Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Punta Gorda, FL Crime Grade
How Punta Gorda 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
1/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Florida
1/10
vs. Florida cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Punta Gorda, FL was 9.7 per 100,000 residents (2 incidents over a population of 20,614). That puts Punta Gorda 97% below the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 96% below the Florida statewide rate of 256.6.
That ranks Punta Gorda #64 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 98% of them, and #1 of 163 in Florida. Violent crime is down 88% year over year and down 86% over the last five years.
Punta Gorda, FL crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- A (1/10)
- Florida Grade
- A (1/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 9.7 / 100k
- National rank
- #64 of 3,771
- FL rank
- #1 of 163
- Safer than
- 98% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 88%
- 5-year change
- down 86%
- Population
- 20,614
- Reporting agency
- Punta Gorda Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Punta Gorda Police Department (FBI ORI FL0080200) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Punta Gorda (red), Florida (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Punta Gorda 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 | 2020 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 67.4(14) | 14.7(3) | 61.4(13) | 78.2(16) | 9.7(2) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 4.7(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 9.4(2) | 4.9(1) | 0.0(0) |
| Robbery | 9.6(2) | 0.0(0) | 4.7(1) | 4.9(1) | 0.0(0) |
| Aggravated assault | 57.8(12) | 14.7(3) | 42.5(9) | 68.4(14) | 9.7(2) |
| Property crime | 1314.6(273) | 196.1(40) | 297.6(63) | 659.4(135) | 907.2(187) |
| Burglary | 67.4(14) | 34.3(7) | 18.9(4) | 29.3(6) | 67.9(14) |
| Larceny | 1160.6(241) | 161.8(33) | 278.7(59) | 630.1(129) | 834.4(172) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 81.9(17) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Punta Gorda, 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 Punta Gorda 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 Punta Gorda calculated?
- Punta Gorda'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 Punta Gorda 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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