Cape Coral is the eighth-largest city in Florida, with 216,900 residents in Lee County, about 7 miles west of downtown Fort Myers · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in Cape Coral?
Cape Coral earns an A for property crime, safer than the neighborhoods where 62% of Americans live. Theft makes up 65% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades A-, and vehicle theft grades A+.
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Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 877 of 1,000Less property crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
62% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Cape Coral as a whole, and 38% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Cape Coral scores 877.
Crime is concentrated in a small share of places, so most neighborhoods score high on the 0 to 1,000 scale. That is why a score in the 800s can still mean more property crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its property crime with the homes, parked cars and people there, on one national scale, from green for the least to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy shopping center can show red while the homes beside it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a strong connection. Compare high speed internet in Cape Coral, FL at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Cape Coral, and anyone thinking about buying or renting a home there.
Business and enterprise customers: this free map shows neighborhood areas. CrimeGrade™ business reports map crime at about 66-meter detail and estimate it for one address and type of business. See business reports
What stands out about property crime in Cape Coral
One part of Cape Coral stands out for vehicle theft. Car thefts in Casa Di Fiori, in east Cape Coral, run at more than double the rate in the rest of the city.
Thefts from cars happen at homes far more often than nationally. In Cape Coral, 60% of reported thefts from cars happen at homes, against 34% nationally.
Where property crime is lowest and highest in Cape Coral
Every part of Cape Coral where people live grades A or B for property crime on the national scale. Property crime grades across Cape Coral run from A+ to B+.
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Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
1Mariner, northThefts run about 20% lower here than in the rest of Cape Coral.A900
2Pelican, southThefts run about 60% higher here than in the rest of Cape Coral.A848
3Casa Di Fiori, eastBurglaries run about 30% higher here than in the rest of Cape Coral.A-839
Neighborhood areas of Cape Coral, ranked by property crime CrimeGrade™; beside each grade is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer). Each one combines several of the smaller areas on the map.
Property crime rates and types in Cape Coral
CrimeGrade™ estimates Cape Coral has about 13 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 45% less than the US as a whole and 30% less than Florida.
All property crime
Burglary
Vehicle theft
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. Property crime here includes vandalism, which the FBI's property crime rate leaves out.
Theft is the most common property crime in Cape Coral, about 65% of the total, followed by vandalism and burglary.
Each CrimeGrade™ here compares a property crime with what it affects: homes for burglary and arson, parked cars for vehicle theft, people and parking for theft, homes and businesses for vandalism. Rates count crimes per 1,000 residents.
The Cape Coral Police Department's counts of burglary, theft, vehicle theft and vandalism in the FBI's 2024 data were incomplete, so CrimeGrade™ used Florida's own crime records instead.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
Where and when property crime happens in Cape Coral
Cape Coral has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Cape Coral, 67% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (67%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Theft from cars
Homes (60%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (55%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times; they are over one in five for vandalism, aggravated assault.
Property crime in Cape Coral and nearby cities
Of the 10 cities closest to Cape Coral, 8 have less property crime. St. James City and Bokeelia have the least.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Cape Coral. Beside each property crime CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with cities of similar size and density, Cape Coral is safer than 75% of them.
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, two set Cape Coral apart: it has 21 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole, and 2% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally. Places like that tend to report less theft; here theft sits near the national middle.
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft.21 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 86% of US city residents
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more car theft.2% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 85% of US city residents
Walk GradeBestNeighborhood's grade for getting through daily life on foot, traced along real walking routes to shops, schools and parks. Walkable places tend to report more theft. 93% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D- (9 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 78% of US city residents
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Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.8.1 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 71% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.2.2 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 68% of US city residents
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.6.9% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 62% of US city residents
These traits tend to go with more or less crime; none of them causes it on its own. Sources: Census job counts and housing figures, OpenStreetMap and Overture business listings, CrimeGrade™ parking estimates, NASA night-light imagery, US Forest Service tree cover, EPA transit data and BestNeighborhood's Walk Grade.
What property crime costs Cape Coral
Property crime costs Cape Coral about $19 million a year, or $85 per resident and about $239 per household: the value of what is stolen or damaged, plus the police, courts and prisons that respond.
Cost of property crime per resident, per year
How the cost breaks down
Pain and suffering add little to the cost of property crime, so this is close to its full cost.
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Burglary
$3.2 million
$15
Theft
$9.5 million
$44
Vehicle theft
$2.3 million
$10
Arson
$37,000
under $1
Vandalism
$3.6 million
$16
Total
$19 million
$85
How CrimeGrade™ works
The property crime CrimeGrade™ covers burglary, theft, car theft, arson and vandalism, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most, on one scale for the whole country.
It weighs each property crime against what it affects: homes for burglary and arson, parked cars for car theft, and the people and parking around stores for theft.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them. Cape Coral is the other kind of example: few people work in, shop in or visit it, so its crime per resident looks lower than its CrimeGrade™ suggests.
Comparisons with US neighborhoods use the Census Bureau's block groups, small areas of about 1,400 residents, and count the people who live in each. The figures count crimes reported to police; many crimes, shoplifting above all, never are. Behind the grades, CrimeGrade™ tested 21,607 factors from 125 data families. For business owners, paid CrimeGrade™ location reports estimate crime at a single address for each type of business.
Where the numbers come from
Crime reports that police departments file with the FBI
State crime records and city crime data, where they are published
Published research on what crime costs victims and communities
These are estimates of reported crime for whole areas, not a record of what happened on any one street. CrimeGrade™ updates them once a year and provides them free and without guarantee. Check local sources before you rely on them for a decision.
