Miami Beach is a city of 54,000 in Miami-Dade County · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in Miami Beach?
Property crime is high in Miami Beach: a C+, with more property crime than the neighborhoods where 81% of Americans live. Theft makes up 84% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades B, and vehicle theft grades C-.
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Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 462 of 1,000More property crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
19% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Miami Beach as a whole, and 81% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Miami Beach scores 462.
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 Miami Beach, FL at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Miami Beach, 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 Miami Beach
Theft stands out among cities graded C for property crime. For the typical resident of a US city graded C for property crime, the figure is 17.4 thefts a year per 1,000 residents; Miami Beach has 77.9.
One part of Miami Beach stands out for vehicle theft. Car thefts in Flamingo-Lummus & South of Fifth, in south Miami Beach, run at more than double the rate in the rest of the city.
Where property crime is lowest and highest in Miami Beach
In Miami Beach, 13% of residents live in areas graded A or B for property crime, 38% in areas graded C and 49% in areas graded D or F. Property crime grades across Miami Beach run from A- to F.
13%38%49%
A or B 13%C 38%D or F 49%
Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
1Nautilus, northBurglaries run about 70% higher here than in the rest of Miami Beach.B-544
2Oceanfront, northeastActs of vandalism run about 30% lower here than in the rest of Miami Beach.B-542
3West Avenue, Venetian Islands & Bayshore, westBurglaries run about 20% lower here than in the rest of Miami Beach.C+498
4City Center, centralCar thefts run about 30% higher here than in the rest of Miami Beach.C-335
Neighborhood areas of Miami Beach, 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 Miami Beach
CrimeGrade™ estimates Miami Beach has about 93 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, more than triple the rate for the US as a whole and more than triple the rate for 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 Miami Beach, about 84% 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 Miami Beach 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.
Property crime in Miami Beach and nearby cities
Miami Beach has more property crime than 5 of its 9 nearest cities. Bay Harbor Islands and Surfside have the least property crime nearby.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Miami Beach. 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, Miami Beach has more property crime than 66% of them.
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, two set Miami Beach apart: it has 42.0 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally, and 18.7% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally. It also combines many jobs with busy transit: places with both tend to report more theft than places with only one of them, and it runs high here.
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.42.0 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 99% 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.18.7% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 99% 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. 62% of residents here live in walkable areas.B+ (66 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 95% of US city residents
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JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft.96 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 96% of US city residents
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Miami Beach: C (32 of 100).25 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 92% of US city residents
Lit at nightSatellite images show which neighborhoods are lit at night, a sign of busy streets and businesses. Brightly lit places tend to report more theft and vandalism.100% where people liveUS: 78%Higher than for 92% 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 Miami Beach
Property crime costs Miami Beach about $30 million a year, or $552 per resident and about $992 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
$2.3 million
$43
Theft
$22 million
$400
Vehicle theft
$3.4 million
$63
Arson
$65,000
$1
Vandalism
$2.4 million
$45
Total
$30 million
$552
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.
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.
