Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2024

Key West, FL Crime Grade

How Key West 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.

D

National

8/10

vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population

C

Florida

7/10

vs. Florida cities ≥ 10,000 population

In 2024, the violent crime rate in Key West, FL was 352.3 per 100,000 residents (87 incidents over a population of 24,697). That puts Key West 3% below the U.S. rate of 364.7 and 32% above the Florida statewide rate of 267.4.

Violent crime rate, 5-year trend

Per 100,000 residents. Key West (red), Florida (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).

Key West 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.

Offense20192020202220232024
Violent crime391.0(96)440.6(106)477.7(125)356.9(90)352.3(87)
Murder0.0(0)4.2(1)3.8(1)4.0(1)0.0(0)
Rape69.2(17)95.6(23)76.4(20)55.5(14)52.6(13)
Robbery44.8(11)70.7(17)30.6(8)7.9(2)32.4(8)
Aggravated assault276.9(68)270.2(65)366.8(96)289.5(73)267.2(66)
Property crime2993.4(735)1878.6(452)2296.6(601)2129.3(537)2279.6(563)
Burglary293.2(72)178.7(43)214.0(56)142.7(36)214.6(53)
Larceny2406.9(591)1450.5(349)1841.9(482)1986.5(501)2000.2(494)
Motor vehicle theft289.2(71)241.1(58)240.7(63)0.0(0)56.7(14)

How the Crime Grade is calculated

  • Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
  • Metric: Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
  • National decile: Key West's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
  • State decile: Same calculation restricted to Florida cities with population ≥ 10,000.
  • Letter grade: 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
  • Refresh: Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
  • Limits: The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.

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