Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2024
St. Petersburg, FL Crime Grade
How St. Petersburg 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
9/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Florida
9/10
vs. Florida cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2024, the violent crime rate in St. Petersburg, FL was 619.6 per 100,000 residents (1,642 incidents over a population of 264,999). That puts St. Petersburg Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 132% above the Florida statewide rate of 267.4.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. St. Petersburg (red), Florida (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
St. Petersburg 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 | 595.5(1,594) | 662.0(1,772) | 629.3(1,622) | 578.9(1,519) | 619.6(1,642) |
| Murder | 6.4(17) | 5.6(15) | 6.2(16) | 5.0(13) | 6.8(18) |
| Rape | — | — | — | — | — |
| Robbery | — | — | — | — | — |
| Aggravated assault | — | — | — | — | — |
| Property crime | — | — | — | — | — |
| Burglary | — | — | — | — | — |
| Larceny | — | — | — | — | — |
| Motor vehicle theft | — | — | — | — | — |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- Metric: Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- National decile: St. Petersburg's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- State decile: Same calculation restricted to Florida cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- Letter grade: 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- Refresh: Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- Limits: The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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