Temple Terrace is a city of 27,900 in Hillsborough County, about 8 miles northeast of downtown Tampa · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in Temple Terrace?
Temple Terrace earns an A- for property crime, with more property crime than the neighborhoods where 53% of Americans live. Theft makes up 56% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades B+, and vehicle theft grades A.
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Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 804 of 1,000About as much property crime as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
47% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Temple Terrace as a whole, and 53% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Temple Terrace scores 804.
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 Temple Terrace, FL at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Temple Terrace, 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 Temple Terrace
Burglaries run high for a city with an A for property crime. Temple Terrace has 3.3 burglaries a year per 1,000 residents; for the typical resident of a US city graded A for property crime, the figure is 1.2.
Vehicle theft runs low. Temple Terrace has 1.1 car thefts a year per 1,000 residents, less than half the US rate of 2.7.
Where property crime is lowest and highest in Temple Terrace
Every part of Temple Terrace where people live grades A or B for property crime on the national scale. Property crime grades across Temple Terrace run from A to B.
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A or B 100%
Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Is property crime going up in Temple Terrace?
Reported property crime in Temple Terrace has fallen 23% since 2019. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 21 to 16 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). Property crime changed little from 2023 to 2024.
Property crime, change since 2019
Temple TerraceUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Temple Terrace. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Temple Terrace
Property, US
2016
+34%
+15%
2017
+12%
+12%
2018
+1%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
-14%
-8%
2021
-26%
-10%
2022
-13%
-6%
2023
-20%
-7%
2024
-23%
-15%
Property crime rates and types in Temple Terrace
CrimeGrade™ estimates Temple Terrace has about 21 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 10% less than the US as a whole and close to 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 Temple Terrace, about 56% 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 Temple Terrace Police Department sent the FBI no usable 2024 count of vandalism, so CrimeGrade™ built the figure from the department's own reports for recent years, brought up to 2024.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
Property crime in Temple Terrace and nearby cities
Temple Terrace has more property crime than 9 of its 10 nearest cities. Lutz and Thonotosassa have the least property crime nearby.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Temple Terrace. 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, Temple Terrace has more property crime than 59% of them.
Night lighting, shops and walkability in Temple Terrace
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, one sets Temple Terrace apart: it has 4.0% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally. Places like that tend to report less burglary, vandalism and arson, yet burglary and vandalism run higher here than that would suggest.
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
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.14.0 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 82% 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. 76% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (20 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 61% of US city residents
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Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.4.0% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 74% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft.57 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 71% 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.32% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 70% 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 Temple Terrace
Property crime costs Temple Terrace about $4.0 million a year, or $144 per resident and about $346 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
$830,000
$30
Theft
$1.7 million
$62
Vehicle theft
$480,000
$17
Arson
$20,000
$1
Vandalism
$970,000
$35
Total
$4.0 million
$144
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.
