The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Orange Park, FL
Orange Park is a town of 16,900 in Clay County, about 13 miles southwest of downtown Jacksonville · Updated November 2026
Is Orange Park, FL safe?
Yes, crime in Orange Park is low, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of A. Because most US neighborhoods are safe as well, Orange Park sits near the middle: safer than the neighborhoods where 60% of Americans live. Violent and property crime both grade A here. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Orange Park run from A+ to B+, so check the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 878 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
60% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Orange Park as a whole, and 40% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Orange Park scores 878.
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 Orange Park, FL at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Orange Park, 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 Orange Park
Reported rape is the exception. Orange Park grades A for violent crime, but reported rape grades B-, worse than in the neighborhoods where 84% of Americans live.
Thefts are uncommon. Orange Park has thefts at about half the US rate: 6.1 a year per 1,000 residents, against 13.1 nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Orange Park
Every part of Orange Park where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Orange Park run from A+ to B+; 83% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Orange Park, the southwest side has the least crime and the north side the most.
Crime rates and types in Orange Park
CrimeGrade™ estimates Orange Park has about 21 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 43% less than the US as a whole and 31% less 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.
The largest share of crime reported in Orange Park is assault, about 46% of the total. It also makes up 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 Orange Park compares with nearby cities
Orange Park has more crime than 7 of its 10 nearest cities. Magnolia Springs and Fruit Cove have the least crime nearby.
Density, empty homes and walkability in Orange Park
Two things set Orange Park apart: it has 1% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally, and 3.8% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally. Places like that tend to report less robbery and car theft, and car theft runs low here.
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.1% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 87% of US city residents
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.3.8% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 76% 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. 75% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (19 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 58% of US city residents
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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.81% where people liveUS: 78%Lower than for 70% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.8.6 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 68% 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 Orange Park: F (6 of 100).under 1 trip an hourUS: noneLower than for 62% of US city residents
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 Orange Park
Crime costs Orange Park about $702 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 42% 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 $13 million a year, or $764 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$560,000
$33
Rape
$650,000
$38
Robbery
$78,000
$5
Assault
$1.6 million
$92
Burglary
$210,000
$13
Theft
$530,000
$31
Vehicle theft
$180,000
$11
Arson
$21,000
$1
Vandalism
$290,000
$17
Total
$4.1 million
$241
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 Orange Park 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 Orange Park, FL average a SchoolGrade of A-: 65% of students test proficient, against 48% projected for schools like them. Overall, they exceed expectations. See schools in Orange Park on SchoolGrade
