Most Dangerous Cities in Florida 2025

Florida's violent crime rate of 378 incidents in 2021 for every 100,000 people ranks which is equivalent with nation average compared to 384 incidents in 2020 and by 2024 the values may be decreasing. There were a total of 1,290 murders in Florida in 2020, or 5.9 for every 100,000 people, ranked twenty-fifth among the States. Along with rape, robbery, and aggravated assault, mass shootings, murder is one main component of the violent category. The most dangerous cities in Texas by 2025 are Miami Gardens, Tampa, Miami, Palm Bay and Coral Springs.

Rank (2025)	City	Population	Total Violent Crimes	Total Property Crimes	Violent Crimes per 1000 persons
1	Miami Gardens	110,010	271	1,738	2.46
2	Tampa	403,407	896	2,978	2.22
3	Miami	452,929	993	6,372	2.19
4	Palm Bay	134,040	246	781	1.84
5	Coral Springs	132,977	101	797	0.76

Source : crime-data
* As per FBI Crime data, Most dangerous cities in US List from January 2024 to Sep 2024, Updated in October, 2024.

Rank	City	Population	Violent crime	Murder	Rape	Robbery	Assault	Violent Crime Per 100,000	Property crime	Property Crime per 100,000	Property Crime Rank
1	Daytona Beach	69,834	794	13	18	109	654	1,136.98	2,833	4,057	5
2	Homestead	71,757	684	4	35	303	342	953.22	2,272	3,166	23
3	Miami Beach	92,185	852	6	92	284	470	924.23	6,977	7,568	1
4	Sanford	60,844	497	2	62	116	317	816.84	2,127	3,496	15
5	Ocala	60,932	493	7	52	108	326	809.10	2,548	4,182	4
6	North Miami	63,547	507	4	28	166	309	797.83	2,425	3,816	7
7	Pompano Beach	113,536	900	8	73	317	502	792.70	4,277	3,767	10
8	Lauderhill	72,746	571	13	42	103	413	784.92	2,131	2,929	24
9	West Palm Beach	112,798	859	17	79	304	459	761.54	4,231	3,751	11
10	Miami Gardens	113,786	841	26	14	244	557	739.11	4,311	3,789	9
11	Orlando	292,120	2,157	25	204	536	1,392	738.40	14,100	4,827	3
12	Boynton Beach	79,360	566	4	30	120	412	713.21	2,618	3,299	20
13	Tallahassee	195,104	1,359	20	197	252	890	696.55	7,763	3,979	6
14	Melbourne	83,668	579	1	80	87	411	692.02	2,802	3,349	18
15	Gainesville	135,085	928	2	153	185	588	686.97	4,712	3,488	16
16	Jacksonville	909,142	5,886	129	554	1,294	3,909	647.42	30,088	3,309	19
17	Bradenton	58,782	360	6	22	57	275	612.43	1,474	2,508	33
18	St. Petersburg	267,696	1,594	17	125	297	1,155	595.45	8,592	3,210	21
19	Fort Lauderdale	184,765	1,098	21	93	408	576	594.27	9,082	4,915	2
20	Miami	480,505	2,850	43	152	769	1,886	593.13	17,624	3,668	12
21	Pensacola	52,801	312	3	35	38	236	590.90	1,888	3,576	13
22	Fort Myers	85,127	486	9	34	94	349	570.91	1,952	2,293	36
23	Sarasota	58,470	319	4	28	66	221	545.58	1,857	3,176	22
