Apopka is a city of 84,100 in Orange County, about 13 miles northwest of downtown Orlando · Updated November 2026
How common is violent crime in Apopka?
Apopka earns an A- for violent crime, with more violent crime than the neighborhoods where 65% of Americans live. Assaults make up 92% of it, and most of those are simple assaults, which involve no weapon and no serious injury.
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Violent crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 783 of 1,000More violent crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
35% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more violent crime than Apopka as a whole, and 65% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a violent crime safety score of 860, a CrimeGrade™ of A. Apopka scores 783.
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 violent crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its violent crime with the people who spend time there, on one national scale, from green for the least to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy downtown or nightlife strip can show red while the homes around it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a solid connection. Compare high speed internet in Apopka, FL at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Apopka, 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 about violent crime in Apopka
Robberies run high for a city with an A for violent crime. Apopka has 0.54 robberies a year per 1,000 residents; for the typical resident of a US city graded A for violent crime, the figure is 0.14.
One part of Apopka stands out for aggravated assault. Aggravated assaults in Emerson Park, in south Apopka, run at about double the rate in the rest of the city.
Where violent crime is lowest and highest in Apopka
Most of Apopka grades well for violent crime: 97% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 1% in areas graded D or F. Violent crime grades across Apopka run from A to F.
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A or B 97%C 2%D or F 1%
Share of residents, by the violent crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
1Plymouth Heights, westClose to the rest of Apopka on most crimes.A-809
2Silver Rose, Wekiva & Wekiwa Hills, eastClose to the rest of Apopka on most crimes.A-801
3Summerset Wadarville & Sheeler Oaks, southeastAggravated assaults run about 40% higher here than in the rest of Apopka.B+707
4Lakeside Homes & Martin Place, centralAggravated assaults run about 40% higher here than in the rest of Apopka.B+702
5Emerson Park, southSimple assaults run at more than double the rate in the rest of Apopka.B-540
Neighborhood areas of Apopka, ranked by violent crime 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 violent crime going up in Apopka?
Reported violent crime in Apopka peaked in 2022 and has fallen 23% since, back near its 2019 level. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 4.0 to 4.3 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7). Violent crime changed little from 2023 to 2024.
Violent crime, change since 2019
ApopkaUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Apopka. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Apopka
Violent, US
2016
+15%
+4%
2017
+11%
+4%
2018
+5%
+0%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
+16%
+4%
2021
+36%
+6%
2022
+39%
+5%
2023
+4%
+2%
2024
+7%
-4%
Violent crime rates and types in Apopka
CrimeGrade™ estimates Apopka has about 13 reported violent crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, about the same as the US as a whole and close to Florida.
All violent crime
Assaults
Robbery
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. Violent crime here includes simple assaults, which the FBI's violent crime rate leaves out.
Assault is the most common violent crime in Apopka, about 92% of the total.
Each CrimeGrade™ here compares a violent crime with the people who spend time in an area, not only the people who live there. 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.
Violent crime in Apopka and nearby cities
Apopka has more violent crime than 6 of its 10 nearest cities. Wekiwa Springs and Mount Plymouth have the least violent crime nearby.
Among the traits that tend to go with violent crime, two set Apopka apart: it has a Walk Grade of D- (9 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole, and 28 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole. Places like that tend to report less assault, yet assault runs higher here than that would suggest.
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 assault. 91% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D- (9 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 78% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more robbery.28 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 74% of US city residents
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery.11% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 59% of US city residents
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Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Apopka: D- (9 of 100).1 trips an hourUS: noneLower than for 50% of US city residents
BestNeighborhood, a sister site of CrimeGrade™, ranks the neighborhoods of Apopka on shops, parks, home prices, getting around and more.
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 violent crime costs Apopka
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, violent crime costs Apopka about $82 million a year, or $976 per resident. The costs that reach a bill, such as medical care, lost work and the justice system, come to about $19 million, or $229 per resident.
Billed cost of violent crime per resident, per year
How the cost breaks down
Pain and suffering are about 77% of that full cost.
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$3.5 million
$41
Rape
$2.0 million
$24
Robbery
$1.4 million
$17
Assault
$12 million
$147
Total
$19 million
$229
How CrimeGrade™ works
The violent crime CrimeGrade™ covers murder, rape, robbery and assault, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most, on one scale for the whole country.
It weighs each violent crime against the people who spend time in an area, so a busy downtown is graded on its workers and visitors as well as its residents.
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.
