The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Orlando, FL
The Orlando metro area, the 22nd-largest in the US, is home to 2.79 million residents; Orlando itself is the fourth-largest city in Florida · Updated November 2026
Is Orlando, FL safe?
Yes. An overall CrimeGrade™ of A- means crime in the Orlando area is low. Most US neighborhoods have little crime too, so the Orlando area sits near the middle: 42% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime, and 58% in neighborhoods with less. Violent and property crime both grade A- here. The city of Orlando itself grades B+. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within the Orlando area run from A+ to F, so check the map or the safest and least safe places below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 795 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
42% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than the Orlando area as a whole, and 58% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. The Orlando area scores 795.
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 Orlando, FL at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in the Orlando 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 Orlando area
One part of Orlando stands out for vehicle theft. Car thefts in Holden-Parramore, Wadeview Park & South Eola, in central Orlando, run at more than double the rate in the rest of the city.
Vandalism runs low. The Orlando area has 1.9 acts of vandalism a year per 1,000 residents, less than half the US rate of 5.5.
The safest and most dangerous places in the Orlando area
Most of the Orlando area grades well: 90% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 4% in areas graded D or F. Grades across the Orlando area run from A+ to F; 48% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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A or B 90%C 6%D or F 4%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
8Holden-Parramore, Wadeview Park & South Eola, centralAggravated assaults run about 80% higher here than in the rest of Orlando.C+520
9Rosemont & Mercy Drive, northwestRobberies run at more than double the rate in the rest of Orlando.C+483
Neighborhood areas of the city of Orlando, 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 Orlando 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 Horizon West, Four Corners, and Windermere areas have the least crime and the Pine Hills and Ocoee areas the most.
Crime rates and types in the Orlando area
CrimeGrade™ estimates the Orlando area has about 33 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 12% 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 45% of crime reported in the Orlando 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 Orlando area compares with nearby metro areas
The Orlando area has more crime than 7 of its 10 nearest metro areas. The Fort Myers area and the Sarasota area have the least crime nearby.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from the Orlando area. Beside each overall CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with metro areas of similar size and density, the Orlando area is safer than 72% of them.
Night lighting, empty homes and transit in the Orlando area
The Orlando area looks like a typical metro area on the traits that tend to go with crime.
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.94% where people liveUS: 78%Higher than for 76% of Americans in metro areas
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary.7.0% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 72% 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 Orlando area: D- (11 of 100).3 trips an hourUS: noneLower than for 59% of Americans in metro areas
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Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.21% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 51% 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 Orlando area
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs the Orlando area about $1,087 a year per household, 10% less than the US figure of $1,205. The total is about $1.08 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 $3.61 billion a year, or $1,291 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$207 million
$74
Rape
$64 million
$23
Robbery
$50 million
$18
Assault
$383 million
$137
Burglary
$53 million
$19
Theft
$209 million
$75
Vehicle theft
$69 million
$25
Arson
$1.5 million
$1
Vandalism
$38 million
$13
Total
$1.08 billion
$385
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 Orlando 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 Orlando 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 Orlando area average a SchoolGrade of C+: 55% of students test proficient, against 42% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in the Orlando area on SchoolGrade
