Overtown is a neighborhood of 12,500 residents in Miami · Updated November 2026
Is Overtown in Miami safe?
Crime in Overtown is high by national standards, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of C-. Most US neighborhoods have little crime: 88% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime than Overtown. Violent crime grades C and property crime D. Miami as a whole grades B. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Overtown run from C+ to D-, so check the map below.
C-
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 309 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
12% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Overtown as a whole, and 88% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Overtown scores 309.
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 Overtown, Miami, FL at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Overtown in Miami, 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 Overtown
Robbery at about triple the US rate. Overtown has 1.8 robberies a year per 1,000 residents, against 0.62 nationally.
How Overtown compares within Miami
High crime is widespread across Overtown: 69% of residents live in areas graded D or F, and the rest in areas graded C. Grades across Overtown run from C+ to D-; every part of Overtown has more crime than the typical US neighborhood.
31%69%
C 31%D or F 69%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Overtown has less crime than 2 of the 14 neighborhoods in Miami. It covers much of the Downtown Miami area.
Is crime going up in Miami?
Reported crime in Miami as a whole has fallen since 2019: violent crime is down 27% and property crime down 25%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 6.1 to 4.5 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 38 to 28 (US: 18). Neither changed much from 2023 to 2024.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
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Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police departments that serve Miami. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Miami
Violent, US
Property, Miami
Property, US
2016
+46%
+4%
+12%
+15%
2017
+20%
+4%
+8%
+12%
2018
+6%
+0%
-3%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
-2%
+4%
-22%
-8%
2021
-1%
+6%
-12%
-10%
2022
-16%
+5%
-17%
-6%
2023
-22%
+2%
-25%
-7%
2024
-27%
-4%
-25%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Overtown
CrimeGrade™ estimates Overtown has about 79 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, about double the rate for the US as a whole and 56% more than Miami 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 38% of crime reported in Overtown. 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.
Where and when crime happens in Miami
The Miami Police Department polices Overtown; these figures cover Miami as a whole, 2022 to 2024.
In Miami as a whole, 56% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Thefts from cars happen most often in parking lots and garages: 37% of them, against 31% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (56%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Streets and sidewalks (34%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (37%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Vandalism
Homes (28%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Robbery
Streets and sidewalks (45%)
Night (midnight to 6 am)
Aggravated assault
Homes (44%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times; they are over one in five for burglary, car theft, theft from cars, vandalism.
How Overtown compares with nearby neighborhoods
Of the 10 neighborhoods closest to Overtown, 8 have less crime. Downtown Miami and Coral Way have the least.
Two things set Overtown apart: it has 64 buses and trains an hour at the evening rush, where most Americans have none nearby, and 1.4 bars and nightlife spots for every 1,000 residents, against 0.6 nationally. Places like that tend to report more theft and robbery, and they run high here.
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 Overtown: C (40 of 100).64 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 92% of residents of US city neighborhoods
Bars and nightlifeBars, lounges, clubs and casinos. Places with more bars tend to report more assault and robbery.1.4 per 1,000 residentsUS: 0.6Higher than for 86% 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. 68% of residents here live in walkable areas.A- (76 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 81% of residents of US city neighborhoods
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Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft and car theft.12.8 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 73% 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 Overtown
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Overtown about $2,478 a year per household, about double 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 $36 million a year, or $2,918 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 Overtown 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 Overtown, Miami, FL average a SchoolGrade of F: 41% of students test proficient, against 26% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Overtown on SchoolGrade
