Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Cocoa, FL Crime Grade
How Cocoa 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
10/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Florida
10/10
vs. Florida cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Cocoa, FL was 918.8 per 100,000 residents (185 incidents over a population of 20,135). That puts Cocoa 182% above the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 258% above the Florida statewide rate of 256.6.
That ranks Cocoa #3,657 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 3% of them, and #155 of 163 in Florida. Violent crime is down 15% year over year and down 19% over the last five years.
Cocoa, FL crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (10/10)
- Florida Grade
- F (10/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 918.8 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,657 of 3,771
- FL rank
- #155 of 163
- Safer than
- 3% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 15%
- 5-year change
- down 19%
- Population
- 20,135
- Reporting agency
- Cocoa Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Cocoa Police Department (FBI ORI FL0050200) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Cocoa (red), Florida (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Cocoa 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 | 1140.2(214) | 1085.7(213) | 630.5(125) | 1077.3(218) | 918.8(185) |
| Murder | 16.0(3) | 0.0(0) | 15.1(3) | 4.9(1) | 14.9(3) |
| Rape | 5.3(1) | 25.5(5) | 45.4(9) | 54.4(11) | 29.8(6) |
| Robbery | 271.7(51) | 173.3(34) | 166.5(33) | 182.9(37) | 193.7(39) |
| Aggravated assault | 847.1(159) | 886.9(174) | 403.5(80) | 835.2(169) | 680.4(137) |
| Property crime | 5876.7(1,103) | 4801.7(942) | 2078.2(412) | 3587.8(726) | 2443.5(492) |
| Burglary | 639.4(120) | 535.2(105) | 332.9(66) | 395.4(80) | 332.8(67) |
| Larceny | 4779.2(897) | 3960.6(777) | 1740.2(345) | 3083.8(624) | 2105.8(424) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 447.5(84) | 300.7(59) | 0.0(0) | 93.9(19) | 0.0(0) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Cocoa, 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 Cocoa 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 Cocoa calculated?
- Cocoa'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 Cocoa 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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