Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Fort Myers, FL Crime Grade
How Fort Myers 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
9/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Florida
8/10
vs. Florida cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Fort Myers, FL was 441.1 per 100,000 residents (456 incidents over a population of 103,372). That puts Fort Myers Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 72% above the Florida statewide rate of 256.6.
That ranks Fort Myers #3,152 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 16% of them, and #127 of 163 in Florida. Violent crime is down 5% year over year and down 24% over the last five years.
Fort Myers, FL crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (9/10)
- Florida Grade
- D (8/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 441.1 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,152 of 3,771
- FL rank
- #127 of 163
- Safer than
- 16% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 5%
- 5-year change
- down 24%
- Population
- 103,372
- Reporting agency
- Fort Myers Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Fort Myers Police Department (FBI ORI FL0360100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Fort Myers, FL
Also known as
- Myers
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. Fort Myers (red), Florida (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Fort Myers 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 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 579.4(548) | 599.8(591) | 624.1(628) | 462.3(467) | 441.1(456) |
| Murder | 4.2(4) | 6.1(6) | 8.0(8) | 6.9(7) | 2.9(3) |
| Rape | 51.8(49) | 40.6(40) | 49.7(50) | 35.6(36) | 47.4(49) |
| Robbery | 100.4(95) | 102.5(101) | 92.4(93) | 89.1(90) | 55.1(57) |
| Aggravated assault | 422.9(400) | 450.6(444) | 474.0(477) | 330.6(334) | 335.7(347) |
| Property crime | 1482.2(1,402) | 1636.9(1,613) | 1545.3(1,555) | 1446.3(1,461) | 1063.2(1,099) |
| Burglary | 177.6(168) | 173.5(171) | 159.0(160) | 139.6(141) | 155.7(161) |
| Larceny | 1286.7(1,217) | 1438.0(1,417) | 1358.5(1,367) | 1271.1(1,284) | 885.2(915) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 9.5(9) | 14.2(14) | 15.9(16) | 28.7(29) | 17.4(18) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Fort Myers, 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 Myers 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 Myers calculated?
- Fort Myers'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 Myers 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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