24	Kissimmee	75,544	368	3	42	54	269	487.13	1,899	2,514	32
25	Delray Beach	70,509	336	5	33	87	211	476.53	2,418	3,429	17
26	Deerfield Beach	81,602	351	6	31	99	215	430.14	2,161	2,648	29
27	Tampa	400,501	1,622	31	120	285	1,186	404.99	6,523	1,629	46
28	Clearwater	117,458	469	2	80	98	289	399.29	2,810	2,392	34
29	Pinellas Park	53,589	206	3	40	52	111	384.41	2,038	3,803	8
30	Largo	85,740	329	5	71	74	179	383.72	2,348	2,739	26
31	Apopka	55,072	206	0	25	41	140	374.06	1,931	3,506	14
32	Palm Bay	115,520	396	8	71	59	258	342.80	1,981	1,715	44
33	Lakeland	112,237	350	7	63	97	183	311.84	3,230	2,878	25
34	Hollywood	156,643	456	10	45	148	253	291.11	4,159	2,655	28
35	Tamarac	66,799	186	3	17	51	115	278.45	1,381	2,067	40
36	Davie	108,486	276	2	21	63	190	254.41	2,796	2,577	31
37	Plantation	95,474	211	2	10	91	108	221.00	2,578	2,700	27
38	Miramar	143,334	310	3	29	71	207	216.28	1,947	1,358	51
39	Hialeah	240,688	503	6	30	159	308	208.98	4,893	2,033	41
40	Pembroke Pines	174,641	355	7	36	71	241	203.27	3,344	1,915	42
41	Sunrise	96,919	191	4	17	63	107	197.07	2,014	2,078	39
42	St. Cloud	56,560	106	2	16	5	83	187.41	636	1,124	53
43	Boca Raton	101,163	186	3	36	63	84	183.86	2,183	2,158	38
44	Jupiter	66,906	118	2	17	22	77	176.37	1,035	1,547	49
45	Margate	59,371	99	1	9	28	61	166.75	935	1,575	48
46	Port St. Lucie	199,433	293	7	43	47	196	146.92	1,696	850	55
47	Coral Springs	134,967	195	2	40	55	98	144.48	2,309	1,711	45
48	Palm Beach Gardens	57,236	78	1	9	22	46	136.28	1,295	2,263	37
49	North Port	70,181	95	1	22	8	64	135.36	967	1,378	50
50	Coconut Creek	62,471	82	2	13	19	48	131.26	1,010	1,617	47
51	Cape Coral	194,183	226	5	16	36	169	116.39	2,176	1,121	54
52	Wellington	66,331	65	0	14	11	40	97.99	787	1,186	52
53	Coral Gables	51,530	50	0	4	17	29	97.03	1,343	2,606	30
54	Doral	64,168	62	1	9	13	39	96.62	1,475	2,299	35
55	Port Orange	65,278	30	0	1	6	23	45.96	1,178	1,805	43
56	Weston	71,946	33	1	12	8	12	45.87	362	503	56

List updated : 2022 - 2024

Rank	City	Population	Violent crime	Murder	Rape	Robbery	Assault	Violent Crime Per 1,000	Property crime	Property Crime per 1,000	Property Crime Rank
1	Florida City	12,180	319	4	5	70	240	26.19	885	72.66	1
2	Opa Locka	16,501	323	11	10	67	235	19.57	1,013	61.39	4
3	Lake City	12,141	161	2	4	28	127	13.26	781	64.33	2
4	Lake Worth	38,703	409	6	37	145	221	10.57	1,201	31.03	29
5	Panama City Beach	13,266	133	2	20	16	95	10.03	842	63.47	3
6	Belle Glade	20,301	200	4	9	16	171	9.85	405	19.95	65
7	Riviera Beach	35,130	346	7	20	71	248	9.85	1,466	41.73	15
8	Lauderdale Lakes	36,784	329	2	28	77	222	8.94	965	26.23	45
9	Titusville	46,866	377	2	37	52	286	8.04	1,492	31.84	26
