Fort Lauderdale, FL crime rate
In 2025 the Fort Lauderdale Police Department reported 672.1 violent crimes and 3,289.8 property crimes per 100,000 residents it covers. The FBI's estimates for Florida and the US for the same year are beside each number.
Data as of 2025 (FBI), checked October 30, 2026. How we got these numbers
Data notes.
- Murder, 2025: possibly incomplete. 12 reported; 4 of 12 months zero (Mar, Aug, Sep, Oct) while other offenses were reported in those months; 2023: 36 reported. The count is shown; its rate is not compared.
- Murder, 2024: possibly incomplete. 19 reported; 3 of 12 months zero (Apr, May, Nov) while other offenses were reported in those months; 2023: 36 reported. The count is shown; its rate is not compared.
How does Fort Lauderdale compare with Florida and the US?
Arson has no FBI state or US estimate, so its row shows Fort Lauderdale only.
What offenses were reported in Fort Lauderdale, 2025?
| Offense | Reported | Per 100k | Florida | US | vs 2024 | vs 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | ||||||
| Violent crime | 1,285 | 672.1 | 260.9 | 327.6 | down 2.2% | 2021: partial year: 5 of 12 months |
| Murder | 12 | 3.2 | 4.1 | See data note | See data note | |
| Rape | 105 | 54.9 | 27.2 | 36.1 | down 19.5% | 2021: partial year: 5 of 12 months |
| Robbery | 302 | 158.0 | 36.5 | 49.4 | down 5.2% | 2021: partial year: 5 of 12 months |
| Aggravated assault | 866 | 452.9 | 193.9 | 238.0 | up 2.5% | 2021: partial year: 5 of 12 months |
| Property crime | ||||||
| Property crime | 6,290 | 3,289.8 | 1,176.1 | 1,534.8 | down 19.0% | 2021: partial year: 5 of 12 months |
| Burglary | 859 | 449.3 | 130.1 | 193.6 | down 11.0% | 2021: partial year: 5 of 12 months |
| Larceny-theft | 4,686 | 2,450.8 | 975.1 | 1,144.1 | down 18.1% | 2021: partial year: 5 of 12 months |
| Motor vehicle theft | 729 | 381.3 | 70.9 | 197.0 | down 31.4% | 2021: partial year: 5 of 12 months |
| Arson | 16 | 8.4 | Not estimated | Not estimated | up 3.7% | 2021: partial year: 5 of 12 months |
Reported = offenses known to the Fort Lauderdale Police Department and sent to the FBI. Florida and US are FBI estimates for the same year. Changes compare rates of full years only.
Violent crime rate, 2021 to 2025
2021: partial year: 5 of 12 months; 2022: partial year: 7 of 12 months. No rate is drawn for those years, and the line breaks there.
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| Year | Fort Lauderdale | United States | Florida |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Partial year: 5 of 12 months | 387.0 | 337.3 |
| 2022 | Partial year: 7 of 12 months | 388.7 | 292.9 |
| 2023 | 719.1 | 379.5 | 292.7 |
| 2024 | 687.0 | 362.9 | 275.2 |
| 2025 | 672.1 | 327.6 | 260.9 |
Property crime rate, 2021 to 2025
2021: partial year: 5 of 12 months; 2022: partial year: 7 of 12 months. No rate is drawn for those years, and the line breaks there.
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| Year | Fort Lauderdale | United States | Florida |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Partial year: 5 of 12 months | 1,832.3 | 1,517.6 |
| 2022 | Partial year: 7 of 12 months | 1,973.8 | 1,606.9 |
| 2023 | 4,726.1 | 1,934.1 | 1,510.9 |
| 2024 | 4,062.5 | 1,761.1 | 1,401.8 |
| 2025 | 3,289.8 | 1,534.8 | 1,176.1 |
Is Fort Lauderdale safe?
We don't rate cities as safe or unsafe. What the FBI's numbers show: in 2025 the violent crime rate the Fort Lauderdale Police Department reported, 672.1 per 100,000 residents, was higher than Florida's 260.9, and higher than the US rate of 327.6 (FBI estimates). It fell 2.2% from 2024.
What these numbers can't tell you:
- How crime differs between neighborhoods (the FBI publishes agency totals only).
- Crimes nobody reported to the police.
- How many offenses involved visitors and commuters, who are not in the population count.
In 2025, Fort Lauderdale police had 6,290 property crimes reported to the FBI, a rate of 3,289.8 per 100,000 residents covered by the Fort Lauderdale Police Department. That is 2.8 times the Florida estimate of 1,176.1 and 2.1 times the US figure of 1,534.8. The violent crime rate was 672.1, from 1,285 offenses, above both the state's 260.9 and the national 327.6.
Since 2023, the first full year in the series, property crime has fallen 30.4% and violent crime 6.5%. Motor vehicle theft fell the most of the property offenses in both spans, 31.4% from 2024 and 41.9% from 2023, to 381.3 per 100,000. It is still 5.4 times the Florida rate.
Burglary, at 449.3 per 100,000, is 3.5 times the state estimate and down 22.2% from 2023. Larceny-theft made up 74% of property crime. Among violent offenses, robbery fell 14.6% from 2023, while rape rose 10.5%.
Aggravated assault was 67% of violent crime, 866 offenses. Murder counts for 2024 and 2025 are flagged as possibly incomplete, because several months came in as zero while other offenses were reported, so no murder rate is given here. Reporting was partial in 2021 (5 of 12 months) and 2022 (7 of 12 months); all 12 months were sent for 2023 through 2025, and the department has reported to NIBRS since 2023.
The Broward County Sheriff's Office and Fort Lauderdale Airport Police report separately, so their cases are not included.
Written from the numbers on this page. Every figure and every comparison is checked against the stored FBI data before publishing.
Police employees, 2025: 3.84 per 1,000 residents (565 officers, 169 civilians), FBI Crime Data Explorer. Shown as context, not as a measure of crime.
Other Florida cities
The nearest Florida cities with a page, in alphabetical order. VC = violent crime per 100,000, 2025.
Sources
- FBI Crime Data Explorer, Fort Lauderdale Police Department (ORI FL0060300), offenses known to law enforcement and police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026. Crime Data Explorer
- FBI Crime Data Explorer, Florida and United States estimated crime (Summary Reporting System estimates), 2021 to 2025.
- FBI, "UCR Statistics: Their Proper Use" (why we don't rank cities).
Every stored file behind this page (11)
- Fort Lauderdale Police Department (FL0060300): violent crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_FL0060300_violent_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Fort Lauderdale Police Department (FL0060300): murder, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_FL0060300_homicide__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Fort Lauderdale Police Department (FL0060300): rape, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_FL0060300_rape__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Fort Lauderdale Police Department (FL0060300): robbery, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_FL0060300_robbery__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Fort Lauderdale Police Department (FL0060300): aggravated assault, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_FL0060300_aggravated_assault__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Fort Lauderdale Police Department (FL0060300): property crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_FL0060300_property_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Fort Lauderdale Police Department (FL0060300): burglary, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_FL0060300_burglary__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Fort Lauderdale Police Department (FL0060300): larceny-theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_FL0060300_larceny__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Fort Lauderdale Police Department (FL0060300): motor vehicle theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_FL0060300_motor_vehicle_theft__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Fort Lauderdale Police Department (FL0060300): arson, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_FL0060300_arson__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Fort Lauderdale Police Department (FL0060300): police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/pe_agency_FL0060300__from-2021-to-2025.json)