The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Cocoa Beach, FL
Cocoa Beach is a city of 14,500 in Brevard County, about 17 miles north of downtown Melbourne · Updated November 2026
Is Cocoa Beach, FL safe?
Yes. An overall CrimeGrade™ of A- means crime in Cocoa Beach is low. Most US neighborhoods have little crime too, so Cocoa Beach sits near the middle: 49% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime, and 51% in neighborhoods with less. Property crime grades better than violent crime here, A against A-. Its neighborhoods are much alike, from A to B+; see the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 832 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
49% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Cocoa Beach as a whole, and 51% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Cocoa Beach scores 832.
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 Cocoa Beach, FL at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Cocoa 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 in Cocoa Beach
Aggravated assaults run high for an A-graded city. Cocoa Beach has 2.6 aggravated assaults a year per 1,000 residents; for the typical resident of an A-graded US city, the figure is 1.2.
The safest and least safe parts of Cocoa Beach
Every part of Cocoa Beach where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Cocoa Beach run from A to B+; 56% 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 Cocoa Beach, the west side has the least crime and the northeast side the most.
Crime rates and types in Cocoa Beach
CrimeGrade™ estimates Cocoa Beach has about 40 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 7% more than the US as a whole and 30% 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 Cocoa Beach is assault, about 44% 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.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
How Cocoa Beach compares with nearby cities
Cocoa Beach has more crime than 7 of its 10 nearest cities. Bellwood and Patrick Afb have the least crime nearby.
Two things set Cocoa Beach apart: it has 26.7 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally, and 10.6% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally. Places like that tend to report more theft; here theft sits near the national middle.
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.26.7 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.10.6% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 88% 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. 54% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.C- (31 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 82% of US city residents
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Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.2.6 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 76% 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
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.54 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 68% 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 Cocoa Beach
Crime costs Cocoa Beach about $732 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 39% 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 $15 million a year, or $1,045 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$590,000
$40
Rape
$270,000
$19
Robbery
$90,000
$6
Assault
$2.6 million
$181
Burglary
$150,000
$10
Theft
$1.2 million
$84
Vehicle theft
$200,000
$14
Arson
$12,000
$1
Vandalism
$330,000
$23
Total
$5.5 million
$378
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 Cocoa Beach 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 Cocoa Beach, FL average a SchoolGrade of A+: 74% of students test proficient, against 54% projected for schools like them. Overall, they greatly exceed expectations. See schools in Cocoa Beach on SchoolGrade
