Miami, FL crime rate
In 2025 the Miami Police Department reported 358.5 violent crimes and 2,243.4 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. 26 reported; 3 of 12 months zero (Mar, May, Sep) while other offenses were reported in those months; 2024: 29 reported. The count is shown; its rate is not compared.
How does Miami compare with Florida and the US?
Arson has no FBI state or US estimate, so its row shows Miami only.
What offenses were reported in Miami, 2025?
| Offense | Reported | Per 100k | Florida | US | vs 2024 | vs 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | ||||||
| Violent crime | 1,788 | 358.5 | 260.9 | 327.6 | down 25.8% | 2021: partial year: 4 of 12 months |
| Murder | 26 | 3.2 | 4.1 | See data note | See data note | |
| Rape | 96 | 19.2 | 27.2 | 36.1 | down 23.8% | 2021: partial year: 4 of 12 months |
| Robbery | 388 | 77.8 | 36.5 | 49.4 | down 20.0% | 2021: partial year: 4 of 12 months |
| Aggravated assault | 1,278 | 256.2 | 193.9 | 238.0 | down 27.7% | 2021: partial year: 4 of 12 months |
| Property crime | ||||||
| Property crime | 11,190 | 2,243.4 | 1,176.1 | 1,534.8 | down 25.9% | 2021: partial year: 4 of 12 months |
| Burglary | 1,035 | 207.5 | 130.1 | 193.6 | down 30.7% | 2021: partial year: 4 of 12 months |
| Larceny-theft | 9,027 | 1,809.8 | 975.1 | 1,144.1 | down 21.5% | 2021: partial year: 4 of 12 months |
| Motor vehicle theft | 1,096 | 219.7 | 70.9 | 197.0 | down 46.6% | 2021: partial year: 4 of 12 months |
| Arson | 32 | 6.4 | Not estimated | Not estimated | down 39.6% | 2021: partial year: 4 of 12 months |
Reported = offenses known to the Miami 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: 4 of 12 months; 2022: partial year: 9 of 12 months. No rate is drawn for those years, and the line breaks there.
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| Year | Miami | United States | Florida |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Partial year: 4 of 12 months | 387.0 | 337.3 |
| 2022 | Partial year: 9 of 12 months | 388.7 | 292.9 |
| 2023 | 495.7 | 379.5 | 292.7 |
| 2024 | 483.1 | 362.9 | 275.2 |
| 2025 | 358.5 | 327.6 | 260.9 |
Property crime rate, 2021 to 2025
2021: partial year: 4 of 12 months; 2022: partial year: 9 of 12 months. No rate is drawn for those years, and the line breaks there.
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| Year | Miami | United States | Florida |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Partial year: 4 of 12 months | 1,832.3 | 1,517.6 |
| 2022 | Partial year: 9 of 12 months | 1,973.8 | 1,606.9 |
| 2023 | 2,947.7 | 1,934.1 | 1,510.9 |
| 2024 | 3,025.7 | 1,761.1 | 1,401.8 |
| 2025 | 2,243.4 | 1,534.8 | 1,176.1 |
Is Miami safe?
We don't rate cities as safe or unsafe. What the FBI's numbers show: in 2025 the violent crime rate the Miami Police Department reported, 358.5 per 100,000 residents, was higher than Florida's 260.9, and higher than the US rate of 327.6 (FBI estimates). It fell 25.8% 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.
Miami police reported 1,788 violent crimes and 11,190 property crimes for 2025, the counts reported to the FBI. Per 100,000 residents covered by the Miami Police Department, the violent rate was 358.5, which is 1.4 times the Florida estimate of 260.9 and 1.1 times the US rate of 327.6. The property rate, 2,243.4, was 1.9 times the state's 1,176.1 and 1.5 times the national 1,534.8.
Violent crime fell 25.8% from 2024 and 27.7% from 2023, the first full year shown; property crime fell 25.9% and 23.9% in the same spans. Motor vehicle theft fell the most of the property offenses, 46.6% in the last year and 51.9% since 2023, to 219.7 per 100,000. Burglary fell 30.7% from 2024 and larceny-theft 21.5%; larceny-theft made up 81% of property crime.
Robbery, at 77.8 per 100,000, was 2.1 times the state rate after falling 20.0% in the last year. Aggravated assault accounted for 71% of violent crime and was down 27.7% from 2024. The 2025 murder count is flagged as possibly incomplete, since several months were sent as zero while other offenses were reported, so it is not shown as a rate here.
Reporting covered 4 of 12 months in 2021 and 9 of 12 in 2022, so those are partial years; the department has used NIBRS since 2022. The Miami-Dade County Police Department and Miami-Dade County Public Schools report separately, and their cases are not in these numbers.
Written from the numbers on this page. Every figure and every comparison is checked against the stored FBI data before publishing.
Police employees, 2025: 3.41 per 1,000 residents (1,362 officers, 339 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, Miami Police Department (ORI FL0130600), 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)
- Miami Police Department (FL0130600): violent crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_FL0130600_violent_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Miami Police Department (FL0130600): murder, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_FL0130600_homicide__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Miami Police Department (FL0130600): rape, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_FL0130600_rape__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Miami Police Department (FL0130600): robbery, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_FL0130600_robbery__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Miami Police Department (FL0130600): aggravated assault, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_FL0130600_aggravated_assault__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Miami Police Department (FL0130600): property crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_FL0130600_property_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Miami Police Department (FL0130600): burglary, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_FL0130600_burglary__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Miami Police Department (FL0130600): larceny-theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_FL0130600_larceny__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Miami Police Department (FL0130600): motor vehicle theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_FL0130600_motor_vehicle_theft__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Miami Police Department (FL0130600): arson, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_FL0130600_arson__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Miami Police Department (FL0130600): police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/pe_agency_FL0130600__from-2021-to-2025.json)