Safest Places to Live in Florida of September 2024

Last Update: March 11, 2023 • Living •

Spring break student parties, sunbathing on Miami beaches, tropical climate, and palms, surfing… These are the most common images that we associate with Florida. But this state in the southeast of the US is so much more than that.

With over 20 million residents, Florida (the land of flowers) is the 3rd most populous US state, right after California and Texas. A great part of its territory is a peninsula, so Florida has the longest coastline of all the states. The Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean surround it, influencing its wonderful and severe climate. You can see amazing animal species in Florida, such as the American alligator, American crocodile, Florida panther, and manatee, which you can’t find anywhere else in their natural habitat in the United States.

Florida’s capital is Tallahassee. The most populous city is Jacksonville, while the most populous urban area is the Miami metropolitan area. Multiculturalism is extremely prominent in Florida, largely because it is home to many people originating from Cuba. Like European people’s culture, there are also other influences, which, along with all the aforementioned factors, give Florida a truly unique place among all US states.

Ranking Criteria

ElitePersonalFinance extracted the latest data from the FBI crime statistics in the United States. We took violent crime as the main criteria. To get our score, we used this formula:

Crime Score = ( Total Number of Violent Crimes / Population ) * 1,000

This way, safer cities got the lowest score, and those more vulnerable to crimes got higher scores.

The cities that did not report crimes to the FBI and those under 5,000 residents were not included in the list.

50 Safest Places in Florida of September 2024

Rank:	City:	Population:	Total Number of Crimes:	Crime Score:
1	Longboat Key	7 379	0	0,00
2	Parkland	35 244	9	0,26
3	Key Biscayne	13 248	5	0,38
4	Marco Island	18 124	7	0,39
5	Sanibel	7 525	3	0,40
6	Weston	71 946	33	0,46
7	Port Orange	65 278	30	0,46
8	Indian Harbour Beach	8 616	4	0,46
9	Lake Alfred	6 123	3	0,49
10	Naples	22 369	11	0,49
11	Bay Harbor Islands	6 018	3	0,50
12	St. Augustine Beach	7 137	4	0,56
13	Flagler Beach	5 157	3	0,58
14	Niceville	15 947	11	0,69
15	Cooper City	36 890	26	0,70
16	Sebastian	26 232	19	0,72
17	Gulf Breeze	6 843	5	0,73
18	Sweetwater	21 747	16	0,74
19	North Palm Beach	13 273	10	0,75
20	South Pasadena	5 137	4	0,78
21	Lighthouse Point	11 403	9	0,79
22	Venice	23 726	20	0,84
23	Fellsmere	5 830	5	0,86
24	Davenport	5 814	5	0,86
25	Southwest Ranches	8 061	7	0,87
26	Punta Gorda	20 458	18	0,88
27	Palm Beach	8 884	8	0,90
28	Village of Pinecrest	19 760	18	0,91
29	Safety Harbor	18 178	17	0,94
30	Edgewater	22 926	22	0,96
31	Doral	64 168	62	0,97
32	Coral Gables	51 530	50	0,97
33	Wellington	66 331	65	0,98
34	Satellite Beach	11 219	11	0,98
35	Lady Lake	15 835	16	1,01
36	Surfside	5 829	6	1,03
37	Miami Lakes	31 907	33	1,03
38	Dunedin	36 743	39	1,06
39	Lake Mary	17 778	20	1,12
40	Tequesta	6 195	7	1,13
41	Oldsmar	14 990	17	1,13
42	Cape Coral	194 183	226	1,16
43	Minneola	12 506	15	1,20
44	Winter Springs	37 854	46	1,22
45	Hialeah Gardens	24 337	30	1,23
46	Seminole	19 073	24	1,26
47	Oviedo	42 684	56	1,31
48	Coconut Creek	62 471	82	1,31
49	Lynn Haven	21 859	29	1,33
50	West Melbourne	24 077	32	1,33

Crime Score in All Cities in Florida of September 2024

If your city didn’t make our list, you could see our full list of Florida cities.

We can’t compare crime rates in small and large cities. That’s why ElitePersonalFinance made a detailed analysis and narrowed the results according to population segments:

Under 3,000 Residents
3,000 – 10,000 Residents
10,000 – 30,000 Residents
30,000 – 100,000 Residents
Over 100,000 Residents

(Other sites don’t include places with under 3,000 residents, but we included them.)

