The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Aventura, FL
Aventura is a city of 39,900 in Miami-Dade County · Updated November 2026
Is Aventura, FL safe?
Yes, crime in Aventura is low, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of A. Because most US neighborhoods are safe as well, Aventura sits near the middle: safer than the neighborhoods where 57% of Americans live. Violent crime grades better than property crime here, A+ against B+. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Aventura run from A to B, so check the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 869 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
57% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Aventura as a whole, and 43% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Aventura scores 869.
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 Aventura, FL at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Aventura, 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 Aventura
Aggravated assaults are less common than the crime level suggests. Crime overall in Aventura runs 31% above the US rate, but aggravated assaults run at a small fraction of that rate: 0.76 a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.6 nationally.
Theft stands out among A-graded cities. For the typical resident of an A-graded US city, the figure is 8.3 thefts a year per 1,000 residents; Aventura has 37.5.
The safest and least safe parts of Aventura
Every part of Aventura where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Aventura run from A to B; 58% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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A or B 100%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Aventura, the center has the least crime and the southwest side the most.
Is crime going up in Aventura?
Reported crime in Aventura has fallen since 2019: violent crime is down 17% and property crime down 21%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 1.9 to 1.6 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 49 to 39 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, violent crime rose 38%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
AventuraUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Aventura. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Aventura
Violent, US
Property, Aventura
Property, US
2016
-8%
+4%
+5%
+15%
2017
-14%
+4%
+5%
+12%
2018
+18%
+0%
+7%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
-9%
+4%
-37%
-8%
2021
+18%
+6%
-41%
-10%
2022
-12%
+5%
-13%
-6%
2023
-40%
+2%
-24%
-7%
2024
-17%
-4%
-21%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Aventura
CrimeGrade™ estimates Aventura has about 49 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 31% more than the US as a whole and 60% more than 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.
The largest share of crime reported in Aventura is theft, about 77% of the total. It also makes up the largest share of what crime costs here.
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.
The Aventura Police Department's count of vehicle theft in the FBI's 2024 data was 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 crime happens in Aventura
Aventura has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Aventura, 28% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often in parking lots and garages: 89% of them, against 31% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Stores and businesses (40%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (89%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Vandalism
Parking lots and garages (46%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Robbery
Stores and businesses (52%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Aggravated assault
Streets and sidewalks (24%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
How Aventura compares with nearby cities
Aventura has less crime than 7 of its 9 nearest cities; only Bal Harbour and Sunny Isles Beach have less.
Two things set Aventura apart: it has 24.7 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally, and 91% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally. It also combines many jobs with busy transit: places with both tend to report more theft and robbery than places with only one of them, and theft runs high here.
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.24.7 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 98% 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.91% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 96% 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.C (40 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 88% of US city residents
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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
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 Aventura: C- (28 of 100).13 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 88% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.65 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 83% 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 Aventura
Crime costs Aventura about $727 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 40% 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 $25 million a year, or $628 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$760,000
$19
Rape
$430,000
$11
Robbery
$740,000
$19
Assault
$2.6 million
$64
Burglary
$500,000
$12
Theft
$7.7 million
$192
Vehicle theft
$680,000
$17
Arson
$17,000
under $1
Vandalism
$420,000
$11
Total
$14 million
$345
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 Aventura 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 Aventura, FL average a SchoolGrade of A-: 65% of students test proficient, against 49% projected for schools like them. Overall, they exceed expectations. See schools in Aventura on SchoolGrade
