Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2022
Plant City, FL Crime Grade
How Plant City 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 2022, the violent crime rate in Plant City, FL was 540.2 per 100,000 residents (214 incidents over a population of 39,615). That puts Plant City Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 67% above the Florida statewide rate of 323.9.
That ranks Plant City #3,341 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 11% of them, and #136 of 163 in Florida. Violent crime is up 9% year over year and up 2% over the last five years.
Plant City, FL crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (9/10)
- Florida Grade
- F (9/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 540.2 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,341 of 3,771
- FL rank
- #136 of 163
- Safer than
- 11% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 9%
- 5-year change
- up 2%
- Population
- 39,615
- Reporting agency
- Plant City Police Department
- Data year
- 2022 · FBI UCR
Reported by Plant City Police Department (FBI ORI FL0290100) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Plant City (red), Florida (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Plant City 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 | 531.0(206) | 473.2(186) | 407.8(162) | 493.4(199) | 540.2(214) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 7.6(3) | 7.4(3) | 10.1(4) |
| Rape | 41.2(16) | 33.1(13) | 15.1(6) | 14.9(6) | 5.0(2) |
| Robbery | 97.9(38) | 66.1(26) | 78.0(31) | 89.3(36) | 48.0(19) |
| Aggravated assault | 391.8(152) | 374.0(147) | 307.1(122) | 381.8(154) | 477.1(189) |
| Property crime | 3314.6(1,286) | 3058.1(1,202) | 2718.7(1,080) | 2263.8(913) | 1969.0(780) |
| Burglary | 610.9(237) | 330.7(130) | 226.6(90) | 235.6(95) | 292.8(116) |
| Larceny | 2443.4(948) | 2437.3(958) | 2195.1(872) | 1795.2(724) | 1471.7(583) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 232.0(90) | 279.9(110) | 279.4(111) | 215.7(87) | 196.9(78) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Plant City, 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 Plant City 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 Plant City calculated?
- Plant City'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 Plant City 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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