Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2022
New Smyrna Beach, FL Crime Grade
How New Smyrna 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
5/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Florida
4/10
vs. Florida cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2022, the violent crime rate in New Smyrna Beach, FL was 166.5 per 100,000 residents (53 incidents over a population of 31,839). That puts New Smyrna Beach Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 49% below the Florida statewide rate of 323.9.
That ranks New Smyrna Beach #1,789 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 53% of them, and #60 of 163 in Florida. Violent crime is down 37% year over year and down 57% over the last five years.
New Smyrna Beach, FL crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- B (5/10)
- Florida Grade
- B (4/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 166.5 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,789 of 3,771
- FL rank
- #60 of 163
- Safer than
- 53% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 37%
- 5-year change
- down 57%
- Population
- 31,839
- Reporting agency
- New Smyrna Beach Police Department
- Data year
- 2022 · FBI UCR
Reported by New Smyrna Beach Police Department (FBI ORI FL0640300) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About New Smyrna Beach, FL
Also known as
- New Smyrna
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. New Smyrna Beach (red), Florida (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
New Smyrna Beach vs. U.S., 2022 — 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 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 388.9(102) | 356.4(96) | 241.5(67) | 264.3(75) | 166.5(53) |
| Murder | 7.6(2) | 3.7(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 11.4(3) | 7.4(2) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Robbery | 19.1(5) | 33.4(9) | 36.0(10) | 28.2(8) | 18.8(6) |
| Aggravated assault | 350.7(92) | 311.8(84) | 205.5(57) | 236.1(67) | 147.6(47) |
| Property crime | 2859.3(750) | 2543.0(685) | 2025.7(562) | 1617.3(459) | 848.0(270) |
| Burglary | 568.1(149) | 490.0(132) | 385.7(107) | 285.4(81) | 122.5(39) |
| Larceny | 2085.4(547) | 1826.5(492) | 1528.3(424) | 1201.6(341) | 634.4(202) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 198.2(52) | 222.7(60) | 111.7(31) | 126.8(36) | 87.9(28) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the New Smyrna 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 New Smyrna 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 New Smyrna Beach calculated?
- New Smyrna 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 New Smyrna 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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