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St. Pete Beach, FL crime analytics

Source & Methodology

Analytics built by:   Location, Inc.

Raw data sources:   18,000 local law enforcement agencies in the U.S.

Date(s) & Update Frequency:   "Reflects 2023 calendar year; released from FBI in October 2024 (latest available). Updated annually." Where is 2024 data?

Methodology:   Our nationwide meta-analysis overcomes the issues inherent in any crime database, including non-reporting and reporting errors. This is possible by associating the 9.4 million reported crimes in the U.S, including over 2 million geocoded point locations…. Read more about Scout's Crime Data

The crime rate in St. Pete Beach is considerably higher than the national average across all communities in America from the largest to the smallest, although at 28 crimes per one thousand residents, it is not among the communities with the very highest crime rate. The chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime in St. Pete Beach is 1 in 35. Based on FBI crime data, St. Pete Beach is not one of the safest communities in America. Relative to Florida, St. Pete Beach has a crime rate that is higher than 85% of the state's cities and towns of all sizes.

Importantly, when you compare St. Pete Beach to other communities of similar population, then St. Pete Beach crime rate (violent and property crimes combined) is quite a bit higher than average. Regardless of how St. Pete Beach does relative to all communities in America of all sizes, when NeighborhoodScout compared it to communities of similar population size, its crime rate per thousand residents stands out as higher than most.

Now let us turn to take a look at how St. Pete Beach does for violent crimes specifically, and then how it does for property crimes. This is important because the overall crime rate can be further illuminated by understanding if violent crime or property crimes (or both) are the major contributors to the general rate of crime in St. Pete Beach.

From our analysis, we discovered that violent crime in St. Pete Beach occurs at a rate higher than in most communities of all population sizes in America. The chance that a person will become a victim of a violent crime in St. Pete Beach; such as armed robbery, aggravated assault, rape or murder; is 1 in 397. This equates to a rate of 3 per one thousand inhabitants.

In addition, NeighborhoodScout found that a lot of the crime that takes place in St. Pete Beach is property crime. Property crimes that are tracked for this analysis are burglary, larceny over fifty dollars, motor vehicle theft, and arson. In St. Pete Beach, your chance of becoming a victim of a property crime is one in 39, which is a rate of 26 per one thousand population.

St. Pete Beach Crime Data

total Crime Index

11

(100 is safest)


Safer than 11% of U.S. cities.

St. Pete Beach Annual Crimes

  Violent Property Total

Number of Crimes

22

225

247

Crime Rate
(per 1,000 residents)

2.52

25.77

28.29

Violent Crime

Violent Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

20 15 10 5 0
2.52
2.9
National Median: 4
    St. Pete Beach
    Florida

Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Violent Crime

1 in 397

in St. Pete Beach

1 in 345

in Florida

St. Pete Beach Violent Crimes

Population: 8,732
Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Report Total 0 5 3 14
Rate per 1,000 0.00 0.57 0.34 1.60

United States Violent Crimes

Population: 334,914,895
Murder Rape Robbery Assault
Report Total 19,252 127,216 222,795 884,550
Rate per 1,000 0.06 0.38 0.67 2.64

Property Crime

Property Crime Comparison (per 1,000 residents)

100 75 50 25 0
25.77
15.16
National Median: 19
    St. Pete Beach
    Florida

Chances of Becoming a Victim of a Property Crime

1 in 39

in St. Pete Beach

1 in 66

in Florida

Property Crimes

Population: 8,732
burglary theft motor vehicle theft
Report Total 18 187 20
Rate per 1,000 2.06 21.42 2.29

United States Property Crimes

Population: 334,914,895
burglary theft motor vehicle theft
Report Total 839,563 4,512,064 1,067,522
Rate per 1,000 2.51 13.47 3.19

St. Pete Beach Crimes Per Square Mile

200 150 100 50 0
101
40
National Median: 26.5
    St. Pete Beach
    Florida