These are the results that we got:

Under 3,000 Residents

Rank:	City:	Population:	Total Number of Crimes:	Crime Score:
1	Indian Creek Village	92	0	0,00
2	Altha	504	0	0,00
3	Sea Ranch Lakes	626	0	0,00
4	Melbourne Village	702	0	0,00
5	Key Colony Beach	816	0	0,00
6	South Palm Beach	1 486	0	0,00
7	Redington Beaches	1 488	0	0,00
8	Chiefland	2 162	0	0,00
9	Ocean Ridge	1 978	1	0,51
10	Belleair Beach	1 618	1	0,62
11	North Redington Beach	1 485	1	0,67
12	Center Hill	1 472	1	0,68
13	Hypoluxo	2 808	2	0,71
14	El Portal	2 479	2	0,81
15	Sewall’s Point	2 244	2	0,89
16	Belleair Bluffs	2 209	2	0,91
17	Hillsboro Beach	2 038	2	0,98
18	Golden Beach	964	1	1,04
19	Lake Helen	2 837	3	1,06
20	Jupiter Island	934	1	1,07
21	Bonifay	2 683	3	1,12
22	Cross City	1 710	2	1,17
23	Havana	1 701	2	1,18
24	Lake Hamilton	1 472	2	1,36
25	Indialantic	2 937	4	1,36
26	Welaka	712	1	1,40
27	Astatula	2 091	3	1,43
28	Cedar Key	685	1	1,46
29	Bradenton Beach	1 292	2	1,55
30	Palm Beach Shores	1 278	2	1,56
31	Bowling Green	2 899	5	1,72
32	Trenton	2 141	4	1,87
33	Virginia Gardens	2 460	5	2,03
34	Jupiter Inlet Colony	459	1	2,18
35	Sneads	1 792	4	2,23
36	Gulf Stream	891	2	2,24
37	Blountstown	2 473	6	2,43
38	Monticello	2 413	6	2,49
39	Howey-in-the-Hills	1 185	3	2,53
40	Atlantis	2 126	6	2,82
41	Jay	632	2	3,16
42	Mexico Beach	1 243	4	3,22
43	Gretna	1 509	5	3,31
44	Jennings	862	3	3,48
45	Dunnellon	1 830	8	4,37
46	Williston	2 713	14	5,16
47	Westlake	380	2	5,26
48	Lawtey	722	4	5,54
49	Lake Placid	2 459	14	5,69
50	Manalapan	474	3	6,33
51	Crescent City	1 540	10	6,49
52	Graceville	2 191	15	6,85
53	White Springs	766	6	7,83
54	Bunnell	2 865	33	11,52
55	Medley	896	11	12,28
56	Mangonia Park	2 033	33	16,23
57	Eatonville	2 317	39	16,83

3,000 – 10,000 Residents

Rank:	City:	Population:	Total Number of Crimes:	Crime Score:
1	Bal Harbour Village	3 086	0	0,00
2	Ponce Inlet	3 315	0	0,00
3	Indian River Shores	4 302	0	0,00
4	Holmes Beach	4 355	0	0,00
5	Longboat Key	7 379	0	0,00
6	Belleair	4 253	1	0,24
7	Indian Shores	3 816	1	0,26
8	Juno Beach	3 709	1	0,27
9	Sanibel	7 525	3	0,40
10	Indian Harbour Beach	8 616	4	0,46
11	Lake Alfred	6 123	3	0,49
12	Bay Harbor Islands	6 018	3	0,50
13	St. Augustine Beach	7 137	4	0,56
14	Flagler Beach	5 157	3	0,58
15	Melbourne Beach	3 313	2	0,60
16	Gulf Breeze	6 843	5	0,73
17	South Pasadena	5 137	4	0,78
18	Fellsmere	5 830	5	0,86
19	Davenport	5 814	5	0,86
20	Southwest Ranches	8 061	7	0,87
21	Palm Beach	8 884	8	0,90
22	Edgewood	3 044	3	0,99
23	Highland Beach	3 951	4	1,01
24	Surfside	5 829	6	1,03
25	Lake Clarke Shores	3 657	4	1,09
26	Tequesta	6 195	7	1,13
27	Jasper	4 057	5	1,23
28	Valparaiso	5 218	7	1,34
29	West Miami	8 362	12	1,44
30	Orange Park	8 852	13	1,47
31	North Bay Village	8 425	13	1,54
32	St. Pete Beach	9 689	15	1,55
33	Neptune Beach	7 332	12	1,64
34	Umatilla	3 852	7	1,82
35	Indian Rocks Beach	4 315	8	1,85
36	Biscayne Park	3 169	6	1,89
37	Windermere	3 588	7	1,95
38	Port St. Joe	3 579	7	1,96
39	Daytona Beach Shores	4 579	9	1,97
40	Belle Isle	7 326	16	2,18
41	Okeechobee	5 741	13	2,26
42	Treasure Island	6 978	17	2,44
43	Lauderdale-by-the-Sea	6 745	17	2,52
44	Loxatachee Groves	3 614	11	3,04
45	Clewiston	8 098	26	3,21
46	Madeira Beach	4 346	14	3,22
47	Green Cove Springs	8 505	30	3,53
48	Kenneth City	5 074	18	3,55
49	Belleview	5 086	20	3,93
50	Wauchula	4 890	20	4,09
51	DeFuniak Springs	6 940	29	4,18
52	High Springs	6 252	28	4,48
53	Parker	4 616	21	4,55
54	Dade City	7 337	36	4,91
55	Chattahoochee	3 004	16	5,33
56	Springfield	9 517	51	5,36
57	Oakland	3 160	17	5,38
58	Brooksville	8 373	50	5,97
59	Wildwood	7 310	48	6,57
60	Arcadia	8 274	55	6,65
61	South Bay	5 225	36	6,89
62	Chipley	3 567	26	7,29
63	Pembroke Park	6 798	51	7,50
64	Quincy	7 143	55	7,70
65	Starke	5 402	43	7,96
66	Mascotte	5 977	49	8,20
67	Live Oak	6 988	64	9,16
68	Marianna	7 034	65	9,24
69	Pahokee	6 335	59	9,31
70	Lake Park	8 670	86	9,92
71	Perry	6 918	70	10,12

