The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Coral Gables, FL
Coral Gables is a city of 47,400 in Miami-Dade County · Updated November 2026
Is Coral Gables, FL safe?
Yes. An overall CrimeGrade™ of A means crime in Coral Gables is low. Most US neighborhoods have little crime too, so Coral Gables sits near the middle: 60% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime, and 40% in neighborhoods with less. Violent crime grades better than property crime here, A against A-. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Coral Gables run from A+ to B-, so check the map or the safest and least safe neighborhoods below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 878 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
60% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Coral Gables as a whole, and 40% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Coral Gables scores 878.
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 Coral Gables, FL at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Coral Gables, 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 Coral Gables
One part of Coral Gables stands out for vehicle theft. Car thefts in Douglas, Crafts & West Little Havana, in northeast Coral Gables, run at more than triple the rate in the rest of the city.
Aggravated assault runs low. Coral Gables has 0.64 aggravated assaults a year per 1,000 residents, a small fraction of the US rate of 2.6.
The safest and most dangerous neighborhoods in Coral Gables
Every part of Coral Gables where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Coral Gables run from A+ to B-; 79% 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.
1Riviera, southwestCar thefts run at about half the rate in the rest of Coral Gables.A918
2Italian Village, centralThefts run about 40% higher here than in the rest of Coral Gables.A878
3Granada, northwestThefts run about 70% higher here than in the rest of Coral Gables.A865
4Downtown Coral Gables, northThefts run about 60% higher here than in the rest of Coral Gables.A863
5Douglas, Crafts & West Little Havana, northeastAggravated assaults run at about double the rate in the rest of Coral Gables.A-796
Neighborhood areas of Coral Gables, ranked by overall CrimeGrade™; beside each grade is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer). Each one combines several of the smaller areas on the map.
Crime rates and types in Coral Gables
CrimeGrade™ estimates Coral Gables has about 29 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 21% 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 is the most common crime in Coral Gables, about 60% of everything reported, and it also accounts for 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 Coral Gables Police Department's counts of aggravated assault, simple assault, burglary, theft, vehicle theft and vandalism in the FBI's 2024 data were 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 Coral Gables
Coral Gables has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Coral Gables, 68% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often at homes: 47% of them, against 34% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (68%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Theft from cars
Homes (47%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Vandalism
Other places (24%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Streets and sidewalks (55%)
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 Coral Gables compares with nearby cities
Coral Gables has less crime than 9 of its 10 nearest cities; only Pinecrest has less.
Two things set Coral Gables apart: it has 150 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole, and 25.0 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 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, yet theft runs lower here than that would suggest.
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.150 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 99% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.25.0 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 98% 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+ (46 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 90% 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.0.6 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 88% 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 Coral Gables: C- (28 of 100).10 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 85% 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.9.1% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 80% 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 Coral Gables
Crime costs Coral Gables about $689 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 43% 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 $31 million a year, or $663 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$2.2 million
$47
Rape
$320,000
$7
Robbery
$110,000
$2
Aggravated assault
$870,000
$18
Simple assault
$1.8 million
$37
Burglary
$650,000
$14
Theft
$4.3 million
$90
Vehicle theft
$1.5 million
$32
Arson
$18,000
under $1
Vandalism
$780,000
$16
Total
$12 million
$264
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 Coral Gables 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 Coral Gables, FL average a SchoolGrade of A: 70% of students test proficient, against 50% projected for schools like them. Overall, they greatly exceed expectations. See schools in Coral Gables on SchoolGrade
