Tampa, FL crime rate
In 2025 the Tampa Police Department reported 333.2 violent crimes and 991.4 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
How does Tampa compare with Florida and the US?
Arson has no FBI state or US estimate, so its row shows Tampa only.
What offenses were reported in Tampa, 2025?
| Offense | Reported | Per 100k | Florida | US | vs 2024 | vs 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | ||||||
| Violent crime | 1,404 | 333.2 | 260.9 | 327.6 | down 24.8% | down 23.1% |
| Murder | 17 | 4.0 | 3.2 | 4.1 | down 51.8% | down 60.4% |
| Rape | 128 | 30.4 | 27.2 | 36.1 | down 29.8% | up 13.9% |
| Robbery | 177 | 42.0 | 36.5 | 49.4 | down 28.4% | down 24.5% |
| Aggravated assault | 1,082 | 256.8 | 193.9 | 238.0 | down 22.8% | down 24.6% |
| Property crime | ||||||
| Property crime | 4,177 | 991.4 | 1,176.1 | 1,534.8 | down 32.7% | down 15.8% |
| Burglary | 448 | 106.3 | 130.1 | 193.6 | down 36.8% | down 19.1% |
| Larceny-theft | 3,296 | 782.3 | 975.1 | 1,144.1 | down 32.3% | down 14.7% |
| Motor vehicle theft | 412 | 97.8 | 70.9 | 197.0 | down 32.1% | down 19.6% |
| Arson | 21 | 5.0 | Not estimated | Not estimated | down 18.0% | down 30.6% |
Reported = offenses known to the Tampa 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
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| Year | Tampa | United States | Florida |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 433.1 | 387.0 | 337.3 |
| 2022 | 513.4 | 388.7 | 292.9 |
| 2023 | 470.0 | 379.5 | 292.7 |
| 2024 | 443.2 | 362.9 | 275.2 |
| 2025 | 333.2 | 327.6 | 260.9 |
Property crime rate, 2021 to 2025
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| Year | Tampa | United States | Florida |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1,177.9 | 1,832.3 | 1,517.6 |
| 2022 | 1,752.2 | 1,973.8 | 1,606.9 |
| 2023 | 1,686.4 | 1,934.1 | 1,510.9 |
| 2024 | 1,473.2 | 1,761.1 | 1,401.8 |
| 2025 | 991.4 | 1,534.8 | 1,176.1 |
Is Tampa safe?
We don't rate cities as safe or unsafe. What the FBI's numbers show: in 2025 the violent crime rate the Tampa Police Department reported, 333.2 per 100,000 residents, was higher than Florida's 260.9, and higher than the US rate of 327.6 (FBI estimates). It fell 24.8% 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.
Tampa's property crime rate was below both the Florida estimate and the US rate in 2025: 991.4 per 100,000 residents covered by the Tampa Police Department, against 1,176.1 and 1,534.8. Those figures come from 4,177 property crimes reported to the FBI. The violent rate, 333.2 from 1,404 offenses, was 1.3 times the state's 260.9, and slightly above the national 327.6.
Violent crime fell 24.8% from 2024 and property crime 32.7%. Against 2021, violent crime is down 23.1% and property crime 15.8%, while the Florida violent estimate went from 337.3 to 260.9. Murder fell the most of the violent offenses, 51.8% in the last year and 60.4% since 2021, to 17 homicides, a rate of 4.0 per 100,000.
Rape rose 13.9% from 2021, the largest rise among violent offenses. From 2024 to 2025 it fell 29.8%. Burglary fell the most of the property offenses in the last year, 36.8%, and arson fell the most since 2021, 30.6%.
Aggravated assault was 77% of violent crime and larceny-theft 79% of property crime. All 12 months were sent in each of the 5 years shown; NIBRS reporting began in 2021. The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office, Tampa International Airport and University of South Florida police report on their own, 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: 2.99 per 1,000 residents (969 officers, 292 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, Tampa Police Department (ORI FL0290200), 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)
- Tampa Police Department (FL0290200): violent crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_FL0290200_violent_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Tampa Police Department (FL0290200): murder, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_FL0290200_homicide__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Tampa Police Department (FL0290200): rape, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_FL0290200_rape__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Tampa Police Department (FL0290200): robbery, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_FL0290200_robbery__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Tampa Police Department (FL0290200): aggravated assault, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_FL0290200_aggravated_assault__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Tampa Police Department (FL0290200): property crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_FL0290200_property_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Tampa Police Department (FL0290200): burglary, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_FL0290200_burglary__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Tampa Police Department (FL0290200): larceny-theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_FL0290200_larceny__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Tampa Police Department (FL0290200): motor vehicle theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_FL0290200_motor_vehicle_theft__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Tampa Police Department (FL0290200): arson, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_FL0290200_arson__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- Tampa Police Department (FL0290200): police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/pe_agency_FL0290200__from-2021-to-2025.json)