Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2020
Rockledge, FL Crime Grade
How Rockledge 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 2020, the violent crime rate in Rockledge, FL was 209.7 per 100,000 residents (60 incidents over a population of 28,614). That puts Rockledge Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 45% below the Florida statewide rate of 384.1.
That ranks Rockledge #2,113 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 44% of them, and #73 of 163 in Florida. Violent crime is down 5% year over year and down 32% over the last five years.
Rockledge, FL crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- C (6/10)
- Florida Grade
- B (5/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 209.7 / 100k
- National rank
- #2,113 of 3,771
- FL rank
- #73 of 163
- Safer than
- 44% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 5%
- 5-year change
- down 32%
- Population
- 28,614
- Reporting agency
- Rockledge Police Department
- Data year
- 2020 · FBI UCR
Reported by Rockledge Police Department (FBI ORI FL0050900) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Rockledge, FL
Also known as
- Rock Ledge
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. Rockledge (red), Florida (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Rockledge 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 | 307.8(83) | 295.3(81) | 219.0(61) | 220.8(62) | 209.7(60) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 3.6(1) | 0.0(0) | 3.6(1) | 10.5(3) |
| Rape | 37.1(10) | 21.9(6) | 25.1(7) | 21.4(6) | 24.5(7) |
| Robbery | 51.9(14) | 32.8(9) | 21.5(6) | 24.9(7) | 14.0(4) |
| Aggravated assault | 218.8(59) | 236.9(65) | 172.3(48) | 171.0(48) | 160.8(46) |
| Property crime | 1917.2(517) | 1731.6(475) | 1468.5(409) | 1396.1(392) | 1198.7(343) |
| Burglary | 389.4(105) | 277.0(76) | 258.5(72) | 210.1(59) | 174.7(50) |
| Larceny | 1338.7(361) | 1294.1(355) | 1109.4(309) | 1029.3(289) | 891.2(255) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 170.6(46) | 149.5(41) | 96.9(27) | 146.0(41) | 132.8(38) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Rockledge, 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 Rockledge 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 Rockledge calculated?
- Rockledge'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 Rockledge 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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