10,000 – 30,000 Residents

Rank:	City:	Population:	Total Number of Crimes:	Crime Score:
1	Key Biscayne	13 248	5	0,38
2	Marco Island	18 124	7	0,39
3	Naples	22 369	11	0,49
4	Niceville	15 947	11	0,69
5	Sebastian	26 232	19	0,72
6	Sweetwater	21 747	16	0,74
7	North Palm Beach	13 273	10	0,75
8	Lighthouse Point	11 403	9	0,79
9	Venice	23 726	20	0,84
10	Punta Gorda	20 458	18	0,88
11	Village of Pinecrest	19 760	18	0,91
12	Safety Harbor	18 178	17	0,94
13	Edgewater	22 926	22	0,96
14	Satellite Beach	11 219	11	0,98
15	Lady Lake	15 835	16	1,01
16	Lake Mary	17 778	20	1,12
17	Oldsmar	14 990	17	1,13
18	Minneola	12 506	15	1,20
19	Hialeah Gardens	24 337	30	1,23
20	Seminole	19 073	24	1,26
21	Lynn Haven	21 859	29	1,33
22	West Melbourne	24 077	32	1,33
23	Sunny Isles Beach	22 476	33	1,47
24	Maitland	18 222	28	1,54
25	Groveland	15 667	26	1,66
26	Palmetto Bay	24 730	43	1,74
27	Haines City	25 746	45	1,75
28	Milton	10 460	20	1,91
29	Fernandina Beach	12 710	25	1,97
30	Orange City	11 920	24	2,01
31	Miami Shores	10 572	23	2,18
32	Fruitland Park	11 410	25	2,19
33	Rockledge	28 078	62	2,21
34	Gulfport	12 449	28	2,25
35	South Daytona	13 159	30	2,28
36	New Smyrna Beach	27 743	67	2,42
37	Eustis	21 432	53	2,47
38	Miami Springs	14 374	36	2,50
39	Atlantic Beach	13 983	36	2,57
40	Tavares	17 962	47	2,62
41	Temple Terrace	26 725	71	2,66
42	Longwood	15 320	44	2,87
43	Fort Walton Beach	22 645	68	3,00
44	Casselberry	29 244	90	3,08
45	Vero Beach	17 503	54	3,09
46	Zephyrhills	15 836	49	3,09
47	South Miami	12 284	39	3,17
48	Stuart	16 424	53	3,23
49	Lake Wales	16 901	55	3,25
50	Auburndale	16 679	55	3,30
51	Holly Hill	12 403	46	3,71
52	Bartow	20 296	77	3,79
53	Crestview	25 152	96	3,82
54	Key West	24 554	96	3,91
55	Tarpon Springs	25 841	102	3,95
56	Alachua	10 070	41	4,07
57	Mount Dora	14 491	64	4,42
58	Jacksonville Beach	23 974	113	4,71
59	Wilton Manors	12 948	62	4,79
60	Palatka	10 450	53	5,07
61	Sebring	11 008	57	5,18
62	Cocoa Beach	11 806	64	5,42
63	West Park	15 246	85	5,58
64	Palmetto	13 855	78	5,63
65	Palm Springs	25 303	161	6,36
66	Lantana	12 033	78	6,48
67	St. Augustine	14 778	107	7,24
68	Leesburg	23 527	172	7,31
69	New Port Richey	16 703	132	7,90
70	Cocoa	18 807	151	8,03
71	Belle Glade	20 301	200	9,85
72	Panama City Beach	13 266	133	10,03
73	Lake City	12 141	161	13,26
74	Opa Locka	16 501	323	19,57
75	Florida City	12 180	319	26,19

