Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2022
Daytona Beach, FL Crime Grade
How Daytona 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
10/10
vs. Florida cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2022, the violent crime rate in Daytona Beach, FL was 928.3 per 100,000 residents (716 incidents over a population of 77,130). That puts Daytona Beach Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 187% above the Florida statewide rate of 323.9.
That ranks Daytona Beach #3,662 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 3% of them, and #156 of 163 in Florida. Violent crime is down 10% year over year and down 16% over the last five years.
Daytona Beach, FL crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (10/10)
- Florida Grade
- F (10/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 928.3 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,662 of 3,771
- FL rank
- #156 of 163
- Safer than
- 3% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 10%
- 5-year change
- down 16%
- Population
- 77,130
- Reporting agency
- Daytona Beach Police Department
- Data year
- 2022 · FBI UCR
Reported by Daytona Beach Police Department (FBI ORI FL0640100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Daytona Beach (red), Florida (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Daytona Beach vs. U.S., 2022 — 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 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 1107.1(748) | 1106.8(764) | 1137.0(794) | 1034.5(725) | 928.3(716) |
| Murder | 17.8(12) | 11.6(8) | 18.6(13) | 20.0(14) | 16.9(13) |
| Rape | 34.0(23) | 24.6(17) | 25.8(18) | 35.7(25) | 71.3(55) |
| Robbery | 121.4(82) | 131.8(91) | 156.1(109) | 109.9(77) | 84.3(65) |
| Aggravated assault | 933.9(631) | 938.7(648) | 936.5(654) | 869.0(609) | 755.9(583) |
| Property crime | 5661.3(3,825) | 4874.7(3,365) | 4071.1(2,843) | 3083.4(2,161) | 2676.0(2,064) |
| Burglary | 735.6(497) | 556.3(384) | 544.1(380) | 391.0(274) | 335.8(259) |
| Larceny | 4480.2(3,027) | 3983.8(2,750) | 3168.9(2,213) | 2380.0(1,668) | 2022.6(1,560) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 436.6(295) | 324.5(224) | 343.7(240) | 289.7(203) | 316.3(244) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Daytona 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 Daytona 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 Daytona Beach calculated?
- Daytona 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 Daytona 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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