The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Three Lakes, FL
Three Lakes is an unincorporated community of 17,200 in Miami-Dade County · Updated November 2026
Is Three Lakes, FL safe?
Yes. An overall CrimeGrade™ of A- means crime in Three Lakes is low. Most US neighborhoods have little crime too, so Three Lakes sits near the middle: 42% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime, and 58% in neighborhoods with less. Violent crime grades A- and property crime B+. Its neighborhoods are much alike, from A- to B; see the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 792 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
42% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Three Lakes as a whole, and 58% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Three Lakes scores 792.
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 Three Lakes, FL at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Three Lakes, 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 Three Lakes
Robbery stands out among A-graded cities. For the typical resident of an A-graded US city, the figure is 0.13 robberies a year per 1,000 residents; Three Lakes has 0.91.
Burglary runs low. Three Lakes has 1.2 burglaries a year per 1,000 residents, about half the US rate of 2.4.
The safest and least safe parts of Three Lakes
Every part of Three Lakes where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Three Lakes run from A- to B; every part of Three Lakes has more crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within Three Lakes, the west side has the least crime and the south side the most.
Crime rates and types in Three Lakes
CrimeGrade™ estimates Three Lakes has about 40 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 7% 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 Three Lakes, about 54% of everything reported, and it also accounts for the largest share of what crime costs here.
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 Three Lakes compares with nearby cities
Three Lakes has less crime than 8 of its 9 nearest cities; only Country Walk has less.
Two things set Three Lakes apart: it has 33.4 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally, and 97 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole. 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.33.4 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 99% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.97 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 96% 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. 60% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.C- (29 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 79% of US city residents
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Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.2.2% of homesUS: 7.1%Lower than for 94% of US city residents
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
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery and car theft.71% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 90% 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 Three Lakes
Crime costs Three Lakes about $1,343 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 11% more 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 $22 million a year, or $1,253 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$1.2 million
$71
Rape
$420,000
$24
Robbery
$490,000
$28
Assault
$1.8 million
$102
Burglary
$190,000
$11
Theft
$1.9 million
$110
Vehicle theft
$920,000
$53
Arson
$12,000
$1
Vandalism
$490,000
$28
Total
$7.4 million
$430
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 Three Lakes 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 Three Lakes, FL average a SchoolGrade of B: 59% of students test proficient, against 41% projected for schools like them. Overall, they greatly exceed expectations. See schools in Three Lakes on SchoolGrade
