The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Pinellas Park, FL
Pinellas Park is a city of 57,300 in Pinellas County, about 17 miles southwest of downtown Tampa · Updated November 2026
Is Pinellas Park, FL safe?
Crime in Pinellas Park is moderate, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of B+. Most US neighborhoods have little crime: 62% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime than Pinellas Park. Property crime grades better than violent crime here, A- against B+. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Pinellas Park run from A to B-, so check the map below.
B+
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 768 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
38% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Pinellas Park as a whole, and 62% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Pinellas Park scores 768.
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 Pinellas Park, FL at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Pinellas 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 Pinellas Park
Robbery is a strength. Pinellas Park grades B+ for violent crime, but robbery grades A.
The safest and least safe parts of Pinellas Park
Every part of Pinellas Park where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Pinellas Park run from A to B-; 15% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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A or B 100%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Pinellas Park, the northwest side has the least crime and the southeast side the most.
Is crime going up in Pinellas Park?
Reported crime in Pinellas Park has fallen since 2019: violent crime is down 39% and property crime down 42%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 3.9 to 2.4 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 38 to 22 (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime fell 10%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
Pinellas ParkUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Pinellas Park. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Pinellas Park
Violent, US
Property, Pinellas Park
Property, US
2016
+5%
+4%
+33%
+15%
2017
+13%
+4%
+20%
+12%
2018
+10%
+0%
+20%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
-8%
+4%
-12%
-8%
2021
-10%
+6%
-16%
-10%
2022
-26%
+5%
-20%
-6%
2023
-35%
+2%
-35%
-7%
2024
-39%
-4%
-42%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Pinellas Park
CrimeGrade™ estimates Pinellas Park has about 40 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 8% more than the US as a whole and 31% more 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.
Theft is the most common crime in Pinellas Park, about 45% 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.
The Pinellas Park Police Department reports to the FBI in a format that leaves out vandalism, so CrimeGrade™ makes its own vandalism estimate.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
How Pinellas Park compares with nearby cities
Pinellas Park has less crime than 6 of its 10 nearest cities.
Two things set Pinellas Park apart: it has 20.2 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally, and 85 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole. It also combines many jobs with busy transit: places with both tend to report more theft and robbery than places with only one of them, and theft runs high here.
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.20.2 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 97% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.85 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 93% 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. 64% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.C- (28 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 78% 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.100% where people liveUS: 78%Higher than for 92% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.2.7 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Higher than for 79% 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 Pinellas Park: D+ (23 of 100).6 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 76% 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 Pinellas Park
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Pinellas Park about $1,009 a year per household, 16% 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 $79 million a year, or $1,385 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$6.2 million
$109
Rape
$920,000
$16
Robbery
$670,000
$12
Assault
$7.6 million
$133
Burglary
$970,000
$17
Theft
$5.3 million
$92
Vehicle theft
$1.5 million
$26
Arson
$50,000
$1
Vandalism
$1.7 million
$30
Total
$25 million
$435
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 Pinellas 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 Pinellas Park, FL average a SchoolGrade of C-: 51% of students test proficient, against 40% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Pinellas Park on SchoolGrade
