Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2020
Deerfield Beach, FL Crime Grade
How Deerfield 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
8/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Florida
7/10
vs. Florida cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2020, the violent crime rate in Deerfield Beach, FL was 348.6 per 100,000 residents (285 incidents over a population of 81,749). That puts Deerfield Beach Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 9% below the Florida statewide rate of 384.1.
That ranks Deerfield Beach #2,840 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 25% of them, and #109 of 163 in Florida. Violent crime is down 19% year over year and up 2% over the last five years.
Deerfield Beach, FL crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- D (8/10)
- Florida Grade
- C (7/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 348.6 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,840 of 3,771
- FL rank
- #109 of 163
- Safer than
- 25% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 19%
- 5-year change
- up 2%
- Population
- 81,749
- Reporting agency
- Deerfield Beach Police Department
- Data year
- 2020 · FBI UCR
Reported by Deerfield Beach Police Department (FBI ORI FL0060200) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Deerfield Beach, FL
Also known as
- Deerfield
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. Deerfield Beach (red), Florida (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Deerfield 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 | 343.2(277) | 402.2(324) | 404.3(329) | 430.1(351) | 348.6(285) |
| Murder | 2.5(2) | 3.7(3) | 3.7(3) | 7.4(6) | 3.7(3) |
| Rape | 40.9(33) | 43.5(35) | 25.8(21) | 38.0(31) | 24.5(20) |
| Robbery | 115.2(93) | 137.8(111) | 135.2(110) | 121.3(99) | 72.2(59) |
| Aggravated assault | 184.6(149) | 217.3(175) | 239.6(195) | 263.5(215) | 248.3(203) |
| Property crime | 2720.8(2,196) | 2931.0(2,361) | 3068.7(2,497) | 2650.7(2,163) | 1962.1(1,604) |
| Burglary | 465.8(376) | 407.2(328) | 518.6(422) | 258.6(211) | 165.1(135) |
| Larceny | 1978.6(1,597) | 2198.6(1,771) | 2134.7(1,737) | 2087.0(1,703) | 1557.2(1,273) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 272.6(220) | 324.0(261) | 406.8(331) | 302.7(247) | 238.5(195) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Deerfield 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 Deerfield 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 Deerfield Beach calculated?
- Deerfield 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 Deerfield 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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