The Miami metro area, the ninth-largest in the US, is home to 6.25 million residents; Miami itself is the second-largest city in Florida · Updated November 2026
Is Miami, FL safe?
Crime in the Miami area is moderate, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of B+. Most US neighborhoods have little crime: 65% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime than the Miami area. Violent and property crime both grade B+ here. The city of Miami itself grades B. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within the Miami area run from A+ to F, so check the map or the safest and least safe places below.
B+
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 743 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
35% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than the Miami area as a whole, and 65% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. The Miami area scores 743.
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 Miami, FL at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in the Miami area, 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 the Miami area
Robberies run high in Allapattah & Model City. In this part of north Miami, they run at more than triple the rate in the rest of Miami.
Arsons are uncommon. The Miami area has arsons at less than half the US rate: 0.04 a year per 1,000 residents, against 0.12 nationally.
The safest and most dangerous places in the Miami area
Low crime is the norm across the Miami area: 76% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 10% in areas graded D or F. Grades across the Miami area run from A+ to F; 31% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
76%14%10%
A or B 76%C 14%D or F 10%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Neighborhoods of Miami
1Olympia Heights, southwestCar thefts run at a small fraction of the rate in the rest of Miami.A-832
2Coral Way, southeastAggravated assaults run at less than half the rate in the rest of Miami.B+753
3Flagami, westRobberies run at less than half the rate in the rest of Miami.B+725
4Downtown Miami, eastRobberies run at less than half the rate in the rest of Miami.B+719
6Little Havana & West Flagler, centralCar thefts run at more than double the rate in the rest of Miami.C+509
7Wynwood & Little Haiti, northeastRobberies run at more than double the rate in the rest of Miami.C417
8Allapattah & Model City, northAggravated assaults run at about triple the rate in the rest of Miami.D194
Neighborhood areas of the city of Miami, ranked by overall CrimeGrade™; beside each grade is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer). Each one combines several of the smaller areas on the map.
Cities and towns in the Miami metro area with at least 1,000 residents. Ranked by overall CrimeGrade™; beside each grade is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer), and the other numbers are residents.
Across the area, the Coral Springs, Margate, and Wellington areas have the least crime and the downtown Miami area the most.
Crime rates and types in the Miami area
CrimeGrade™ estimates the Miami area has about 35 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 6% less than the US as a whole and close to 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 makes up about 48% of crime reported in the Miami area. 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 the Miami area compares with nearby metro areas
The Miami area has the most crime of its 10 nearest metro areas.
Night lighting, density and transit in the Miami area
Two things set the Miami area apart: it has 47% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally, and 8 buses and trains an hour at the evening rush, where most Americans have none nearby. Places like that tend to report more robbery and car theft, and they run high here.
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.99% where people liveUS: 78%Higher than for 99% of Americans in metro areas
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.47% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 85% of Americans in metro areas
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for the Miami area: D+ (23 of 100).8 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 71% of Americans in metro areas
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Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary.6.6% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 60% of Americans in metro areas
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 the Miami area
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs the Miami area about $1,100 a year per household, 9% less than the US figure of $1,205. The total is about $2.57 billion a year.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost rises to about $8.48 billion a year, or $1,357 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$569 million
$91
Rape
$111 million
$18
Robbery
$134 million
$21
Assault
$753 million
$120
Burglary
$98 million
$16
Theft
$537 million
$86
Vehicle theft
$207 million
$33
Arson
$6.6 million
$1
Vandalism
$151 million
$24
Total
$2.57 billion
$410
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 the Miami area 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. These figures cover the whole Miami metro area. 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 the Miami area average a SchoolGrade of B-: 57% of students test proficient, against 41% projected for schools like them. Overall, they greatly exceed expectations. See schools in the Miami area on SchoolGrade