10	Cocoa	18,807	151	2	5	58	86	8.03	965	51.31	8
11	New Port Richey	16,703	132	0	10	22	100	7.90	505	30.23	32
12	Leesburg	23,527	172	1	20	31	120	7.31	1,194	50.75	9
13	St. Augustine	14,778	107	1	19	14	73	7.24	440	29.77	35
14	Dania Beach	32,593	221	2	31	59	129	6.78	1,006	30.87	31
15	Lantana	12,033	78	0	8	23	47	6.48	561	46.62	12
16	Oakland Park	45,857	294	3	28	86	177	6.41	1,770	38.60	18
17	Palm Springs	25,303	161	1	5	35	120	6.36	957	37.82	20
18	Panama City	37,199	228	2	5	42	179	6.13	1,914	51.45	7
19	North Miami Beach	46,307	279	1	21	94	163	6.03	1,566	33.82	22
20	DeLand	34,468	198	4	1	26	167	5.74	1,126	32.67	24
21	Palmetto	13,855	78	1	8	8	61	5.63	353	25.48	49
22	West Park	15,246	85	3	8	18	56	5.58	430	28.20	38
23	Fort Pierce	46,597	259	10	19	66	164	5.56	1,342	28.80	37
24	Cocoa Beach	11,806	64	1	6	7	50	5.42	300	25.41	52
25	Sebring	11,008	57	6	9	13	29	5.18	481	43.70	13
26	North Lauderdale	44,808	230	7	32	71	120	5.13	817	18.23	70
27	Palatka	10,450	53	0	1	11	41	5.07	499	47.75	10
28	Wilton Manors	12,948	62	1	7	25	29	4.79	434	33.52	23
29	Jacksonville Beach	23,974	113	1	24	21	67	4.71	856	35.71	21
30	Hallandale Beach	40,297	178	2	12	57	107	4.42	1,244	30.87	30
31	Mount Dora	14,491	64	0	2	10	52	4.42	568	39.20	16
32	Winter Haven	44,211	187	3	22	25	137	4.23	1,126	25.47	50
33	Plant City	39,725	162	3	6	31	122	4.08	1,073	27.01	39
34	Alachua	10,070	41	0	4	7	30	4.07	230	22.84	57
35	Tarpon Springs	25,841	102	3	14	10	75	3.95	537	20.78	63
36	Key West	24,554	96	0	17	11	68	3.91	734	29.89	34
37	Winter Garden	46,750	181	2	13	27	139	3.87	1,112	23.79	56
38	Crestview	25,152	96	3	11	20	62	3.82	644	25.60	48
39	Bartow	20,296	77	2	9	10	56	3.79	613	30.20	33
40	Holly Hill	12,403	46	0	2	10	34	3.71	335	27.01	40
41	Auburndale	16,679	55	0	6	16	33	3.30	715	42.87	14
42	Lake Wales	16,901	55	0	1	8	46	3.25	358	21.18	59
43	Stuart	16,424	53	2	13	9	29	3.23	402	24.48	54
44	South Miami	12,284	39	1	1	10	27	3.17	475	38.67	17
45	Ocoee	49,451	155	3	14	38	100	3.13	1,333	26.96	41
46	Zephyrhills	15,836	49	1	8	7	33	3.09	602	38.01	19
47	Vero Beach	17,503	54	0	6	8	40	3.09	343	19.60	66
48	Casselberry	29,244	90	0	7	18	65	3.08	936	32.01	25
49	Ormond Beach	44,005	133	1	13	15	104	3.02	1,119	25.43	51
50	Fort Walton Beach	22,645	68	2	18	1	47	3.00	475	20.98	61
51	Longwood	15,320	44	0	4	9	31	2.87	399	26.04	46
52	Greenacres City	41,525	117	1	10	35	71	2.82	740	17.82	73
53	Temple Terrace	26,725	71	0	11	14	46	2.66	565	21.14	60
54	Tavares	17,962	47	0	8	4	35	2.62	273	15.20	80
55	Atlantic Beach	13,983	36	1	2	6	27	2.57	197	14.09	85
56	Miami Springs	14,374	36	0	6	11	19	2.50	381	26.51	43
