The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Winter Park, FL
Winter Park is a city of 56,400 in Orange County, about 6 miles northeast of downtown Orlando · Updated November 2026
Is Winter Park, FL safe?
Yes, crime in Winter Park is low, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of A-. Because most US neighborhoods are safe as well, Winter Park sits near the middle: safer than the neighborhoods where 47% of Americans live. Violent and property crime both grade A- here. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Winter Park run from A+ to C+, so check the map or the safest and least safe neighborhoods below.
A-
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 822 of 1,000About as safe as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
47% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Winter Park as a whole, and 53% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Winter Park scores 822.
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 Winter Park, FL at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Winter 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 Winter Park
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; Winter Park has 0.60.
The safest and most dangerous neighborhoods in Winter Park
Nearly every part of Winter Park where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Winter Park run from A+ to C+; 58% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
99%
A or B 99%C 1%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
1Virginia Heights, southSimple assaults run at less than half the rate in the rest of Winter Park.A909
2Home Acres, northwestActs of vandalism run about 60% higher here than in the rest of Winter Park.A-810
3Four Seasons, eastAggravated assaults run about 40% higher here than in the rest of Winter Park.B+763
4Winter Park Woods, Hidden Oaks & Baldwin Park, southeastThefts run about 60% higher here than in the rest of Winter Park.B+752
Neighborhood areas of Winter Park, 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.
Is crime going up in Winter Park?
Reported crime in Winter Park has fallen since 2019: violent crime is down 13% and property crime down 22%. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 2.3 to 2.0 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7); burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts from about 25 to 19 (US: 18). Neither changed much from 2023 to 2024.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Property crime, change since 2019
Winter ParkUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Winter Park. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Winter Park
Violent, US
Property, Winter Park
Property, US
2016
+46%
+4%
+39%
+15%
2017
+25%
+4%
+26%
+12%
2018
-15%
+0%
+0%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
+0%
+0%
2020
+27%
+4%
-7%
-8%
2021
+26%
+6%
-24%
-10%
2022
+27%
+5%
-25%
-6%
2023
-5%
+2%
-19%
-7%
2024
-13%
-4%
-22%
-15%
Crime rates and types in Winter Park
CrimeGrade™ estimates Winter Park has about 31 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 17% 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 is the most common crime in Winter Park, about 47% 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.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
How Winter Park compares with nearby cities
Winter Park has less crime than 8 of its 10 nearest cities; only Winter Springs and Maitland have less.
Shops, night lighting and walkability in Winter Park
Two things set Winter Park apart: it has 18.4 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally, and 79 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole. Places like that tend to report more theft; here theft sits near the national middle.
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.18.4 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 95% 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. 73% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (24 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 71% of US city residents
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JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.79 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 91% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.0.7 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 84% 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.7.6% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 68% 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 Winter Park
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Winter Park about $815 a year per household, 32% 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 $55 million a year, or $982 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$2.9 million
$52
Rape
$980,000
$17
Robbery
$1.1 million
$19
Assault
$5.8 million
$104
Burglary
$1.0 million
$18
Theft
$4.2 million
$75
Vehicle theft
$1.8 million
$33
Arson
$42,000
$1
Vandalism
$870,000
$15
Total
$19 million
$333
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 Winter 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 Winter Park, FL average a SchoolGrade of B+: 62% of students test proficient, against 49% projected for schools like them. Overall, they exceed expectations. See schools in Winter Park on SchoolGrade
