Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Dade City, FL Crime Grade
How Dade City 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
8/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Florida
6/10
vs. Florida cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Dade City, FL was 307.9 per 100,000 residents (32 incidents over a population of 10,394). That puts Dade City 5% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 20% above the Florida statewide rate of 256.6.
That ranks Dade City #2,676 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 29% of them, and #98 of 163 in Florida. Violent crime is down 51% year over year and down 68% over the last five years.
Dade City, FL crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- D (8/10)
- Florida Grade
- C (6/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 307.9 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,676 of 3,771
- FL rank
- #98 of 163
- Safer than
- 29% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 51%
- 5-year change
- down 68%
- Population
- 10,394
- Reporting agency
- Dade City Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Dade City Police Department (FBI ORI FL0510100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Dade City (red), Florida (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Dade City 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 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 970.3(70) | 511.2(37) | 490.7(36) | 631.4(47) | 307.9(32) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 13.4(1) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 97.0(7) | 82.9(6) | 109.0(8) | 67.2(5) | 57.7(6) |
| Robbery | 152.5(11) | 69.1(5) | 68.1(5) | 120.9(9) | 28.9(3) |
| Aggravated assault | 720.8(52) | 359.2(26) | 313.5(23) | 429.9(32) | 221.3(23) |
| Property crime | 4283.3(309) | 3122.4(226) | 3911.7(287) | 3922.6(292) | 1741.4(181) |
| Burglary | 720.8(52) | 483.6(35) | 436.1(32) | 550.8(41) | 134.7(14) |
| Larceny | 3313.0(239) | 2569.8(186) | 3339.2(245) | 3049.4(227) | 1443.1(150) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 221.8(16) | 55.3(4) | 136.3(10) | 322.4(24) | 153.9(16) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Dade City, 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 Dade City 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 Dade City calculated?
- Dade City'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 Dade City 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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