The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in West Park, FL
West Park is a city of 15,100 in Broward County · Updated November 2026
Is West Park, FL safe?
Crime in West Park is high by national standards, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of C. Most US neighborhoods have little crime: 85% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime than West Park. Property crime grades better than violent crime here, B- against C-. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within West Park run from B to D, so check the map below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 430 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
15% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than West Park as a whole, and 85% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. West Park scores 430.
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 West Park, FL at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in West 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
The safest and least safe parts of West Park
Areas graded C are home to 94% of residents in West Park; 2% live in areas graded A or B and 4% in areas graded D or F. Grades across West Park run from B to D; every part of West Park has more crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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A or B 2%C 94%D or F 4%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Within West Park, the southeast side has the least crime and the north side the most.
Crime rates and types in West Park
CrimeGrade™ estimates West Park has about 38 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, about the same as the US as a whole and 24% 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 West Park, about 40% 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 West Park Police Department sent the FBI no usable 2024 counts of robbery, 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 West Park compares with nearby cities
West Park has the most crime of its 9 nearest cities.
Parking lots, night lighting and walkability in West Park
Two things set West Park apart: it has 0.2 parking-lot spaces per resident, against 2.0 nationally, and 16 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole. Places like that tend to report less theft, yet theft runs higher here than that would suggest.
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.0.2 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 97% 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
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. 53% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.C (32 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 83% of US city residents
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JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.16 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 92% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.7.8 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 75% 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 West Park: C- (28 of 100).6 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 73% 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 West Park
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs West Park about $1,847 a year per household, 53% 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 $33 million a year, or $2,211 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$2.8 million
$186
Rape
$330,000
$22
Robbery
$310,000
$21
Assault
$2.5 million
$166
Burglary
$330,000
$22
Theft
$1.2 million
$79
Vehicle theft
$540,000
$36
Arson
$13,000
$1
Vandalism
$350,000
$23
Total
$8.4 million
$554
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 West 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 West Park, FL average a SchoolGrade of D+: 49% of students test proficient, against 27% projected for schools like them. Overall, they greatly exceed expectations. See schools in West Park on SchoolGrade
