The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Dania Beach, FL
Dania Beach is a city of 32,700 in Broward County · Updated November 2026
Is Dania Beach, FL safe?
With an overall CrimeGrade™ of B, Dania Beach has moderate crime by national standards. Most US neighborhoods have less: 71% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime. Property crime grades better than violent crime here, B+ against B. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Dania Beach run from A to F, so check the map below.
B
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 681 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
29% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Dania Beach as a whole, and 71% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Dania Beach scores 681.
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 Dania Beach, FL at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Dania 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 Dania Beach
Theft at about double the US rate. Dania Beach has 23.8 thefts a year per 1,000 residents, against 13.1 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Dania Beach
Most of Dania Beach grades well: 79% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 7% in areas graded D or F. Grades across Dania Beach run from A to F; 10% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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A or B 79%C 14%D or F 7%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Dania Beach, the southwest side has the least crime and the south side the most.
Crime rates and types in Dania Beach
CrimeGrade™ estimates Dania Beach has about 50 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 34% more than the US as a whole and 62% 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 is the most common crime in Dania Beach, about 48% of everything reported, but assault 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.
The Dania Beach Police Department sent the FBI no usable 2024 counts of reported rape, robbery, aggravated assault, simple assault, burglary, theft and vehicle theft, so CrimeGrade™ built the figures from the department's own reports for recent years, brought up to 2024. The department reports to the FBI in a format that leaves out vandalism, so CrimeGrade™ makes its own vandalism estimate.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
How Dania Beach compares with nearby cities
Dania Beach has less crime than 6 of its 9 nearest cities.
Shops, night lighting and walkability in Dania Beach
Two things set Dania Beach apart: it has 21.5 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally, and 10.1% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% 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 they run high here.
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.21.5 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 97% of US city residents
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
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. 58% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.C- (32 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 82% of US city residents
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Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.10.1% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 86% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.68 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 85% 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 Dania Beach: C- (28 of 100).8 trips an hourUS: noneHigher 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 Dania Beach
Crime costs Dania Beach about $1,406 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 17% more 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 $65 million a year, or $2,002 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$4.6 million
$139
Rape
$1.1 million
$33
Robbery
$990,000
$30
Assault
$5.4 million
$165
Burglary
$870,000
$27
Theft
$4.0 million
$122
Vehicle theft
$1.4 million
$44
Arson
$34,000
$1
Vandalism
$1.0 million
$31
Total
$19 million
$592
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 Dania 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 Dania Beach, FL average a SchoolGrade of D: 49% of students test proficient, against 33% projected for schools like them. Overall, they greatly exceed expectations. See schools in Dania Beach on SchoolGrade
