Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2020
Lauderhill, FL Crime Grade
How Lauderhill 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 2020, the violent crime rate in Lauderhill, FL was 872.7 per 100,000 residents (632 incidents over a population of 72,421). That puts Lauderhill Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 127% above the Florida statewide rate of 384.1.
That ranks Lauderhill #3,638 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 4% of them, and #154 of 163 in Florida. Violent crime is up 11% year over year and down 3% over the last five years.
Lauderhill, FL crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (10/10)
- Florida Grade
- F (10/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 872.7 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,638 of 3,771
- FL rank
- #154 of 163
- Safer than
- 4% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 11%
- 5-year change
- down 3%
- Population
- 72,421
- Reporting agency
- Lauderhill Police Department
- Data year
- 2020 · FBI UCR
Reported by Lauderhill Police Department (FBI ORI FL0061800) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Lauderhill (red), Florida (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Lauderhill 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 | 902.0(654) | 917.1(664) | 758.0(551) | 784.9(571) | 872.7(632) |
| Murder | 13.8(10) | 24.9(18) | 17.9(13) | 17.9(13) | 9.7(7) |
| Rape | 30.3(22) | 27.6(20) | 74.3(54) | 57.7(42) | 40.0(29) |
| Robbery | 340.7(247) | 258.3(187) | 184.3(134) | 141.6(103) | 129.8(94) |
| Aggravated assault | 517.2(375) | 606.3(439) | 481.5(350) | 567.7(413) | 693.2(502) |
| Property crime | 3217.8(2,333) | 3838.1(2,779) | 3190.1(2,319) | 2937.6(2,137) | 2660.8(1,927) |
| Burglary | 746.2(541) | 606.3(439) | 542.0(394) | 496.2(361) | 381.1(276) |
| Larceny | 2002.6(1,452) | 2701.4(1,956) | 2271.2(1,651) | 2118.3(1,541) | 1949.7(1,412) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 467.6(339) | 522.1(378) | 368.7(268) | 314.8(229) | 305.2(221) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Lauderhill, 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 Lauderhill 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 Lauderhill calculated?
- Lauderhill'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 Lauderhill 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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