Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2020
Winter Springs, FL Crime Grade
How Winter Springs 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
5/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Florida
4/10
vs. Florida cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2020, the violent crime rate in Winter Springs, FL was 174.7 per 100,000 residents (66 incidents over a population of 37,788). That puts Winter Springs 56% below the U.S. rate of 399.1 and 55% below the Florida statewide rate of 384.1.
That ranks Winter Springs #1,858 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 51% of them, and #63 of 163 in Florida. Violent crime is up 44% year over year and up 14% over the last five years.
Winter Springs, FL crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- B (5/10)
- Florida Grade
- B (4/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 174.7 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,858 of 3,771
- FL rank
- #63 of 163
- Safer than
- 51% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 44%
- 5-year change
- up 14%
- Population
- 37,788
- Reporting agency
- Winter Springs Police Department
- Data year
- 2020 · FBI UCR
Reported by Winter Springs Police Department (FBI ORI FL0590600) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Winter Springs, FL
Also known as
- North Orlando
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. Winter Springs (red), Florida (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Winter Springs 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 | 153.8(54) | 125.0(45) | 153.5(57) | 121.5(46) | 174.7(66) |
| Murder | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) | 2.7(1) | 0.0(0) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 17.1(6) | 19.4(7) | 35.0(13) | 31.7(12) | 26.5(10) |
| Robbery | 31.3(11) | 22.2(8) | 16.2(6) | 10.6(4) | 21.2(8) |
| Aggravated assault | 105.4(37) | 83.3(30) | 99.6(37) | 79.3(30) | 127.0(48) |
| Property crime | 1253.6(440) | 966.8(348) | 737.8(274) | 657.8(249) | 759.5(287) |
| Burglary | 210.8(74) | 205.6(74) | 150.8(56) | 171.7(65) | 158.8(60) |
| Larceny | 988.6(347) | 680.7(245) | 535.9(199) | 414.8(157) | 521.3(197) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 54.1(19) | 80.6(29) | 51.2(19) | 71.3(27) | 74.1(28) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Winter Springs, 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 Winter Springs 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 Winter Springs calculated?
- Winter Springs'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 Winter Springs 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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