Crime in Melbourne, Florida
Major crime in Melbourne is 26% above the U.S. rate per resident: 1.5 times for persons crimes and 20% higher for property crimes. Expected major crimes are up 2.4% from a year earlier.
Modeled estimates per resident, not counts of incidents. How we calculated this
Index: crimes per resident compared with the U.S., where 100 is the U.S. rate and 200 is twice it.
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Simple assault stands out most, at 2.9 times the U.S. rate
Expected crimes per year in Melbourne for each type, and the index against the U.S. rate per resident.
Citywide indexWhere the middle half of residents live
Property crimes
Social disorder
How crime varies across Melbourne
The middle half of Melbourne residents live in neighborhoods with a major-crime index between 62 and 137; the typical (median) resident's is 91. The citywide figure (126) is higher than that because crime concentrates in a smaller set of areas.
- 0–5014.8%
- 50–10044.2%
- 100–20030.7%
- 200–4005.3%
- 400+5.0%
Share of residents by the index of their census block group, a neighborhood of roughly 600 to 3,000 people.
Highest on weekend daytimes
Major-crime index by time of week, against the U.S. rate for the same hours.
Major crime rose 2.4% in a year; across Florida it fell 7.8%
Change in expected crimes, with Florida as a whole in gray. The past year uses the reporting agencies' year-to-date FBI data; 2031 is the model's projection.
Melbourne against U.S. places with 50,000 to 100,000 residents
148 of the 540 other places of this size have a higher major-crime index than Melbourne; the middle of the group is 92. The 9 nearest in population:
Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; residents in gray.
Melbourne has a higher major-crime index than all of its 8 nearest neighbors
The 8 nearest cities and towns we cover, by major-crime index. The closest, Indian Harbour Beach (4 mi), is 74% below Melbourne's rate.
Major-crime index per resident, U.S. = 100; distances between where residents live, in miles.
Questions about crime in Melbourne
What are the most common crimes in Melbourne?
By expected count, the most common persons and property crimes are other larceny (about 790 a year), shoplifting (about 336 a year) and aggravated assault (about 293 a year). Compared with the U.S., simple assault stands out most: 2.9 times the U.S. rate per resident.
How we calculated this
Each police agency's crimes, as reported to the FBI, are spread across the census block groups it serves using population, jobs, points of interest and, where available, local incident records. Melbourne's figures add up its 56 block groups. The index compares crimes per resident with the U.S. rate.
- Melbourne's published incident records inform the estimate for every neighborhood.
- 51.8% of residents live in block groups whose estimate has high confidence (80% interval within about 5x).
- Rates are per resident, so places where many people work or visit but few live, such as downtowns, airports and stadiums, can read high.
- Disorderly conduct and trespassing are modeled, because the FBI records them only through arrests.
- Residents: 89,367. Model updated Oct 20, 2026. Release 2026-2026-10-20-2
Full method and validation·Data sources
CrimeMetric. "Crime in Melbourne, Florida." Vorp Labs, model updated Oct 20, 2026. https://crimemetric.com/fl/melbourne
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Major-crime index, U.S. = 100
- Indian Harbour Beach4 mi33
- West Melbourne4 mi64
- Indialantic5 mi48
- Satellite Beach5 mi32
- Melbourne Beach6 mi97
- Palm Bay9 mi62
- Cocoa Beach15 mi51
- Cocoa West19 mi69