Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2020
Pompano Beach, FL Crime Grade
How Pompano 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 Pompano Beach, FL was 737.2 per 100,000 residents (837 incidents over a population of 113,545). That puts Pompano Beach Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 92% above the Florida statewide rate of 384.1.
That ranks Pompano Beach #3,556 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 6% of them, and #149 of 163 in Florida. Violent crime is down 7% year over year and down 13% over the last five years.
Pompano Beach, FL crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (10/10)
- Florida Grade
- F (10/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 737.2 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,556 of 3,771
- FL rank
- #149 of 163
- Safer than
- 6% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 7%
- 5-year change
- down 13%
- Population
- 113,545
- Reporting agency
- Pompano Beach Police Department
- Data year
- 2020 · FBI UCR
Reported by Pompano Beach Police Department (FBI ORI FL0060700) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Pompano Beach, FL
Also known as
- Pompano
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. Pompano Beach (red), Florida (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Pompano 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 | 851.3(931) | 862.9(958) | 781.8(876) | 792.7(900) | 737.2(837) |
| Murder | 6.4(7) | 7.2(8) | 5.4(6) | 7.0(8) | 16.7(19) |
| Rape | 70.4(77) | 54.9(61) | 81.2(91) | 64.3(73) | 54.6(62) |
| Robbery | 314.6(344) | 369.3(410) | 278.5(312) | 279.2(317) | 214.9(244) |
| Aggravated assault | 459.9(503) | 431.4(479) | 416.8(467) | 442.2(502) | 450.9(512) |
| Property crime | 4767.7(5,214) | 4807.8(5,338) | 3848.5(4,312) | 3774.1(4,285) | 2778.6(3,155) |
| Burglary | 825.7(903) | 808.8(898) | 542.6(608) | 582.2(661) | 382.2(434) |
| Larceny | 3418.0(3,738) | 3264.1(3,624) | 2785.5(3,121) | 2693.4(3,058) | 1970.1(2,237) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 515.7(564) | 727.8(808) | 515.9(578) | 491.5(558) | 414.8(471) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Pompano Beach, 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 Pompano Beach 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 Pompano Beach calculated?
- Pompano Beach'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 Pompano Beach 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.
Nearby cities in Florida
Comparable Florida cities by population.
Compare Pompano Beach to other places
Want crime data for your application?
SpotCrime's Real-Time Crime Data API delivers incident-level data, not just aggregate grades. Used by family-safety apps, real-estate platforms, executive protection teams, and government agencies.