Lake Nona is a neighborhood of 13,900 residents in Orlando, about 13 miles southeast of downtown · Updated November 2026
Is Lake Nona in Orlando safe?
Yes. Most US neighborhoods have little crime, and Lake Nona has less than most of them: its overall CrimeGrade™ is A, safer than the neighborhoods where 69% of Americans live. Violent and property crime both grade A here. Orlando as a whole grades B+.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 906 of 1,000Safer than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
69% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Lake Nona as a whole, and 31% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Lake Nona scores 906.
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 Lake Nona, Orlando, FL at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Lake Nona in Orlando, 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 Lake Nona
Simple assault runs low. Lake Nona has 3.7 simple assaults a year per 1,000 residents, less than half the US rate of 9.7.
How Lake Nona compares within Orlando
Every part of Lake Nona where people live grades A or B on the national scale.
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Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Lake Nona has less crime than 35 of the 37 neighborhoods in Orlando. It covers much of the Lake Nona, Vista East, and Airport North areas.
Crime rates and types in Lake Nona
CrimeGrade™ estimates Lake Nona has about 21 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 44% less than the US as a whole and 60% less than Orlando 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 makes up about 51% of crime reported in Lake Nona. Assault is less common but 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 Lake Nona compares with nearby neighborhoods
Lake Nona has less crime than 9 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods; only Bal Bay has less.
Parking lots, walkability and density in Lake Nona
Two things set Lake Nona apart: it has 4.8 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally, and a Walk Grade of D- (11 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole. Places with a lot of parking-lot space tend to report more theft, yet theft runs lower here than that would suggest.
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.4.8 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 98% 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. 98% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D- (11 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 91% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.17% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 83% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.53 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 72% 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 Lake Nona
Crime costs Lake Nona about $712 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 41% 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 $10 million a year, or $732 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 Lake Nona 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 Lake Nona, Orlando, FL average a SchoolGrade of A: 68% of students test proficient, against 49% projected for schools like them. Overall, they greatly exceed expectations. See schools in Lake Nona on SchoolGrade
