Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Jacksonville Beach, FL Crime Grade
How Jacksonville 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 2025, the violent crime rate in Jacksonville Beach, FL was 339.2 per 100,000 residents (80 incidents over a population of 23,585). That puts Jacksonville Beach 4% above the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 32% above the Florida statewide rate of 256.6.
That ranks Jacksonville Beach #2,790 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 26% of them, and #106 of 163 in Florida. Violent crime is down 37% year over year and down 44% over the last five years.
Jacksonville Beach, FL crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- D (8/10)
- Florida Grade
- C (7/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 339.2 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,790 of 3,771
- FL rank
- #106 of 163
- Safer than
- 26% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 37%
- 5-year change
- down 44%
- Population
- 23,585
- Reporting agency
- Jacksonville Beach Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Jacksonville Beach Police Department (FBI ORI FL0160300) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Jacksonville Beach, FL
Also known as
- Pablo Beach
History
This village was formerly known as Pablo Beach, but was changed by a vote of the local citizens to Jacksonville Beach.
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. Jacksonville Beach (red), Florida (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Jacksonville Beach 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 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 602.4(143) | 599.8(143) | 471.3(113) | 539.9(129) | 339.2(80) |
| Murder | 8.4(2) | 4.2(1) | 4.2(1) | 8.4(2) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 122.2(29) | 75.5(18) | 100.1(24) | 62.8(15) | 46.6(11) |
| Robbery | 139.0(33) | 151.0(36) | 87.6(21) | 87.9(21) | 25.4(6) |
| Aggravated assault | 332.8(79) | 369.1(88) | 279.5(67) | 380.8(91) | 267.1(63) |
| Property crime | 4342.9(1,031) | 3837.8(915) | 3574.7(857) | 3021.7(722) | 2302.3(543) |
| Burglary | 442.3(105) | 281.0(67) | 241.9(58) | 234.4(56) | 271.4(64) |
| Larceny | 3546.8(842) | 3296.7(786) | 3099.2(743) | 2502.7(598) | 2018.2(476) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 345.4(82) | 260.0(62) | 229.4(55) | 280.4(67) | 8.5(2) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Jacksonville 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 Jacksonville 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 Jacksonville Beach calculated?
- Jacksonville 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 Jacksonville 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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