Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Ocala, FL Crime Grade
How Ocala 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
8/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Florida
7/10
vs. Florida cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Ocala, FL was 375.3 per 100,000 residents (270 incidents over a population of 71,947). That puts Ocala Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 46% above the Florida statewide rate of 256.6.
That ranks Ocala #2,947 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 22% of them, and #115 of 163 in Florida. Violent crime is down 26% year over year and down 49% over the last five years.
Ocala, FL crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- D (8/10)
- Florida Grade
- C (7/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 375.3 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,947 of 3,771
- FL rank
- #115 of 163
- Safer than
- 22% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 26%
- 5-year change
- down 49%
- Population
- 71,947
- Reporting agency
- Ocala Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Ocala Police Department (FBI ORI FL0420100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Ocala, FL
Also known as
- Ocola
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. Ocala (red), Florida (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Ocala 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 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 733.0(456) | 537.2(347) | 536.6(356) | 508.2(356) | 375.3(270) |
| Murder | 9.6(6) | 12.4(8) | 16.6(11) | 7.1(5) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 93.2(58) | 99.1(64) | 82.9(55) | 57.1(40) | 37.5(27) |
| Robbery | 83.6(52) | 77.4(50) | 84.4(56) | 58.5(41) | 34.7(25) |
| Aggravated assault | 546.6(340) | 348.3(225) | 352.7(234) | 385.5(270) | 303.0(218) |
| Property crime | 3178.2(1,977) | 3031.1(1,958) | 3033.0(2,012) | 3098.0(2,170) | 2457.4(1,768) |
| Burglary | 461.4(287) | 365.3(236) | 388.9(258) | 278.4(195) | 164.0(118) |
| Larceny | 2699.1(1,679) | 2647.2(1,710) | 2615.4(1,735) | 2782.5(1,949) | 2282.2(1,642) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 4.5(3) | 32.8(23) | 5.6(4) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Ocala, 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 Ocala 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 Ocala calculated?
- Ocala'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 Ocala 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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