Gainesville, FL crime rate
In 2025 the Gainesville Police Department reported 633.7 violent crimes and 2,199.2 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.
- Motor vehicle theft, 2024: unusual change, check the source. 2023: 24, 2024: 152, 2025: 16 (over 160% of both neighbouring years). Changes to and from 2024 are not shown.
How does Gainesville compare with Florida and the US?
Arson has no FBI state or US estimate, so its row shows Gainesville only.
What offenses were reported in Gainesville, 2025?
| Offense | Reported | Per 100k | Florida | US | vs 2024 | vs 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | ||||||
| Violent crime | 953 | 633.7 | 260.9 | 327.6 | down 15.9% | 2021: partial year: 2 of 12 months |
| Murder | 3 | 2.0 | 3.2 | 4.1 | down 58.3% | 2021: partial year: 2 of 12 months |
| Rape | 127 | 84.5 | 27.2 | 36.1 | down 14.3% | 2021: partial year: 2 of 12 months |
| Robbery | 123 | 81.8 | 36.5 | 49.4 | down 38.6% | 2021: partial year: 2 of 12 months |
| Aggravated assault | 700 | 465.5 | 193.9 | 238.0 | down 9.9% | 2021: partial year: 2 of 12 months |
| Property crime | ||||||
| Property crime | 3,307 | 2,199.2 | 1,176.1 | 1,534.8 | down 19.6% | 2021: partial year: 2 of 12 months |
| Burglary | 310 | 206.1 | 130.1 | 193.6 | down 33.1% | 2021: partial year: 2 of 12 months |
| Larceny-theft | 2,965 | 1,971.7 | 975.1 | 1,144.1 | down 14.8% | 2021: partial year: 2 of 12 months |
| Motor vehicle theft | 16 | 10.6 | 70.9 | 197.0 | See data note | 2021: partial year: 2 of 12 months |
| Arson | 16 | 10.6 | Not estimated | Not estimated | up 20.5% | 2021: partial year: 2 of 12 months |
Reported = offenses known to the Gainesville 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: 2 of 12 months. No rate is drawn for that year, and the line breaks there.
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| Year | Gainesville | United States | Florida |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Partial year: 2 of 12 months | 387.0 | 337.3 |
| 2022 | 800.0 | 388.7 | 292.9 |
| 2023 | 748.9 | 379.5 | 292.7 |
| 2024 | 753.6 | 362.9 | 275.2 |
| 2025 | 633.7 | 327.6 | 260.9 |
Property crime rate, 2021 to 2025
2021: partial year: 2 of 12 months. No rate is drawn for that year, and the line breaks there.
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| Year | Gainesville | United States | Florida |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Partial year: 2 of 12 months | 1,832.3 | 1,517.6 |
| 2022 | 2,751.5 | 1,973.8 | 1,606.9 |
| 2023 | 2,926.9 | 1,934.1 | 1,510.9 |
| 2024 | 2,735.6 | 1,761.1 | 1,401.8 |
| 2025 | 2,199.2 | 1,534.8 | 1,176.1 |
Is Gainesville safe?
We don't rate cities as safe or unsafe. What the FBI's numbers show: in 2025 the violent crime rate the Gainesville Police Department reported, 633.7 per 100,000 residents, was higher than Florida's 260.9, and higher than the US rate of 327.6 (FBI estimates). It fell 15.9% 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.
Gainesville's violent crime rate in 2025, 633.7 per 100,000 residents covered by the Gainesville Police Department, came from 953 offenses reported to the FBI. It was 2.4 times the Florida estimate of 260.9 and 1.9 times the US rate of 327.6. Property crime stood at 2,199.2 per 100,000, above the state's 1,176.1 and the national 1,534.8.
Both measures fell in the last year, violent crime by 15.9% and property crime by 19.6%. From 2022, the first full year shown, violent crime is down 20.8% from 800.0 and property crime 20.1% from 2,751.5. Robbery fell 38.6% from 2024 and burglary 33.1%.
Rape, at 84.5 per 100,000, was 3.1 times the state rate and down 35.6% since 2022. Aggravated assault made up 73% of violent crime, and larceny-theft 90% of property crime. Police recorded 3 homicides in 2025, or 2.0 per 100,000, where the US rate was 4.1.
The 2024 motor vehicle theft count is flagged as an unusual change, so that offense is not compared and the property offenses are not ranked. 2021 is a partial year: 2 of 12 months. Every month was sent in the later years, with NIBRS reporting since 2021. The Alachua County Sheriff's Office reports separately, so its cases are not part of these figures.
Written from the numbers on this page. Every figure and every comparison is checked against the stored FBI data before publishing.
Police employees, 2025: 2.28 per 1,000 residents (242 officers, 101 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, Gainesville Police Department (ORI FL0010100), 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)
- Gainesville Police Department (FL0010100): violent crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_FL0010100_violent_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Gainesville Police Department (FL0010100): murder, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_FL0010100_homicide__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Gainesville Police Department (FL0010100): rape, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_FL0010100_rape__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Gainesville Police Department (FL0010100): robbery, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_FL0010100_robbery__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Gainesville Police Department (FL0010100): aggravated assault, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_FL0010100_aggravated_assault__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Gainesville Police Department (FL0010100): property crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_FL0010100_property_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Gainesville Police Department (FL0010100): burglary, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_FL0010100_burglary__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Gainesville Police Department (FL0010100): larceny-theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_FL0010100_larceny__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Gainesville Police Department (FL0010100): motor vehicle theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_FL0010100_motor_vehicle_theft__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Gainesville Police Department (FL0010100): arson, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_FL0010100_arson__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Gainesville Police Department (FL0010100): police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/pe_agency_FL0010100__from-2021-to-2025.json)