Downtown Fort Lauderdale, Fort Lauderdale, FL Drug-Related Crime Rates and Drug-Related Crime Maps

Drug-Related Crime per Capita in Downtown Fort Lauderdale

The map below shows drug-related crime per 1,000 Downtown Fort Lauderdale residents.

 

Downtown Fort Lauderdale, Fort Lauderdale, FL Map of Drug-Related Crime Rates
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1 in 707

Your yearly chance of being a victim of drug-related crime in Downtown Fort Lauderdale is about 1 in 707.

$10

Drug-Related Crime costs the average Downtown Fort Lauderdale resident about $10 per year.

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Crime Grade's drug-related crime map shows the safest places in Downtown Fort Lauderdale in green. The most dangerous areas in Downtown Fort Lauderdale are in red, with moderately safe areas in yellow. Crime rates on the map are weighted by the type and severity of the crime.

Is Downtown Fort Lauderdale, Fort Lauderdale, FL Safe from Drug-Related Crime?

The B+ grade means the rate of drug-related crime is lower than the average US neighborhood. Downtown Fort Lauderdale is in the 76th percentile for safety, meaning 24% of neighborhoods are safer and 76% of neighborhoods are more dangerous. This analysis applies to Downtown Fort Lauderdale's proper boundaries only. See the table on nearby places below for nearby neighborhoods.

The rate of drug-related crime in Downtown Fort Lauderdale is 1.414 per 1,000 residents during a standard year. People who live in Downtown Fort Lauderdale generally consider the southwest part of the neighborhood to be the safest.

Your chance of being a victim of drug-related crime in Downtown Fort Lauderdale may be as high as 1 in 672 in the northwest neighborhoods, or as low as 1 in 768 in the southwest part of the neighborhood.

By a simple count ignoring population, more drug-related crime occurs in the east parts of Downtown Fort Lauderdale, Fort Lauderdale, FL: about 3 per year. The southeast part of Downtown Fort Lauderdale has fewer cases of drug-related crime with only 0 in a typical year.

How Downtown Fort Lauderdale's Drug-Related Crime Rate Compares

The chart below compares the drug-related crime rate in Downtown Fort Lauderdale to the Florida state average and the national average. All rates are the number of crimes per 1,000 residents in a standard year.

Downtown Fort Lauderdale, Fort Lauderdale, FL: 1.414
Florida: 1.168
USA: 3.112

Considering only the drug-related crime rate, Downtown Fort Lauderdale is less safe than the Florida state average and safer than the national average.

See how CrimeGrade calculates these grades and rates on the CrimeGrade methodology page.

The Cost of Drug-Related Crime in Downtown Fort Lauderdale, Fort Lauderdale, FL

Drug-Related Crime is projected to cost the residents of Downtown Fort Lauderdale about $60,639 in 2025, or roughly $10 per resident. This is part of Downtown Fort Lauderdale's overall Cost of Crime™. See the full cost-of-crime breakdown for Downtown Fort Lauderdale, including every crime type and how Downtown Fort Lauderdale compares to other neighborhoods.

Interpreting the Drug-Related Crime Map

Remember that drug-related crime rates are measured per resident. Places with heavy daytime traffic, like shopping districts, airports, and parks, can look more dangerous than they are for the people who live there. See a full guide to reading Downtown Fort Lauderdale's crime maps on the Downtown Fort Lauderdale overall crime page.

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Drug-Related Crime Maps and Rates for Nearby Neighborhoods

Compared to surrounding neighborhoods, the rate of drug-related crime in Downtown Fort Lauderdale is similar. The table below shows Crime Grades for neighborhoods close to Downtown Fort Lauderdale.

Nearby Neighborhood
Overall Crime Grade
Violent Crime Grade
Property Crime Grade
Drug-Related Crime Crime Grade
A-
B-
B+
B+
A-
B-
B+
A-
A+
B
A
A-
B-
C+
C+
B+
C
C-
C-
B
A-
D
A
A-
A-
C+
A-
A-
A-
B
B
B+
A-
B
B+
A-
A-
D
A
A-

Drug-Related Crime in Neighborhood with Similar Populations

Downtown Fort Lauderdale is lower versus other neighborhoods of the same size for drug-related crime. The table below compares drug-related crime in neighborhoods with comparable overall population.

Similar Neighborhood
Overall Crime Grade
Violent Crime Grade
Property Crime Grade
Drug-Related Crime Crime Grade
B+
D
D
A
C-
B+
B+
D-
A
A+
A+
D+
A+
A+
A+
A-
A+
A+
A+
A-
B+
B-
B-
D+
C+
B-
B-
D+
D+
F
F
C-
A
A+
A+
A-
B
B+
B+
D+

Safety and school performance are separate topics, but both shape moving decisions. Using SchoolGrade data, schools in Downtown Fort Lauderdale, Fort Lauderdale, FL average SchoolGrade of B-, with 43% actual proficiency versus 43% projected; overall, schools meet expectations. See Downtown Fort Lauderdale schools on SchoolGrade

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