The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Port Orange, FL
Port Orange is a city of 65,500 in Volusia County, about 6 miles south of downtown Daytona Beach · Updated November 2026
Is Port Orange, FL safe?
Yes. An overall CrimeGrade™ of A- means crime in Port Orange is low. Most US neighborhoods have little crime too, so Port Orange sits near the middle: 50% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime, and 50% in neighborhoods with less. Violent and property crime both grade A- here. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Port Orange run from A+ to B-, so check the map or the safest and least safe neighborhoods below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 840 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
50% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Port Orange as a whole, and 50% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Port Orange scores 840.
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 Port Orange, FL at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Port Orange, 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 Port Orange
Aggravated assault is a strength. Port Orange grades A- for violent crime, but aggravated assault grades A+, better than in the neighborhoods where 78% of Americans live.
Car thefts are uncommon. Port Orange has car thefts at a small fraction of the US rate: 0.74 a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 nationally.
The safest and most dangerous neighborhoods in Port Orange
Every part of Port Orange where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Port Orange run from A+ to B-; 52% 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.
1Craig Farms, southwestSimple assaults run at about half the rate in the rest of Port Orange.A921
2Town Park & Crystal Lake-Daytona Beach, northwestThefts run about 40% higher here than in the rest of Port Orange.A-802
3Allandale, eastThefts run about 60% higher here than in the rest of Port Orange.B686
Neighborhood areas of Port Orange, 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.
Crime rates and types in Port Orange
CrimeGrade™ estimates Port Orange has about 24 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 36% less than the US as a whole and 22% 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.
Theft is the most common crime in Port Orange, about 51% of everything reported.
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 Port Orange Police Department sent the FBI no usable 2024 counts of aggravated assault, simple assault, burglary, theft and vehicle theft, so CrimeGrade™ built the figures from the department's own reports for recent years, brought up to 2024. The 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 Port Orange compares with nearby cities
Port Orange has less crime than 4 of its 8 nearest cities.
Two things set Port Orange apart: it has 3% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally, and a Walk Grade of D- (9 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole. 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.3% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 81% 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. 93% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D- (9 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 78% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.26 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 78% of US city residents
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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 Port Orange: D (12 of 100).5 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 71% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.1.3 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 65% 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.4.9% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 61% 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 Port Orange
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Port Orange about $564 a year per household, 53% 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 $48 million a year, or $739 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$4.4 million
$67
Rape
$390,000
$6
Robbery
$160,000
$2
Aggravated assault
$940,000
$14
Simple assault
$2.9 million
$44
Burglary
$800,000
$12
Theft
$4.1 million
$62
Vehicle theft
$740,000
$11
Arson
$45,000
$1
Vandalism
$1.3 million
$19
Total
$16 million
$239
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 Port Orange 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. Port Orange is the other kind of example: few people work in, shop in or visit it, so its crime per resident looks lower than its CrimeGrade™ suggests.
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 Port Orange, FL average a SchoolGrade of A-: 63% of students test proficient, against 50% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Port Orange on SchoolGrade
