Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2020
Cocoa Beach, FL Crime Grade
How Cocoa Beach 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
9/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Florida
8/10
vs. Florida cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2020, the violent crime rate in Cocoa Beach, FL was 408.1 per 100,000 residents (48 incidents over a population of 11,763). That puts Cocoa Beach 2% above the U.S. rate of 399.1 and 6% above the Florida statewide rate of 384.1.
That ranks Cocoa Beach #3,045 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 19% of them, and #120 of 163 in Florida. Violent crime is down 25% year over year and down 23% over the last five years.
Cocoa Beach, FL crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (9/10)
- Florida Grade
- D (8/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 408.1 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,045 of 3,771
- FL rank
- #120 of 163
- Safer than
- 19% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 25%
- 5-year change
- down 23%
- Population
- 11,763
- Reporting agency
- Cocoa Beach Police Department
- Data year
- 2020 · FBI UCR
Reported by Cocoa Beach Police Department (FBI ORI FL0050300) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Cocoa Beach (red), Florida (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Cocoa Beach vs. U.S., 2020 — 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 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 531.3(62) | 675.0(80) | 347.3(41) | 542.1(64) | 408.1(48) |
| Murder | 8.6(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 8.5(1) | 8.5(1) |
| Rape | 51.4(6) | 50.6(6) | 33.9(4) | 50.8(6) | 25.5(3) |
| Robbery | 94.3(11) | 25.3(3) | 67.8(8) | 59.3(7) | 17.0(2) |
| Aggravated assault | 377.1(44) | 599.1(71) | 245.6(29) | 423.5(50) | 357.1(42) |
| Property crime | 6153.1(718) | 4354.1(516) | 3447.1(407) | 2541.1(300) | 2244.3(264) |
| Burglary | 737.0(86) | 514.7(61) | 211.7(25) | 177.9(21) | 187.0(22) |
| Larceny | 5116.1(597) | 3586.2(425) | 2998.2(354) | 2253.1(266) | 1887.3(222) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 291.4(34) | 253.1(30) | 237.1(28) | 110.1(13) | 170.0(20) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Cocoa Beach, 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 Beach 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 Beach calculated?
- Cocoa Beach'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 Beach 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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