CrimeMetric

Crime in Florida

Major crime across Florida is 26% below the U.S. rate per resident: 18% lower for persons crimes and 27% lower for property crimes. Expected major crimes are down 7.8% from a year earlier. Of the 1 place below, 1 is more than 5% above the statewide rate.

Major crime
74
26% below the U.S. rate
down 7.8% in a year
Persons crimes
82
18% below the U.S. rate
down 1.4% in a year
Property crimes
73
27% below the U.S. rate
down 9.3% in a year
Social disorder
77
23% below the U.S. rate
down 3.5% in a year
Cities and places

Larger places in Florida, against the U.S. and the state

Major-crime index per resident; the U.S. rate is 100.

PlaceIndexAgainst Florida
Jacksonville1542.1 times

The largest places in Florida that we publish so far, largest first. More are added in batches.

Crime by type

Every crime type in Florida is near or below the U.S. rate

Every block group in Florida, including towns and unincorporated areas, against the U.S. rate per resident.

Persons crimes

Aggravated assault83
Murder81
Robbery79
Rape / sexual assault73

Property crimes

Shoplifting82
Theft from vehicle79
Other larceny77
Burglary68
Motor vehicle theft34

Social disorder

Simple assault102
Drugs and alcohol88
Disorderly conduct76
Trespassing76
Weapons violations60
Vandalism50
Intimidation33

How crime varies across Florida

Share of Florida residents by the major-crime index of their census block group.

  • 0–5055.3%
  • 50–10025.4%
  • 100–20013.2%
  • 200–4004.4%
  • 400+1.7%

68.0% of Florida residents live where agencies send detailed incident reports to the FBI; for the rest, totals come from summary counts (21.4%) or from agencies' past reports or similar agencies (10.5%), and 0.0% live in areas without a reporting agency of their own (shares of 2020 residents). Data sources

13,388 block groups and 23,862,335 residents. How the estimates are made