Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Port St. Lucie, FL Crime Grade
How Port St. Lucie 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
4/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Florida
3/10
vs. Florida cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Port St. Lucie, FL was 126.9 per 100,000 residents (347 incidents over a population of 273,427). That puts Port St. Lucie Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 51% below the Florida statewide rate of 256.6.
That ranks Port St. Lucie #1,395 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 63% of them, and #42 of 163 in Florida. Violent crime is up 28% year over year and down 14% over the last five years.
Port St. Lucie, FL crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- B (4/10)
- Florida Grade
- A (3/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 126.9 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,395 of 3,771
- FL rank
- #42 of 163
- Safer than
- 63% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 28%
- 5-year change
- down 14%
- Population
- 273,427
- Reporting agency
- Port St. Lucie Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Port St. Lucie Police Department (FBI ORI FL0560200) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Port St. Lucie (red), Florida (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Port St. Lucie 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 | 2019 | 2020 | 2022 | 2023 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 146.9(293) | 127.9(264) | 116.7(267) | 99.0(243) | 126.9(347) |
| Murder | 3.5(7) | 2.4(5) | 2.6(6) | 2.0(5) | 1.5(4) |
| Rape | 21.6(43) | 17.0(35) | 10.1(23) | 9.4(23) | 9.5(26) |
| Robbery | 23.6(47) | 19.4(40) | 13.1(30) | 13.4(33) | 8.4(23) |
| Aggravated assault | 98.3(196) | 89.1(184) | 90.9(208) | 74.2(182) | 107.5(294) |
| Property crime | 852.4(1,700) | 808.4(1,669) | 762.5(1,745) | 749.8(1,840) | 621.7(1,700) |
| Burglary | 88.8(177) | 91.5(189) | 74.3(170) | 66.4(163) | 80.1(219) |
| Larceny | 721.0(1,438) | 668.9(1,381) | 649.8(1,487) | 632.9(1,553) | 540.5(1,478) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 40.6(81) | 46.5(96) | 37.6(86) | 49.7(122) | 0.7(2) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Port St. Lucie, 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 Port St. Lucie 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 Port St. Lucie calculated?
- Port St. Lucie'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 Port St. Lucie 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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