Zephyrhills South is an unincorporated community of 4,990 in Pasco County, about 25 miles northeast of downtown Tampa · Updated November 2026
Is Zephyrhills South, FL safe?
With an overall CrimeGrade™ of B, Zephyrhills South has moderate crime by national standards. Most US neighborhoods have less: 71% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime. Property crime grades better than violent crime here, A against B-. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Zephyrhills South run from A to B-, so check the map below.
B
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 676 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
29% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Zephyrhills South as a whole, and 71% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Zephyrhills South scores 676.
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 Zephyrhills South, FL at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Zephyrhills South, 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 Zephyrhills South
Theft runs low. Zephyrhills South has 5.7 thefts a year per 1,000 residents, less than half the US rate of 13.1.
Crime rates and types in Zephyrhills South
CrimeGrade™ estimates Zephyrhills South has about 28 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 24% 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.
The largest share of crime reported in Zephyrhills South is assault, about 63% of the total. It also makes up 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 Zephyrhills South compares with nearby cities
Zephyrhills South has the most crime of its 10 nearest cities.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Zephyrhills South. Beside each overall CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with cities of similar size and density, Zephyrhills South has more crime than 99% of them.
Jobs, empty homes and walkability in Zephyrhills South
Two things set Zephyrhills South apart: it has 5 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole, and 17.4% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally. Places with few jobs tend to report less theft and robbery; here theft sits near the national middle.
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.5 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 99% 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.17.4% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 98% 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. 90% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D- (12 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 70% of US city residents
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Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.4.6 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 93% 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
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 85% 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 Zephyrhills South
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Zephyrhills South about $765 a year per household, 37% 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 $7.8 million a year, or $1,555 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$630,000
$126
Rape
$150,000
$29
Robbery
$8,800
$2
Assault
$860,000
$173
Burglary
$73,000
$15
Theft
$140,000
$29
Vehicle theft
$29,000
$6
Arson
$16,000
$3
Vandalism
$71,000
$14
Total
$2.0 million
$396
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 Zephyrhills South 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. Zephyrhills South 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 Zephyrhills South, FL average a SchoolGrade of F: 31% of students test proficient, against 40% projected for schools like them. Overall, they underperform expectations. See schools in Zephyrhills South on SchoolGrade
