2024 FBI crime data. State overall score: 70/100 (Above Average).

What is Florida’s crime safety grade?

Florida earned an overall safety grade of B (score: 70/100, Above Average) based on 2024 FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program data, with a statewide violent crime rate of 210.3 per 100,000 and property crime rate of 1030 per 100,000. PlainCrime graded 122 Florida cities with reportable crime data against national benchmarks, producing an A+ through F score for each jurisdiction. Grades weigh violent and property crime rates: cities more than 50% below the national average typically earn A or A+, while cities significantly above average receive D or F ratings.

Across the 122 graded Florida cities, 8 earned A+, 36 earned A, 25 received B, 21 landed at C, 14 received D, and 18 fell to F in the 2024 scoring. The highest-rated city is Gulf Breeze with an A+ grade (score: 96/100, violent rate 14.3/100K). The lowest-rated city is Florida City with a F grade (score: 0/100, violent rate 2290.8/100K).

Roughly 36% of graded cities in Florida achieved an A or A+ rating, while 26% received a D or F. Cities missing from this table either did not submit complete 2024 UCR data, fell below the minimum population threshold for reliable rate calculation, or report through consolidated agencies that aggregate into county or regional totals instead of individual city figures. Grade boundaries use the national violent and property crime rate averages for 2024 as the reference point, so grades are directly comparable between Florida and other states on the site.

A safety grade condenses several FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) measures into a single letter, ranking each state's violent and property crime rates against the national distribution rather than a fixed cutoff. A high grade therefore means a state compares well to its peers in a given year, not that it is free of crime. Grades move as the underlying rates move and as agency reporting completeness shifts from year to year. Two states with the same letter can have very different profiles: one may carry a higher violent-crime rate offset by low property crime, the other the reverse. Use the grade as a quick orientation, then read the component rates beneath it to see what is actually driving the number for this state.

A+

8 cities

36 cities

25 cities

21 cities

14 cities

18 cities

Gulf Breeze

14
Vero Beach

45
Belleair

22
Belleair Beach

62
Tavares

64
Bowling Green

41
Marco Island

61
Davenport

75

What this shows Gulf Breeze reports the lowest violent-crime rate in Florida. At 14.3 per 100K, it runs well below the Florida average of 210.3. These eight cities anchor the safe end of the state.

