Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Niceville, FL Crime Grade
How Niceville 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
1/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Florida
1/10
vs. Florida cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Niceville, FL was 32.5 per 100,000 residents (6 incidents over a population of 18,481). That puts Niceville 90% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 87% below the Florida statewide rate of 256.6.
That ranks Niceville #272 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 93% of them, and #4 of 163 in Florida. Violent crime is up 9% year over year and down 53% over the last five years.
Niceville, FL crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- A (1/10)
- Florida Grade
- A (1/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 32.5 / 100k
- National rank
- #272 of 3,771
- FL rank
- #4 of 163
- Safer than
- 93% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 9%
- 5-year change
- down 53%
- Population
- 18,481
- Reporting agency
- Niceville Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Niceville Police Department (FBI ORI FL0460300) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Niceville, FL
Also known as
- Valparaiso
- Boggy
History
On August 17, 1893, the U.S. Postal Service applied the name Boggy to the community's new post office, but on November 5, 1910, the community was renamed Niceville. However, on May 24, 1919, the city was again renamed, this time to Valparaiso, Spanish for "Vale of Paradise." One mile from the town, another community was developing, known locally as New Valparaiso. This created confusion, so on November 1, 1925, the name Niceville was restored. The city was incorporated in 1938.
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. Niceville (red), Florida (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Niceville 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 | 2019 | 2020 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 69.0(11) | 55.1(9) | 18.3(3) | 29.9(5) | 32.5(6) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 6.3(1) | 6.1(1) | 0.0(0) | 17.9(3) | 0.0(0) |
| Robbery | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Aggravated assault | 62.7(10) | 48.9(8) | 18.3(3) | 12.0(2) | 32.5(6) |
| Property crime | 1279.2(204) | 293.7(48) | 164.4(27) | 203.4(34) | 173.2(32) |
| Burglary | 150.5(24) | 79.5(13) | 18.3(3) | 29.9(5) | 21.6(4) |
| Larceny | 1059.8(169) | 195.8(32) | 146.2(24) | 173.5(29) | 151.5(28) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 69.0(11) | 18.4(3) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Niceville, 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 Niceville 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 Niceville calculated?
- Niceville'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 Niceville 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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