Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2020
Panama City Beach, FL Crime Grade
How Panama City 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
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 Panama City Beach, FL was 1031.3 per 100,000 residents (131 incidents over a population of 12,703). That puts Panama City Beach 158% above the U.S. rate of 399.1 and 168% above the Florida statewide rate of 384.1.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Panama City Beach (red), Florida (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Panama City Beach 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 | 918.7(118) | 839.3(109) | 850.4(110) | 1002.6(133) | 1031.3(131) |
| Murder | 7.8(1) | 7.7(1) | 15.5(2) | 15.1(2) | 15.7(2) |
| Rape | 147.9(19) | 92.4(12) | 154.6(20) | 150.8(20) | 94.5(12) |
| Robbery | 194.6(25) | 100.1(13) | 162.4(21) | 120.6(16) | 78.7(10) |
| Aggravated assault | 568.4(73) | 639.1(83) | 518.0(67) | 716.1(95) | 842.3(107) |
| Property crime | 8704.5(1,118) | 7245.7(941) | 7429.5(961) | 6347.1(842) | 5951.4(756) |
| Burglary | 879.8(113) | 939.4(122) | 695.8(90) | 678.4(90) | 440.8(56) |
| Larceny | 7731.2(993) | 6244.7(811) | 6695.0(866) | 5638.5(748) | 5423.9(689) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 77.9(10) | 38.5(5) | 30.9(4) | 30.2(4) | 86.6(11) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- Metric: Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- National decile: Panama City Beach's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- State decile: Same calculation restricted to Florida cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- Letter grade: 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- Refresh: Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- Limits: The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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