The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Auburndale, FL
Auburndale is a city of 36,200 in Polk County, about 10 miles east of downtown Lakeland · Updated November 2026
Is Auburndale, FL safe?
Yes, crime in Auburndale is low, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of A-. Because most US neighborhoods are safe as well, Auburndale sits near the middle: safer than the neighborhoods where 41% of Americans live. Property crime grades better than violent crime here, A- against B+. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Auburndale run from A+ to C-, so check the map below.
A-
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 788 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
41% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Auburndale as a whole, and 59% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Auburndale scores 788.
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 crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its crime with the people, homes and cars there, on one national scale, from green for the least crime 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 Auburndale, FL at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Auburndale, 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 in Auburndale
Robbery stands out among A-graded cities. For the typical resident of an A-graded US city, the figure is 0.13 robberies a year per 1,000 residents; Auburndale has 0.28.
Vehicle theft is a strength. Auburndale grades A- for property crime, but vehicle theft grades A+, better than in the neighborhoods where 72% of Americans live.
The safest and least safe parts of Auburndale
Low crime is the norm across Auburndale: 94% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and the rest in areas graded C. Grades across Auburndale run from A+ to C-; 58% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
94%
A or B 94%C 6%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Auburndale, the north side has the least crime and the southeast side the most.
Is crime going up in Auburndale?
Reported crime in Auburndale has fallen since 2019: violent crime is down 31% and property crime down 48%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 3.5 to 2.4 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 44 to 23 (US: 18). Neither changed much from 2023 to 2024.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
AuburndaleUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Auburndale. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Auburndale
Violent, US
Property, Auburndale
Property, US
2016
-40%
+4%
-12%
+15%
2017
-32%
+4%
-26%
+12%
2018
-32%
+0%
-17%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+0%
+4%
-25%
-8%
2021
-9%
+6%
-43%
-10%
2022
-3%
+5%
-42%
-6%
2023
-21%
+2%
-52%
-7%
2024
-31%
-4%
-48%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Auburndale
CrimeGrade™ estimates Auburndale has about 30 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 19% less than the US as a whole and close to Florida.
Overall crime
Violent crime
Property crime
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. These figures include simple assaults and vandalism, which the FBI's violent and property crime rates leave out.
Theft makes up about 42% of crime reported in Auburndale. Assault is less common but costs more, because each one does more harm.
Each CrimeGrade™ compares a crime with what it affects: people for assaults and robbery, homes for burglary, parked cars for vehicle theft. Rates count crimes per 1,000 residents.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
How Auburndale compares with nearby cities
Of the 9 cities closest to Auburndale, 5 have less crime. Holiday Manor and Polk City have the least.
Parking lots, density and walkability in Auburndale
Two things set Auburndale apart: it has 3.1 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally, and 5% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally. Places with a lot of parking-lot space tend to report more theft, and it runs high here.
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.3.1 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher 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 robbery and car theft.5% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 75% 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 and assault. 85% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D (12 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 68% 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.7.8 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 75% of US city residents
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft and robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Auburndale: F (4 of 100).under 1 trip an hourUS: noneLower than for 60% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.37 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 58% 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 crime costs Auburndale
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Auburndale about $1,106 a year per household, 8% less than the US figure of $1,205.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost comes to about $38 million a year, or $1,040 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$2.4 million
$65
Rape
$350,000
$10
Robbery
$320,000
$9
Assault
$4.5 million
$125
Burglary
$710,000
$20
Theft
$2.3 million
$64
Vehicle theft
$370,000
$10
Arson
$18,000
$1
Vandalism
$800,000
$22
Total
$12 million
$325
How CrimeGrade™ works
A CrimeGrade™ shows how much crime an area has compared with the rest of the country, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most. Every neighborhood in the US is graded on the same scale, so a B in Auburndale means the same as a B anywhere else.
CrimeGrade™ starts from the crimes people report to police and measures each kind of crime against what it affects: people for assaults, homes for burglaries, parked cars for car thefts.
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.
Schools in Auburndale, FL average a SchoolGrade of D-: 44% of students test proficient, against 36% projected for schools like them. Overall, they don't meet expectations. See schools in Auburndale on SchoolGrade
