Clearwater is a city of 127,400 in Pinellas County, about 18 miles west of downtown Tampa · Updated November 2026
How common is violent crime in Clearwater?
Clearwater earns an A- for violent crime, with more violent crime than the neighborhoods where 63% of Americans live. Assaults make up 93% 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 797 of 1,000More violent crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
37% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more violent crime than Clearwater as a whole, and 63% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a violent crime safety score of 860, a CrimeGrade™ of A. Clearwater scores 797.
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 Clearwater, FL at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Clearwater, 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 Clearwater
Robberies run high in Country Club Estates. In this part of west Clearwater, they run at about double the rate in the rest of Clearwater.
Reported rapes run high for a city with an A for violent crime. Clearwater has 0.49 reported rapes a year per 1,000 residents; for the typical resident of a US city graded A for violent crime, the figure is 0.25.
Where violent crime is lowest and highest in Clearwater
Most of Clearwater grades well for violent crime: 94% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and 2% in areas graded D or F. Violent crime grades across Clearwater run from A+ to D.
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A or B 94%C 4%D or F 2%
Share of residents, by the violent crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
1Northwood Estates, Clubhouse Estates & Inverness Park, northeastAggravated assaults run at less than half the rate in the rest of Clearwater.A916
2Bay Aristocrat Village, Seville & Imperial Cove, southeastSimple assaults run about 40% lower here than in the rest of Clearwater.A855
3Imperial Park & Pride, southAggravated assaults run about 20% lower here than in the rest of Clearwater.A849
4Woodgate, northAggravated assaults run about 30% lower here than in the rest of Clearwater.A-835
5Normandy Park, southwestAggravated assaults run about 50% higher here than in the rest of Clearwater.B+714
6Country Club Estates, westAggravated assaults run at about double the rate in the rest of Clearwater.B-605
Neighborhood areas of Clearwater, 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.
Violent crime rates and types in Clearwater
CrimeGrade™ estimates Clearwater has about 12 reported violent crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 9% less than 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 Clearwater, about 93% of the total. Murder and rape are far rarer, but they account for 43% of the cost of violent crime here.
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 Clearwater and nearby cities
Clearwater has more violent crime than 7 of its 10 nearest cities. Belleair Beach and Belleair have the least violent crime nearby.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Clearwater. Beside each violent crime CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with cities of similar size and density, Clearwater has more violent crime than 50% of them.
Among the traits that tend to go with violent crime, two set Clearwater apart: it has 65 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole, and a Walk Grade of C- (31 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole. Even so, 58% of residents in Clearwater live in car-dependent areas, where most errands take a car. Places like that tend to report more robbery; here robbery sits near the national middle.
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more robbery.65 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 82% 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 assault.C- (31 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 82% of US city residents
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Clearwater: D+ (20 of 100).5 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 68% of US city residents
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Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery.25% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 63% 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 violent crime costs Clearwater
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, violent crime costs Clearwater about $117 million a year, or $920 per resident. The costs that reach a bill, such as medical care, lost work and the justice system, come to about $27 million, or $214 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
$7.9 million
$62
Rape
$3.8 million
$30
Robbery
$1.3 million
$10
Assault
$14 million
$112
Total
$27 million
$214
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.
