Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2020
Oakland Park, FL Crime Grade
How Oakland Park 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
9/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Florida
9/10
vs. Florida cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2020, the violent crime rate in Oakland Park, FL was 565.2 per 100,000 residents (258 incidents over a population of 45,646). That puts Oakland Park Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 47% above the Florida statewide rate of 384.1.
That ranks Oakland Park #3,379 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 10% of them, and #139 of 163 in Florida. Violent crime is down 12% year over year and up 17% over the last five years.
Oakland Park, FL crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (9/10)
- Florida Grade
- F (9/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 565.2 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,379 of 3,771
- FL rank
- #139 of 163
- Safer than
- 10% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 12%
- 5-year change
- up 17%
- Population
- 45,646
- Reporting agency
- Oakland Park Police Department
- Data year
- 2020 · FBI UCR
Reported by Oakland Park Police Department (FBI ORI FL0062400) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Oakland Park (red), Florida (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Oakland Park 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 | 483.3(217) | 613.6(275) | 607.9(277) | 641.1(294) | 565.2(258) |
| Murder | 8.9(4) | 2.2(1) | 2.2(1) | 6.5(3) | 6.6(3) |
| Rape | 40.1(18) | 53.6(24) | 39.5(18) | 61.1(28) | 32.9(15) |
| Robbery | 160.3(72) | 187.4(84) | 201.9(92) | 187.5(86) | 188.4(86) |
| Aggravated assault | 273.9(123) | 370.4(166) | 364.3(166) | 386.0(177) | 337.4(154) |
| Property crime | 4594.3(2,063) | 3972.0(1,780) | 3526.9(1,607) | 3864.2(1,772) | 3538.1(1,615) |
| Burglary | 824.0(370) | 687.3(308) | 572.8(261) | 499.4(229) | 357.1(163) |
| Larceny | 3376.2(1,516) | 2929.9(1,313) | 2539.3(1,157) | 3053.0(1,400) | 2878.7(1,314) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 387.5(174) | 345.9(155) | 412.6(188) | 307.5(141) | 297.9(136) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Oakland Park, 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 Oakland Park 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 Oakland Park calculated?
- Oakland Park'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 Oakland Park 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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