Most Dangerous Cities in Florida (2025)
The FBI-reporting cities in Florida with the lowest Crime Index scores for 2025. Scores run 0–100 (higher = safer) and are built from FBI Crime Data Explorer reports.
Showing the 19 most dangerous of 39 cities
Not the same cities shown on the safest cities in Florida list. See the full ranked list →
- 1Fort LauderdaleE3,950per 100k6.3homicide
- 2TallahasseeD3,006per 100k9.7homicide
- 3GainesvilleD2,833per 100k2.0homicide
- 4SanfordD2,500per 100k8.8homicide
- 5St. PetersburgC2,513per 100k3.3homicide
- 6OcalaC2,895per 100k2.8homicide
- 7West Palm BeachC1,983per 100k8.4homicide
- 8KissimmeeC2,069per 100k2.3homicide
- 9MiamiC2,598per 100k5.0homicide
- 10ApopkaC2,049per 100k0.0homicide
- 11HomesteadC1,957per 100k0.0homicide
- 12BradentonC1,907per 100k5.1homicide
- 13Miami GardensC2,105per 100k9.4homicide
- 14Fort MyersC1,506per 100k2.9homicide
- 15LakelandC1,904per 100k3.9homicide
- 16SarasotaC1,804per 100k3.4homicide
- 17Pinellas ParkC2,531per 100k1.9homicide
- 18Delray BeachC2,072per 100k2.8homicide
- 19MelbourneC1,704per 100k1.1homicide
No area has zero risk
A high Crime Index score means lower reported crime relative to other US cities — it is not a guarantee of safety. Reported crime is not the same as actual crime. Research on the gap between crime that occurs and crime that gets reported to police — often called the "dark figure" of crime — estimates that roughly 40% of violent crime and about a third of property crime go unreported each year. Every index built on official statistics, including this one, necessarily undercounts real crime. That gap is exactly why homicide — the offense with the smallest dark figure — anchors the calculation instead of a more commonly reported but less reliable category like theft.
Scores on this page reflect FBI-reported data for 2025. See the full methodology →