Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Fort Lauderdale, FL Crime Grade
How Fort Lauderdale 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 2025, the violent crime rate in Fort Lauderdale, FL was 605.7 per 100,000 residents (1,158 incidents over a population of 191,199). That puts Fort Lauderdale Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 136% above the Florida statewide rate of 256.6.
That ranks Fort Lauderdale #3,426 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 9% of them, and #140 of 163 in Florida. Violent crime is down 11% year over year and up 2% over the last five years.
Fort Lauderdale, FL crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (10/10)
- Florida Grade
- F (9/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 605.7 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,426 of 3,771
- FL rank
- #140 of 163
- Safer than
- 9% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 11%
- 5-year change
- up 2%
- Population
- 191,199
- Reporting agency
- Fort Lauderdale Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Fort Lauderdale Police Department (FBI ORI FL0060300) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Fort Lauderdale (red), Florida (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Fort Lauderdale 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 | 2019 | 2020 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 594.3(1,098) | 628.2(1,158) | 719.1(1,318) | 683.8(1,263) | 605.7(1,158) |
| Murder | 11.4(21) | 20.1(37) | 19.6(36) | 10.3(19) | 5.8(11) |
| Rape | 50.3(93) | 49.4(91) | 49.7(91) | 68.8(127) | 48.6(93) |
| Robbery | 220.8(408) | 174.1(321) | 185.0(339) | 166.7(308) | 140.7(269) |
| Aggravated assault | 311.7(576) | 384.6(709) | 464.9(852) | 438.0(809) | 410.6(785) |
| Property crime | 4920.8(9,092) | 4170.4(7,688) | 4722.8(8,656) | 4060.9(7,501) | 2981.2(5,700) |
| Burglary | 690.1(1,275) | 582.6(1,074) | 577.8(1,059) | 504.6(932) | 393.8(753) |
| Larceny | 3758.8(6,945) | 3081.7(5,681) | 3477.2(6,373) | 2990.6(5,524) | 2223.9(4,252) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 466.5(862) | 492.0(907) | 655.3(1,201) | 557.6(1,030) | 355.1(679) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Fort Lauderdale, 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 Fort Lauderdale 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 Fort Lauderdale calculated?
- Fort Lauderdale'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 Fort Lauderdale 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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