#	Grade	City	Score	Violent Rate	Property Rate	Population
1	A+	Gulf Breeze	96	14.3/100K	314.7/100K	6,991
2	A+	Vero Beach	93	45.4/100K	272.4/100K	17,622
3	A+	Belleair	92	21.9/100K	656.7/100K	4,568
4	A+	Belleair Beach	91	62/100K	372.2/100K	1,612
5	A+	Tavares	91	64.2/100K	243.2/100K	21,790
6	A+	Bowling Green	90	40.6/100K	649.4/100K	2,464
7	A+	Marco Island	90	61.1/100K	409.5/100K	16,362
8	A+	Davenport	90	74.5/100K	343.7/100K	17,456
9	A	Bay Harbor Islands	89	35.7/100K	855.6/100K	5,610
10	A	Fellsmere	89	59.6/100K	596.2/100K	5,032
11	A	Key Biscayne	88	55.9/100K	775.9/100K	14,306
12	A	North Redington Beach	88	68.3/100K	546.1/100K	1,465
13	A	South Palm Beach	88	68.8/100K	550.2/100K	1,454
14	A	North Palm Beach	87	84.1/100K	550.4/100K	13,082
15	A	Holmes Beach	86	33/100K	1253.3/100K	3,032
16	A	Juno Beach	86	77.6/100K	698/100K	3,868
17	A	Hialeah Gardens	85	63.4/100K	1019.7/100K	22,065
18	A	Westlake	85	65.3/100K	996.6/100K	6,121
19	A	Tequesta	85	114.2/100K	456.9/100K	6,128
20	A	Dunedin	84	80.8/100K	922.4/100K	35,885
21	A	North Port	84	93.7/100K	781.4/100K	93,930
22	A	Oviedo	84	105.6/100K	583.3/100K	41,656
23	A	Lighthouse Point	83	47.6/100K	1379.4/100K	10,512
24	A	Lake Alfred	83	78.4/100K	1019.7/100K	7,649
25	A	Jupiter Island	83	119.9/100K	599.5/100K	834
26	A	Crescent City	82	58.5/100K	1345.8/100K	1,709
27	A	Clewiston	82	152.5/100K	360.5/100K	7,212
28	A	Safety Harbor	81	130/100K	691.3/100K	16,924
29	A	Indian Harbour Beach	81	144.1/100K	521.1/100K	9,020
30	A	Wellington	80	129.8/100K	794.8/100K	61,652
31	A	Haines City	80	131.6/100K	794.4/100K	41,035
32	A	Lynn Haven	80	141.8/100K	643/100K	21,152
33	A	Miami Lakes	78	101.6/100K	1313.8/100K	31,511
34	A	Neptune Beach	77	130.2/100K	1171.5/100K	6,914
35	A	Coral Springs	77	136.9/100K	1093.5/100K	135,157
36	A	Lake Mary	77	138/100K	1037.9/100K	16,669
37	A	Sebastian	77	153/100K	900/100K	27,445
38	A	Belleair Bluffs	77	175.7/100K	658.8/100K	2,277
39	A	Astatula	77	189.8/100K	474.6/100K	2,107
40	A	Maitland	76	125.4/100K	1353.5/100K	19,136
41	A	Sunny Isles Beach	76	133.3/100K	1194.7/100K	21,762
42	A	Village of Pinecrest	75	94.6/100K	1748/100K	17,963
43	A	St. Cloud	75	188.5/100K	758.3/100K	68,966
44	A	Lake Helen	75	232.9/100K	166.4/100K	3,005
45	B	South Pasadena	74	151.9/100K	1271.8/100K	5,268
46	B	West Melbourne	74	153/100K	1197.7/100K	30,057
47	B	Palm Beach Shores	73	75.5/100K	2190.3/100K	1,324
48	B	Cutler Bay	73	147.8/100K	1362.9/100K	43,290
49	B	Sweetwater	72	101.3/100K	2069.2/100K	20,733
50	B	Oldsmar	72	121.6/100K	1837.7/100K	14,801
51	B	Indian Rocks Beach	72	137.8/100K	1625.8/100K	3,629
52	B	Palm Beach	72	172.7/100K	1274/100K	9,262
53	B	Royal Palm Beach	71	158.9/100K	1477.8/100K	39,654
54	B	Atlantic Beach	71	160.6/100K	1490.9/100K	13,079
55	B	Marianna	71	208.6/100K	964.8/100K	7,670
56	B	Lake Hamilton	68	119.4/100K	2268.7/100K	1,675
57	B	Palmetto Bay	68	148.5/100K	2016.9/100K	24,245
58	B	Boca Raton	68	171/100K	1676.7/100K	100,557
59	B	Treasure Island	66	184.5/100K	1829.6/100K	6,504
60	B	Crestview	66	214/100K	1407.9/100K	29,903
61	B	Seminole	64	192.7/100K	1874.9/100K	19,201
62	B	Longwood	64	242.8/100K	1364.3/100K	17,298
63	B	Greenacres City	64	244.7/100K	1345.6/100K	44,143
64	B	Wauchula	64	282.4/100K	867.3/100K	4,958
65	B	Winter Haven	63	235.5/100K	1549.2/100K	59,450
66	B	Tarpon Springs	63	237.4/100K	1554.4/100K	26,119
67	B	Winter Park	62	204.3/100K	1976.4/100K	29,853
68	B	Lake Wales	62	243.9/100K	1528.6/100K	16,813
69	B	Auburndale	60	216.8/100K	2117.5/100K	21,677
70	C	Plantation	59	210/100K	2273.2/100K	98,100
71	C	Pinellas Park	57	233.7/100K	2206.4/100K	53,481
72	C	Loxatachee Groves	57	315.7/100K	1377.7/100K	3,484
73	C	Palm Bay	57	347.2/100K	1017.5/100K	141,137
74	C	Aventura	54	164.4/100K	4089.6/100K	38,317
75	C	Blountstown	52	351.6/100K	1494.5/100K	2,275
76	C	Stuart	51	308.3/100K	2148.3/100K	20,109
