The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Avon Park, FL
Avon Park is a city of 24,800 in Highlands County, about 8 miles northwest of downtown Sebring · Updated November 2026
Is Avon Park, FL safe?
Yes, crime in Avon Park is low, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of A. Because most US neighborhoods are safe as well, Avon Park sits near the middle: safer than the neighborhoods where 59% of Americans live. Violent and property crime both grade A here. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Avon Park run from A+ to B, so check the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 875 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
59% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Avon Park as a whole, and 41% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Avon Park scores 875.
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 Avon Park, FL at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Avon Park, 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 Avon Park
Aggravated assault runs low. Avon Park has 1.3 aggravated assaults a year per 1,000 residents, about half the US rate of 2.6.
The safest and least safe parts of Avon Park
Every part of Avon Park where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Avon Park run from A+ to B; 70% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Avon Park, the northeast side has the least crime and the center the most.
Crime rates and types in Avon Park
CrimeGrade™ estimates Avon Park has about 37 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, about the same as the US as a whole and 20% 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.
Theft makes up about 45% of crime reported in Avon Park. 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 Avon Park compares with nearby cities
Avon Park has more crime than 4 of its 5 nearest cities. Indian Lake Estates and Hillcrest Heights have the least crime nearby.
Night lighting, parking lots and walkability in Avon Park
Two things set Avon Park apart: it has 53% of the land where people live lit at night, against 78% nationally, and 3.0 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally. Places whose neighborhoods are dark at night tend to report less theft and vandalism, and vandalism runs low here.
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.53% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 86% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.3.0 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher 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 and assault. 88% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D- (10 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 75% of US city residents
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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 Avon Park: F (0 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 84% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.26 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 77% 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.4% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 77% 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 Avon Park
Crime costs Avon Park about $881 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 27% 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 $22 million a year, or $894 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$930,000
$38
Rape
$750,000
$30
Robbery
$120,000
$5
Assault
$2.7 million
$111
Burglary
$450,000
$18
Theft
$2.1 million
$85
Vehicle theft
$640,000
$26
Arson
$50,000
$2
Vandalism
$740,000
$30
Total
$8.5 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 Avon Park 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 Avon Park, FL average a SchoolGrade of C: 53% of students test proficient, against 38% projected for schools like them. Overall, they exceed expectations. See schools in Avon Park on SchoolGrade
