Florida’s Cities with Highest Total of Violent Crimes
Florida Cities, Metro areas / Counties with over 100,000 residents that had the most violent crimes:
- Miami-Dade County: 13,732 violent crimes, including 198 murders.
- Orange County (Orlando): 7,805 violent crimes, including 94 murders.
- Duval County (Jacksonville): 5,611 violent crimes, including 112 murders.
Florida cities with at least 100,000 population in Florida that had the highest totals of violent crime:
- Orlando: 860.4 violent crimes per 100,000 people. (2,524 total)
- Tallahassee: 773 violent crimes per 100,000 people (1,516 total total) in last reported year.
- Gainesville: 771 violent crimes per 100,000 (1,042 total) in last reported year.
- *In Tampa‘s zip code 33605 , Ybor City has a violent crime rate of 69.6. By comparison, the U.S. average is 22.7.
Florida cities with populations between 50,000 and 99,999 that had the highest rates of violent crime:
- Daytona Beach: 725 violent crimes in a population of 70,084.
- Melbourne: 757 violent crimes in a population of 83,806.
- Lauderhill: 632 violent crimes in a population of 72,421.
Florida cities with populations between 25,000 and 50,000 that had the highest rates of violent crime:
Riviera Beach: 428 violent crimes in a population of 35,798.
Lake Worth: 410 violent crimes in a population of 38,945.
Panama City: 303 violent crimes in a population of 34,672.
Florida cities with populations below 25,000 that had at least 100 violent crimes and the highest rates of violent crime:
- Florida City (The name of the city is “Florida City”, located in Miami-Dade County): 344 violent crimes in a population of 11,826.
- Lake City: 193 violent crimes in a population of 12,403.
- Cocoa: 214 violent crimes in a population of 18,769.