Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Clearwater, FL Crime Grade
How Clearwater grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of Florida — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
7/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Florida
6/10
vs. Florida cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Clearwater, FL was 247.7 per 100,000 residents (289 incidents over a population of 116,679). That puts Clearwater Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 3% below the Florida statewide rate of 256.6.
That ranks Clearwater #2,359 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 37% of them, and #86 of 163 in Florida. Violent crime is up 1% year over year and down 37% over the last five years.
Clearwater, FL crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- C (7/10)
- Florida Grade
- C (6/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 247.7 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,359 of 3,771
- FL rank
- #86 of 163
- Safer than
- 37% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 1%
- 5-year change
- down 37%
- Population
- 116,679
- Reporting agency
- Clearwater Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Clearwater Police Department (FBI ORI FL0520300) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Clearwater, FL
Also known as
- Clearwater Harbor
Name history sourced from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) — public-domain federal geographic-names data.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Clearwater (red), Florida (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Clearwater vs. U.S., 2025 — by offense
Rates per 100,000 residents for each offense category.
Full data, last 5 years
Rates per 100,000 residents. Raw counts in parentheses.
| Offense | 2020 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 390.3(460) | 395.5(460) | 340.5(398) | 244.2(285) | 247.7(289) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 3.4(4) | 3.4(4) | 3.4(4) | 0.9(1) |
| Rape | 78.1(92) | 72.2(84) | 59.9(70) | 60.0(70) | 64.3(75) |
| Robbery | 73.8(87) | 50.7(59) | 50.5(59) | 36.0(42) | 28.3(33) |
| Aggravated assault | 238.4(281) | 269.1(313) | 226.7(265) | 144.8(169) | 154.3(180) |
| Property crime | 1898.0(2,237) | 1906.2(2,217) | 1834.9(2,145) | 1496.3(1,746) | 1403.0(1,637) |
| Burglary | 211.3(249) | 209.8(244) | 216.4(253) | 155.1(181) | 149.1(174) |
| Larceny | 1569.7(1,850) | 1582.9(1,841) | 1490.2(1,742) | 1232.3(1,438) | 1193.0(1,392) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 112.8(133) | 106.6(124) | 126.6(148) | 107.1(125) | 58.3(68) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Clearwater, FL Crime Grade?
- FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- What metric does the Clearwater Crime Grade use?
- Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- How is the national decile for Clearwater calculated?
- Clearwater's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- How is the Florida state decile calculated?
- Same calculation restricted to Florida cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- How do decile scores convert to a letter grade?
- 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- How often is the Clearwater Crime Grade refreshed?
- Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- What are the limits of this Crime Grade?
- The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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