Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2024
Plantation, FL Crime Grade
How Plantation 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
6/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Florida
5/10
vs. Florida cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2024, the violent crime rate in Plantation, FL was 210.0 per 100,000 residents (206 incidents over a population of 98,100). That puts Plantation Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 21% below the Florida statewide rate of 267.4.
That ranks Plantation #2,115 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 44% of them, and #74 of 163 in Florida. Violent crime is down 17% year over year and down 5% over the last five years.
Plantation, FL crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- C (6/10)
- Florida Grade
- B (5/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 210.0 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,115 of 3,771
- FL rank
- #74 of 163
- Safer than
- 44% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 17%
- 5-year change
- down 5%
- Population
- 98,100
- Reporting agency
- Plantation Police Department
- Data year
- 2024 · FBI UCR
Reported by Plantation Police Department (FBI ORI FL0060600) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Plantation (red), Florida (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Plantation vs. U.S., 2024 — 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 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 221.0(211) | 208.0(199) | 264.9(249) | 252.8(248) | 210.0(206) |
| Murder | 2.1(2) | 3.1(3) | 3.2(3) | 3.1(3) | 7.1(7) |
| Rape | 10.5(10) | 14.6(14) | 10.6(10) | 14.3(14) | 12.2(12) |
| Robbery | 95.3(91) | 56.4(54) | 67.0(63) | 66.3(65) | 48.9(48) |
| Aggravated assault | 113.1(108) | 133.8(128) | 184.0(173) | 169.2(166) | 141.7(139) |
| Property crime | 2704.4(2,582) | 2029.9(1,942) | 2506.0(2,356) | 2479.0(2,432) | 2275.2(2,232) |
| Burglary | 168.6(161) | 162.0(155) | 205.3(193) | 151.9(149) | 94.8(93) |
| Larceny | 2254.0(2,152) | 1589.9(1,521) | 2000.8(1,881) | 2037.6(1,999) | 1887.9(1,852) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 277.6(265) | 278.0(266) | 298.9(281) | 287.4(282) | 290.5(285) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Plantation, 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 Plantation 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 Plantation calculated?
- Plantation'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 Plantation 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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