30,000 – 100,000 Residents

Rank:	City:	Population:	Total Number of Crimes:	Crime Score:
1	Parkland	35 244	9	0,26
2	Weston	71 946	33	0,46
3	Port Orange	65 278	30	0,46
4	Cooper City	36 890	26	0,70
5	Doral	64 168	62	0,97
6	Coral Gables	51 530	50	0,97
7	Wellington	66 331	65	0,98
8	Miami Lakes	31 907	33	1,03
9	Dunedin	36 743	39	1,06
10	Winter Springs	37 854	46	1,22
11	Oviedo	42 684	56	1,31
12	Coconut Creek	62 471	82	1,31
13	North Port	70 181	95	1,35
14	Palm Beach Gardens	57 236	78	1,36
15	Royal Palm Beach	40 802	57	1,40
16	Margate	59 371	99	1,67
17	Jupiter	66 906	118	1,76
18	Aventura	38 259	69	1,80
19	St. Cloud	56 560	106	1,87
20	Sunrise	96 919	191	1,97
21	Cutler Bay	45 452	94	2,07
22	Clermont	37 818	79	2,09
23	Plantation	95 474	211	2,21
24	Winter Park	31 494	70	2,22
25	Altamonte Springs	44 582	107	2,40
26	Tamarac	66 799	186	2,78
27	Greenacres City	41 525	117	2,82
28	Ormond Beach	44 005	133	3,02
29	Ocoee	49 451	155	3,13
30	Apopka	55 072	206	3,74
31	Largo	85 740	329	3,84
32	Pinellas Park	53 589	206	3,84
33	Winter Garden	46 750	181	3,87
34	Plant City	39 725	162	4,08
35	Winter Haven	44 211	187	4,23
36	Deerfield Beach	81 602	351	4,30
37	Hallandale Beach	40 297	178	4,42
38	Delray Beach	70 509	336	4,77
39	Kissimmee	75 544	368	4,87
40	North Lauderdale	44 808	230	5,13
41	Sarasota	58 470	319	5,46
42	Fort Pierce	46 597	259	5,56
43	Fort Myers	85 127	486	5,71
44	DeLand	34 468	198	5,74
45	Pensacola	52 801	312	5,91
46	North Miami Beach	46 307	279	6,03
47	Bradenton	58 782	360	6,12
48	Panama City	37 199	228	6,13
49	Oakland Park	45 857	294	6,41
50	Dania Beach	32 593	221	6,78
51	Melbourne	83 668	579	6,92
52	Boynton Beach	79 360	566	7,13
53	Lauderhill	72 746	571	7,85
54	North Miami	63 547	507	7,98
55	Titusville	46 866	377	8,04
56	Ocala	60 932	493	8,09
57	Sanford	60 844	497	8,17
58	Lauderdale Lakes	36 784	329	8,94
59	Miami Beach	92 185	852	9,24
60	Homestead	71 757	684	9,53
61	Riviera Beach	35 130	346	9,85
62	Lake Worth	38 703	409	10,57
63	Daytona Beach	69 834	794	11,37

Over 100,000 Residents

Rank:	City:	Population:	Total Number of Crimes:	Crime Score:
1	Cape Coral	194 183	226	1,16
2	Coral Springs	134 967	195	1,44
3	Port St. Lucie	199 433	293	1,47
4	Boca Raton	101 163	186	1,84
5	Pembroke Pines	174 641	355	2,03
6	Hialeah	240 688	503	2,09
7	Miramar	143 334	310	2,16
8	Davie	108 486	276	2,54
9	Hollywood	156 643	456	2,91
10	Lakeland	112 237	350	3,12
11	Palm Bay	115 520	396	3,43
12	Clearwater	117 458	469	3,99
13	Tampa	400 501	1 622	4,05
14	Miami	480 505	2 850	5,93
15	Fort Lauderdale	184 765	1 098	5,94
16	St. Petersburg	267 696	1 594	5,95
17	Jacksonville	909 142	5 886	6,47
18	Gainesville	135 085	928	6,87
19	Tallahassee	195 104	1 359	6,97
20	Orlando	292 120	2 157	7,38
21	Miami Gardens	113 786	841	7,39
22	West Palm Beach	112 798	859	7,62
23	Pompano Beach	113 536	900	7,93

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