The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Tarpon Springs, FL
Tarpon Springs is a city of 27,600 in Pinellas County, about 25 miles northwest of downtown Tampa · Updated November 2026
Is Tarpon Springs, FL safe?
Yes. An overall CrimeGrade™ of A- means crime in Tarpon Springs is low. Most US neighborhoods have little crime too, so Tarpon Springs sits near the middle: 43% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime, and 57% in neighborhoods with less. Property crime grades better than violent crime here, A against B+. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Tarpon Springs run from A+ to B, so check the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 799 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
43% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Tarpon Springs as a whole, and 57% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Tarpon Springs scores 799.
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 Tarpon Springs, FL at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Tarpon Springs, 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 Tarpon Springs
Car thefts are uncommon. Tarpon Springs has car thefts at less than half the US rate: 0.93 a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.7 nationally.
Thefts from cars happen at homes more often than nationally. In Tarpon Springs, 59% of reported thefts from cars happen at homes, against 34% nationally.
The safest and least safe parts of Tarpon Springs
Every part of Tarpon Springs where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Tarpon Springs run from A+ to B; 44% 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 Tarpon Springs, the northwest side has the least crime and the center the most.
Is crime going up in Tarpon Springs?
Reported property crime in Tarpon Springs has fallen 26% since 2019. Too few violent crimes are reported here each year for a reliable violent crime trend. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 21 to 16 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). Property crime changed little from 2023 to 2024.
Property crime, change since 2019
Tarpon SpringsUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Tarpon Springs. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Tarpon Springs
Property, US
2016
+13%
+15%
2017
+11%
+12%
2018
-1%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
-34%
-8%
2021
-42%
-10%
2022
-44%
-6%
2023
-30%
-7%
2024
-26%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Tarpon Springs
CrimeGrade™ estimates Tarpon Springs has about 30 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 19% 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 41% of crime reported in Tarpon Springs. 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 Tarpon Springs
Tarpon Springs has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Tarpon Springs, 48% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (48%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Parking lots and garages (35%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Theft from cars
Homes (59%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (50%)
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.
How Tarpon Springs compares with nearby cities
Tarpon Springs has more crime than 6 of its 10 nearest cities. East Lake and Crystal Beach have the least crime nearby.
One thing sets Tarpon Springs apart: it has 18.7 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally. Places like that tend to report more theft, and it runs high here.
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.18.7 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 95% of US city residents
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.6% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 70% 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. 82% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (18 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 53% of US city residents
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JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.35 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 62% 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 Tarpon Springs: D- (9 of 100).3 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 60% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.1.6 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 55% 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 Tarpon Springs
Crime costs Tarpon Springs about $741 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 39% 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 $30 million a year, or $1,072 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$1.9 million
$68
Rape
$790,000
$29
Robbery
$190,000
$7
Assault
$3.3 million
$118
Burglary
$290,000
$11
Theft
$1.8 million
$64
Vehicle theft
$390,000
$14
Arson
$46,000
$2
Vandalism
$560,000
$20
Total
$9.2 million
$332
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 Tarpon Springs 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 Tarpon Springs, FL average a SchoolGrade of B+: 63% of students test proficient, against 50% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Tarpon Springs on SchoolGrade
