Metro West is a neighborhood of 27,900 residents in Orlando, about 6 miles west of downtown · Updated November 2026
Is Metro West in Orlando safe?
With an overall CrimeGrade™ of B, Metro West has moderate crime by national standards. Most US neighborhoods have less: 71% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime. Violent and property crime both grade B here. Orlando as a whole grades B+. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Metro West run from A to C, so check the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 677 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
29% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Metro West as a whole, and 71% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Metro West scores 677.
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 Metro West, Orlando, FL at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Metro West 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 Metro West
Acts of vandalism are uncommon. Metro West has acts of vandalism at less than half the US rate: 2.4 a year per 1,000 residents, against 5.5 nationally.
How Metro West compares within Orlando
Low crime is the norm across Metro West: 80% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and the rest in areas graded C. Grades across Metro West run from A to C; 17% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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A or B 80%C 20%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Metro West has less crime than 20 of the 37 neighborhoods in Orlando. It covers much of the Metro West, Kirkman North, and Florida Center North areas.
Crime rates and types in Metro West
CrimeGrade™ estimates Metro West has about 40 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 6% more than the US as a whole and 24% 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 is the most common crime in Metro West, about 49% 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 Metro West compares with nearby neighborhoods
Metro West has less crime than 7 of its 10 nearest neighborhoods.
Metro West looks like a typical neighborhood on the traits that tend to go with crime.
Tree coverThe share of land under tree canopy where people live. Leafy neighborhoods tend to report less robbery.23% where people liveUS: 21%Higher than for 83% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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 Metro West: D+ (21 of 100).2 trips an hourUS: noneLower than for 78% 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. 79% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (21 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 71% 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.43 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 65% 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 Metro West
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Metro West about $1,239 a year per household, about the same as 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 $44 million a year, or $1,560 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 Metro West 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 Metro West, Orlando, FL average a SchoolGrade of C-: 50% of students test proficient, against 39% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Metro West on SchoolGrade
