The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Elfers, FL
Elfers is an unincorporated community of 10,400 in Pasco County, about 25 miles northwest of downtown Tampa · Updated November 2026
Is Elfers, FL safe?
With an overall CrimeGrade™ of B, Elfers has moderate crime by national standards. Most US neighborhoods have less: 75% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime. Property crime grades better than violent crime here, A- against C+. Its neighborhoods are much alike, from B+ to B-; see the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 622 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
25% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Elfers as a whole, and 75% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Elfers scores 622.
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 Elfers, FL at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Elfers, 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 Elfers
Simple assaults run high. Elfers has simple assaults at more than double the US rate: 22.3 a year per 1,000 residents, against 9.7 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Elfers
Every part of Elfers where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Elfers run from B+ to B-; every part of Elfers has more crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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A or B 100%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Elfers, the northwest side has the least crime and the north side the most.
Crime rates and types in Elfers
CrimeGrade™ estimates Elfers has about 40 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 8% more than the US as a whole and 32% 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.
Assault is the most common crime in Elfers, about 63% 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.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
How Elfers compares with nearby cities
Elfers has the most crime of its 10 nearest cities.
Two things set Elfers apart: it has 21 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole, and a Walk Grade of C (33 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole. Even so, 55% of residents in Elfers live in car-dependent areas, where most errands take a car. Places with few jobs tend to report less theft and robbery; here theft sits near the national middle.
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
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.21 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 86% 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 (33 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 84% of US city residents
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Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.13.4 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 79% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.1.0 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 77% 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 Elfers: F (0 of 100).4 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 67% of US city residents
BestNeighborhood, a sister site of CrimeGrade™, ranks the neighborhoods of Elfers on shops, parks, home prices, getting around and more.
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 Elfers
Crime costs Elfers about $1,267 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 5% 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 $19 million a year, or $1,868 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$1.4 million
$134
Rape
$310,000
$30
Robbery
$91,000
$9
Assault
$2.6 million
$249
Burglary
$190,000
$18
Theft
$460,000
$44
Vehicle theft
$140,000
$14
Arson
$17,000
$2
Vandalism
$180,000
$17
Total
$5.4 million
$517
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 Elfers 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 Elfers, FL average a SchoolGrade of F: 39% of students test proficient, against 38% projected for schools like them. Overall, they underperform expectations. See schools in Elfers on SchoolGrade
