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Safest cities in Florida? Lowest and highest property-crime candidates

Use this hub to compare validated Florida city candidates by reported selected property-offense rate. It is a cautious city-page index, not a statewide safety ranking or personal-risk score.

Candidate-city rate 14.71 per 1,000 residents across listed cities; not a statewide risk score
Validated cities84Current candidate pages
Candidate population5,243,023Sum of listed city estimates
Selected offenses77,106FBI NIBRS offense records

Highest-rate city candidates

Use the city pages for source notes, trend handling, and offense mix. Small or ambiguous places remain outside automatic publication.

5,742 residents Okeechobee 42.49 selected property offenses per 1,000 residents 40,086 residents Aventura 39.39 selected property offenses per 1,000 residents 19,865 residents Cocoa 37.45 selected property offenses per 1,000 residents 10,828 residents Palatka 37.40 selected property offenses per 1,000 residents 11,784 residents Miami Shores 36.15 selected property offenses per 1,000 residents 70,077 residents Ocala 31.09 selected property offenses per 1,000 residents

Lowest-rate city candidates

Searchers often ask for the safest cities in a state. This section answers that intent carefully by showing the lowest reported selected property-offense rates among validated city candidates only.

124,889 residents Lakeland 1.53 selected property offenses per 1,000 residents 50,079 residents Coral Gables 1.60 selected property offenses per 1,000 residents 233,108 residents Cape Coral 1.91 selected property offenses per 1,000 residents 177,015 residents Pembroke Pines 2.20 selected property offenses per 1,000 residents 21,193 residents Fort Walton Beach 2.69 selected property offenses per 1,000 residents 17,516 residents Vero Beach 2.74 selected property offenses per 1,000 residents

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Florida city candidates

City Population Selected offenses Rate per 1,000 Trend
Okeechobee 5,742 244 42.49 Increasing
Aventura 40,086 1,579 39.39 Roughly stable
Cocoa 19,865 744 37.45 Increasing
Palatka 10,828 405 37.40 Roughly stable
Miami Shores 11,784 426 36.15 Roughly stable
Ocala 70,077 2,179 31.09 Increasing
Belleview 6,144 184 29.95 Trend pending
Perry 7,279 216 29.67 Roughly stable
Miami 483,419 14,023 29.01 Increasing
North Miami Beach 45,296 1,250 27.60 Roughly stable
Gainesville 147,890 4,049 27.38 Increasing
Delray Beach 69,827 1,815 25.99 Trend pending
Tallahassee 204,025 5,248 25.72 Increasing
Miami Gardens 115,054 2,716 23.61 Increasing
Boynton Beach 82,730 1,888 22.82 Roughly stable
Gulfport 11,598 264 22.76 Increasing
DeFuniak Springs 7,093 159 22.42 Trend pending
Stuart 19,474 436 22.39 Increasing
Key West 25,607 562 21.95 Roughly stable
West Palm Beach 127,364 2,745 21.55 Roughly stable
St. Pete Beach 8,691 186 21.40 Increasing
Brooksville 9,973 206 20.66 Decreasing
South Miami 13,097 263 20.08 Decreasing
Leesburg 37,726 752 19.93 Increasing
Palmetto Bay 25,173 491 19.51 Roughly stable
Oldsmar 14,725 276 18.74 Increasing
Seminole 19,272 361 18.73 Increasing
Kissimmee 84,430 1,577 18.68 Increasing
Treasure Island 6,484 121 18.66 Increasing
Bradenton 58,333 1,079 18.50 Roughly stable
Boca Raton 101,921 1,704 16.72 Decreasing
Largo 81,931 1,345 16.42 Decreasing
Sarasota 57,775 946 16.37 Trend pending
Tarpon Springs 25,967 410 15.79 Increasing
Atlantic Beach 13,282 200 15.06 Increasing
Tampa 412,981 6,037 14.62 Roughly stable
Arcadia 8,016 117 14.60 Trend pending
Crestview 30,625 421 13.75 Increasing
Cutler Bay 45,327 604 13.33 Decreasing
Fort Lauderdale 188,692 2,463 13.05 Trend pending
Palm Beach 9,453 123 13.01 Increasing
Titusville 49,776 645 12.96 Trend pending
South Pasadena 5,256 68 12.94 Increasing
Miami Lakes 32,898 416 12.65 Decreasing
Davie 110,644 1,397 12.63 Roughly stable
Clearwater 116,063 1,399 12.05 Trend pending
West Melbourne 31,279 366 11.70 Trend pending
Sunny Isles Beach 22,681 261 11.51 Roughly stable
Neptune Beach 7,035 81 11.51 Roughly stable
Coral Springs 139,020 1,505 10.83 Increasing
Doral 82,630 893 10.81 Decreasing
Fort Pierce 50,977 539 10.57 Trend pending
Palm Bay 141,351 1,434 10.14 Roughly stable
Hialeah Gardens 23,058 225 9.76 Trend pending
Marianna 7,998 75 9.38 Trend pending
Dunedin 35,791 333 9.30 Increasing
Miramar 141,432 1,144 8.09 Decreasing
Orange Park 9,039 69 7.63 Trend pending
Key Biscayne 14,964 113 7.55 Decreasing
St. Cloud 70,885 528 7.45 Decreasing
Safety Harbor 16,855 121 7.18 Increasing
St. Augustine 16,038 114 7.11 Decreasing
Pensacola 53,835 301 5.59 Increasing
North Palm Beach 13,362 72 5.39 Decreasing
Indian Harbour Beach 8,957 47 5.25 Trend pending
Hialeah 233,178 1,222 5.24 Trend pending
Green Cove Springs 10,144 52 5.13 Decreasing
Jupiter 62,568 313 5.00 Trend pending
Flagler Beach 5,550 26 4.68 Trend pending
Tequesta 6,268 28 4.47 Trend pending
Wildwood 19,002 85 4.47 Decreasing
Longboat Key 7,465 31 4.15 Decreasing
Marco Island 16,564 68 4.11 Decreasing
Port St. Lucie 258,931 995 3.84 Trend pending
Satellite Beach 11,378 43 3.78 Decreasing
St. Augustine Beach 6,777 24 3.54 Decreasing
Clewiston 7,567 26 3.44 Increasing
Gulf Breeze 6,951 22 3.17 Increasing
Vero Beach 17,516 48 2.74 Decreasing
Fort Walton Beach 21,193 57 2.69 Decreasing
Pembroke Pines 177,015 389 2.20 Trend pending
Cape Coral 233,108 446 1.91 Increasing
Coral Gables 50,079 80 1.60 Decreasing
Lakeland 124,889 191 1.53 Trend pending

Important context

These figures are based on reported selected property offenses and Census population context for validated city candidates. Agency reporting boundaries can differ from municipal boundaries, so the methodology page explains why ambiguous or tiny-denominator rows stay out of automatic publication.

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