Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2020
Dania Beach, FL Crime Grade
How Dania 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
10/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Florida
9/10
vs. Florida cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2020, the violent crime rate in Dania Beach, FL was 623.5 per 100,000 residents (203 incidents over a population of 32,557). That puts Dania Beach Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 62% above the Florida statewide rate of 384.1.
That ranks Dania Beach #3,444 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 9% of them, and #143 of 163 in Florida. Violent crime is down 8% year over year and up 5% over the last five years.
Dania Beach, FL crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (10/10)
- Florida Grade
- F (9/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 623.5 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,444 of 3,771
- FL rank
- #143 of 163
- Safer than
- 9% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 8%
- 5-year change
- up 5%
- Population
- 32,557
- Reporting agency
- Dania Beach Police Department
- Data year
- 2020 · FBI UCR
Reported by Dania Beach Police Department (FBI ORI FL0060100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Dania Beach, FL
Also known as
- Modello
- Dania
History
Became the first city in Broward County, when the FEC railroad line was laid through the area. Developer W. C. Valentine planned a settlement called Modello, and from 1898 to 1902, several Danish families moved from Chicago and Wisconsin to colonize the settlement and develop tomato production. The Town was incorporated in November 1904, and the name was changed to Dania to recognize its Danish settlers. Renamed by the city to Dania Beach in 1998.
Location
Incorporated name is City of Dania Beach.
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. Dania Beach (red), Florida (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Dania 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 | 591.1(188) | 693.6(220) | 645.5(209) | 678.1(221) | 623.5(203) |
| Murder | 9.4(3) | 3.2(1) | 6.2(2) | 6.1(2) | 24.6(8) |
| Rape | 34.6(11) | 56.8(18) | 46.3(15) | 95.1(31) | 58.4(19) |
| Robbery | 210.7(67) | 236.5(75) | 191.5(62) | 181.0(59) | 141.3(46) |
| Aggravated assault | 336.4(107) | 397.3(126) | 401.5(130) | 395.8(129) | 399.3(130) |
| Property crime | 3477.3(1,106) | 3578.4(1,135) | 3740.4(1,211) | 3092.7(1,008) | 3151.4(1,026) |
| Burglary | 562.8(179) | 558.0(177) | 503.5(163) | 343.6(112) | 436.2(142) |
| Larceny | 2540.4(808) | 2686.2(852) | 2745.9(889) | 2393.2(780) | 2306.7(751) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 367.9(117) | 315.3(100) | 488.0(158) | 349.8(114) | 399.3(130) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Dania 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 Dania 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 Dania Beach calculated?
- Dania 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 Dania 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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