Downtown Lynn Haven is a neighborhood of 3,000 residents in Lynn Haven, close to downtown · Updated November 2026
Is Downtown Lynn Haven in Lynn Haven safe?
Yes. An overall CrimeGrade™ of A means crime in Downtown Lynn Haven is low. Most US neighborhoods have little crime too, so Downtown Lynn Haven sits near the middle: 52% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime, and 48% in neighborhoods with less. Property crime grades better than violent crime here, A against A-. Lynn Haven as a whole grades A. Its neighborhoods are much alike, from A to A-; see the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 848 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
52% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Downtown Lynn Haven as a whole, and 48% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Downtown Lynn Haven scores 848.
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 Downtown Lynn Haven, Lynn Haven, FL at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Downtown Lynn Haven in Lynn Haven, 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
Crime rates and types in Downtown Lynn Haven
CrimeGrade™ estimates Downtown Lynn Haven has about 24 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 36% less than the US as a whole and 61% more than Lynn Haven as a whole.
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 Downtown Lynn Haven, about 42% 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.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
How Downtown Lynn Haven compares with nearby neighborhoods
Downtown Lynn Haven has less crime than 9 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods; only Midway has less.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Downtown Lynn Haven. Beside each overall CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with neighborhoods of similar size and density, Downtown Lynn Haven is safer than 69% of them.
Density, shops and walkability in Downtown Lynn Haven
Two things set Downtown Lynn Haven apart: it has 2% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally, and 18.0 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally. Places where few residents live in dense blocks tend to report less robbery and car theft.
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.2% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 97% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft and car theft.18.0 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 86% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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. 62% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.C- (27 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 61% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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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 Downtown Lynn Haven: F (5 of 100).1 trips an hourUS: noneLower than for 86% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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 Downtown Lynn Haven
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Downtown Lynn Haven about $617 a year per household, 49% 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 $2.7 million a year, or $900 per resident.
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 Downtown Lynn Haven 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 Downtown Lynn Haven, Lynn Haven, FL average a SchoolGrade of C+: 55% of students test proficient, against 52% projected for schools like them. Overall, they underperform expectations. See schools in Downtown Lynn Haven on SchoolGrade
