Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2024
Gainesville, FL Crime Grade
How Gainesville 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 2024, the violent crime rate in Gainesville, FL was 746.8 per 100,000 residents (1,098 incidents over a population of 147,022). That puts Gainesville Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 179% above the Florida statewide rate of 267.4.
That ranks Gainesville #3,561 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 6% of them, and #150 of 163 in Florida. Violent crime is roughly flat year over year and up 9% over the last five years.
Gainesville, FL crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (10/10)
- Florida Grade
- F (10/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 746.8 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,561 of 3,771
- FL rank
- #150 of 163
- Safer than
- 6% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- roughly flat
- 5-year change
- up 9%
- Population
- 147,022
- Reporting agency
- Gainesville Police Department
- Data year
- 2024 · FBI UCR
Reported by Gainesville Police Department (FBI ORI FL0010100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Gainesville, FL
Also known as
- Hog Town
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. Gainesville (red), Florida (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Gainesville vs. U.S., 2024 — 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 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 687.0(928) | 771.4(1,042) | 799.3(1,126) | 747.6(1,097) | 746.8(1,098) |
| Murder | 1.5(2) | 7.4(10) | 7.8(11) | 12.3(18) | 4.8(7) |
| Rape | 113.3(153) | 94.8(128) | 130.6(184) | 109.0(160) | 93.9(138) |
| Robbery | 137.0(185) | 154.7(209) | 108.6(153) | 117.9(173) | 134.0(197) |
| Aggravated assault | 435.3(588) | 514.5(695) | 552.3(778) | 508.4(746) | 514.2(756) |
| Property crime | 3492.6(4,718) | 3188.6(4,307) | 2750.1(3,874) | 2927.5(4,296) | 2727.5(4,010) |
| Burglary | 370.9(501) | 304.3(411) | 221.5(312) | 286.9(421) | 308.1(453) |
| Larceny | 2815.3(3,803) | 2517.1(3,400) | 2515.8(3,544) | 2617.5(3,841) | 2307.1(3,392) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 302.0(408) | 359.8(486) | 0.0(0) | 16.4(24) | 103.4(152) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Gainesville, 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 Gainesville 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 Gainesville calculated?
- Gainesville'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 Gainesville 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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