Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2020
Lantana, FL Crime Grade
How Lantana 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 2020, the violent crime rate in Lantana, FL was 670.6 per 100,000 residents (86 incidents over a population of 12,825). That puts Lantana 68% above the U.S. rate of 399.1 and 75% above the Florida statewide rate of 384.1.
That ranks Lantana #3,494 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 7% of them, and #147 of 163 in Florida. Violent crime is up 3% year over year and up 20% over the last five years.
Lantana, FL crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (10/10)
- Florida Grade
- F (9/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 670.6 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,494 of 3,771
- FL rank
- #147 of 163
- Safer than
- 7% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 3%
- 5-year change
- up 20%
- Population
- 12,825
- Reporting agency
- Lantana Police Department
- Data year
- 2020 · FBI UCR
Reported by Lantana Police Department (FBI ORI FL0502000) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Lantana, FL
Also known as
- Lantona
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. Lantana (red), Florida (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Lantana vs. U.S., 2020 — 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 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 560.5(63) | 627.1(71) | 758.0(91) | 648.2(78) | 670.6(86) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 15.6(2) |
| Rape | 71.2(8) | 70.7(8) | 100.0(12) | 66.5(8) | 46.8(6) |
| Robbery | 195.7(22) | 212.0(24) | 208.2(25) | 191.1(23) | 187.1(24) |
| Aggravated assault | 293.6(33) | 344.5(39) | 449.8(54) | 390.6(47) | 421.1(54) |
| Property crime | 4964.9(558) | 5219.9(591) | 5105.8(613) | 4662.2(561) | 3337.2(428) |
| Burglary | 729.6(82) | 582.9(66) | 241.5(29) | 398.9(48) | 304.1(39) |
| Larceny | 3710.3(417) | 4062.9(460) | 4447.8(534) | 3905.9(470) | 2814.8(361) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 525.0(59) | 574.1(65) | 408.1(49) | 357.4(43) | 202.7(26) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Lantana, 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 Lantana 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 Lantana calculated?
- Lantana'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 Lantana 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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