57	Eustis	21,432	53	1	3	12	37	2.47	536	25.01	53
58	New Smyrna Beach	27,743	67	0	0	10	57	2.42	562	20.26	64
59	Altamonte Springs	44,582	107	0	14	31	62	2.40	1,408	31.58	27
60	South Daytona	13,159	30	0	1	6	23	2.28	211	16.03	77
61	Gulfport	12,449	28	0	4	5	19	2.25	391	31.41	28
62	Winter Park	31,494	70	2	9	13	46	2.22	759	24.10	55
63	Rockledge	28,078	62	1	6	7	48	2.21	389	13.85	86
64	Fruitland Park	11,410	25	1	2	1	21	2.19	119	10.43	96
65	Miami Shores	10,572	23	0	1	11	11	2.18	572	54.11	6
66	Clermont	37,818	79	1	11	11	56	2.09	678	17.93	71
67	Cutler Bay	45,452	94	3	7	28	56	2.07	1,328	29.22	36
68	Orange City	11,920	24	0	2	4	18	2.01	645	54.11	5
69	Fernandina Beach	12,710	25	1	4	0	20	1.97	152	11.96	91
70	Milton	10,460	20	0	6	3	11	1.91	187	17.88	72
71	Aventura	38,259	69	1	6	26	36	1.80	1,815	47.44	11
72	Haines City	25,746	45	1	2	16	26	1.75	493	19.15	67
73	Palmetto Bay	24,730	43	0	9	12	22	1.74	649	26.24	44
74	Groveland	15,667	26	0	6	3	17	1.66	235	15.00	81
75	Maitland	18,222	28	0	2	3	23	1.54	339	18.60	69
76	Sunny Isles Beach	22,476	33	1	7	7	18	1.47	355	15.79	78
77	Royal Palm Beach	40,802	57	1	7	10	39	1.40	655	16.05	75
78	West Melbourne	24,077	32	0	3	5	24	1.33	521	21.64	58
79	Lynn Haven	21,859	29	0	5	4	20	1.33	310	14.18	84
80	Oviedo	42,684	56	0	17	11	28	1.31	292	6.84	101
81	Seminole	19,073	24	0	4	4	16	1.26	507	26.58	42
82	Hialeah Gardens	24,337	30	0	1	2	27	1.23	624	25.64	47
83	Winter Springs	37,854	46	0	12	4	30	1.22	249	6.58	102
84	Minneola	12,506	15	0	2	3	10	1.20	108	8.64	99
85	Oldsmar	14,990	17	0	5	4	8	1.13	215	14.34	83
86	Lake Mary	17,778	20	0	2	1	17	1.12	204	11.47	93
87	Dunedin	36,743	39	0	6	5	28	1.06	472	12.85	89
88	Miami Lakes	31,907	33	0	3	14	16	1.03	600	18.80	68
89	Lady Lake	15,835	16	0	1	0	15	1.01	281	17.75	74
90	Satellite Beach	11,219	11	0	2	1	8	0.98	69	6.15	103
91	Edgewater	22,926	22	0	0	1	21	0.96	361	15.75	79
92	Safety Harbor	18,178	17	1	3	1	12	0.94	165	9.08	98
93	Village of Pinecrest	19,760	18	0	2	4	12	0.91	414	20.95	62
94	Punta Gorda	20,458	18	0	0	4	14	0.88	278	13.59	87
95	Venice	23,726	20	1	1	3	15	0.84	283	11.93	92
96	Lighthouse Point	11,403	9	0	1	4	4	0.79	183	16.05	76
97	North Palm Beach	13,273	10	0	1	2	7	0.75	111	8.36	100
98	Sweetwater	21,747	16	0	0	4	12	0.74	228	10.48	95
99	Sebastian	26,232	19	0	6	4	9	0.72	297	11.32	94
100	Cooper City	36,890	26	0	7	8	11	0.70	360	9.76	97
101	Niceville	15,947	11	0	1	0	10	0.69	204	12.79	90
102	Naples	22,369	11	1	2	1	7	0.49	323	14.44	82
103	Marco Island	18,124	7	0	1	2	4	0.39	83	4.58	105
104	Key Biscayne	13,248	5	0	1	2	2	0.38	175	13.21	88
105	Parkland	35,244	9	0	2	2	5	0.26	189	5.36	104