77	C	Gulfport	50	309.9/100K	2186.3/100K	11,618
78	C	St. Pete Beach	50	310.8/100K	2129.6/100K	8,687
79	C	Casselberry	49	282.4/100K	2589.4/100K	31,166
80	C	Parker	48	348.6/100K	1948.3/100K	4,876
81	C	Madeira Beach	47	322.1/100K	2378.6/100K	4,036
82	C	Altamonte Springs	46	340.3/100K	2311.1/100K	44,956
83	C	Miami Shores	45	252.7/100K	3686/100K	11,476
84	C	Key West	45	352.3/100K	2259.4/100K	24,697
85	C	Temple Terrace	44	417.6/100K	1651.8/100K	27,062
86	C	Palatka	43	268.1/100K	3735.2/100K	10,816
87	C	Leesburg	43	379.8/100K	2177.4/100K	33,435
88	C	Tampa	43	444.6/100K	1465.3/100K	408,646
89	C	DeFuniak Springs	42	382.8/100K	2240.2/100K	7,053
90	C	Brooksville	40	426.3/100K	2012.7/100K	10,086
91	D	Bradenton	39	448.7/100K	1866/100K	57,503
92	D	Boynton Beach	38	417.3/100K	2283/100K	81,473
93	D	Miami Gardens	37	414.6/100K	2429.7/100K	110,466
94	D	Apopka	37	430.8/100K	2317.5/100K	60,583
95	D	South Miami	37	446.1/100K	2164.2/100K	12,106
96	D	Arcadia	37	513.4/100K	1364.9/100K	7,986
97	D	Titusville	37	518.3/100K	1280.8/100K	49,970
98	D	Delray Beach	35	422/100K	2630.6/100K	67,780
99	D	Kissimmee	35	491.7/100K	1894.7/100K	81,967
100	D	Bartow	35	491.7/100K	1790.1/100K	20,948
101	D	Belleview	31	425.1/100K	3009.7/100K	5,881
102	D	Sarasota	31	549.4/100K	1615.6/100K	58,432
103	D	Miami	27	473.3/100K	2995.1/100K	460,392
104	D	Sanford	26	542.6/100K	2252.6/100K	66,900
105	F	Ocala	24	499.7/100K	3049.4/100K	70,046
106	F	West Palm Beach	24	575.8/100K	2138/100K	126,427
107	F	Palmetto	24	607.5/100K	1778.7/100K	13,662
108	F	North Miami Beach	17	582.5/100K	2912.6/100K	42,574
109	F	St. Petersburg	17	619.6/100K	2458.9/100K	264,999
110	F	Panama City	16	649.5/100K	2188.5/100K	36,646
111	F	Lake Park	12	580.4/100K	6864.6/100K	8,959
112	F	Springfield	11	804.3/100K	2172.9/100K	8,330
113	F	South Bay	11	1001.8/100K	2146.8/100K	4,891
114	F	Pahokee	10	1131.7/100K	2245.4/100K	5,567
115	F	Lake Worth	7	730.8/100K	2657.1/100K	41,324
116	F	Belle Glade	7	1327/100K	2660/100K	16,880
117	F	Gainesville	6	738/100K	2703.7/100K	147,022
118	F	Riviera Beach	0	943.1/100K	3631.4/100K	39,021
119	F	Mangonia Park	0	943.7/100K	5190.6/100K	2,755
120	F	Cocoa	0	1082.3/100K	3553.2/100K	20,235
121	F	Eatonville	0	1323.9/100K	6266.5/100K	2,266
122	F	Florida City	0	2290.8/100K	8013.8/100K	12,441

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Florida's overall crime safety grade?

Florida has an overall safety grade of B (score: 70/100). This is based on the state's aggregate violent crime rate of 210.3 per 100K and property crime rate of 1030 per 100K compared to national averages.

How many cities in Florida have an A+ safety grade?

8 cities in Florida earned an A+ safety grade (2024), meaning their crime rates are well below the national average. 36 additional cities earned an A grade.

Which is the safest city in Florida?

Gulf Breeze is the highest-rated city in Florida with an A+ grade (score: 96/100). Its violent crime rate is 14.3 per 100K.

Nationwide states with similar crime grades

FBI UCR peer sets for Florida grade pages, ranked across all states so these neighborhoods are not the alphabetically adjacent list below.

Similar safety score

Nearest states by statewide safety score (70/100 here, grade B).

Similar graded-city count

Nearest states by cities with A–F grades (122 here); safety-score peers above are excluded.

Nearby States, Crime Grades

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Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, 2024. Safety scores based on violent and property crime rates vs. national averages published in FBI Crime in the United States (CIUS) Table 8. Population figures reference U.S. Census Bureau estimates where FBI-reported populations are unavailable. Verify with FBI.gov UCR and Census.gov QuickFacts.

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