Fort Lauderdale is the tenth-largest city in Florida, with 197,400 residents in Broward County · Updated November 2026
How common is violent crime in Fort Lauderdale?
Violent crime is high in Fort Lauderdale: a B-, with more violent crime than the neighborhoods where 82% of Americans live. Assaults make up 88% of it, and most of those are simple assaults, which involve no weapon and no serious injury.
B-
Violent crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 572 of 1,000More violent crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
18% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more violent crime than Fort Lauderdale as a whole, and 82% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a violent crime safety score of 860, a CrimeGrade™ of A. Fort Lauderdale scores 572.
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 Fort Lauderdale, FL at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Fort Lauderdale, 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 Fort Lauderdale
One part of Fort Lauderdale stands out for robbery. Robberies in Durrs Homeowners, Washington Park & Boulevard Gardens, in west Fort Lauderdale, run at about triple the rate in the rest of the city.
Murder stands out among cities graded B for violent crime. For the typical resident of a US city graded B for violent crime, the figure is 0.05 murders a year per 1,000 residents; Fort Lauderdale has 0.10.
Where violent crime is lowest and highest in Fort Lauderdale
Violent crime changes a lot from one part of Fort Lauderdale to the next: 61% of residents live in areas graded A or B, while 28% live in areas graded D or F. Violent crime grades across Fort Lauderdale run from A+ to F.
61%11%28%
A or B 61%C 11%D or F 28%
Share of residents, by the violent crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
8Lake Aire-Palm View, Palm-Aire Village & Roosevelt Gardens, northwestAggravated assaults run about 60% higher here than in the rest of Fort Lauderdale.D+302
9Durrs Homeowners, Washington Park & Boulevard Gardens, westAggravated assaults run at about triple the rate in the rest of Fort Lauderdale.F0
Neighborhood areas of Fort Lauderdale, 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 Fort Lauderdale
CrimeGrade™ estimates Fort Lauderdale has about 17 reported violent crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 29% more than the US as a whole and 46% more than 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 Fort Lauderdale, about 88% of the total. Murder and rape are far rarer, but they account for 46% 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.
The Fort Lauderdale Police Department's counts of murder, reported rape, robbery, aggravated assault and simple assault in the FBI's 2024 data were incomplete, so CrimeGrade™ used Florida's own crime records instead.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
Violent crime in Fort Lauderdale and nearby cities
Of the 9 cities closest to Fort Lauderdale, 6 have less violent crime. Lauderdale-by-the-Sea and Dania have the least.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Fort Lauderdale. 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, Fort Lauderdale has more violent crime than 86% of them.
Among the traits that tend to go with violent crime, two set Fort Lauderdale apart: it has 88 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole, and a Walk Grade of C+ (45 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole. It also combines many jobs with busy transit: places with both tend to report more robbery than places with only one of them, and it runs high here.
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more robbery.88 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 94% 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+ (45 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 90% 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 Fort Lauderdale: C- (31 of 100).10 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 85% 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.41% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 77% 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 Fort Lauderdale
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, violent crime costs Fort Lauderdale about $448 million a year, or $2,269 per resident. The costs that reach a bill, such as medical care, lost work and the justice system, come to about $90 million, or $457 per resident.
Billed cost of violent crime per resident, per year
How the cost breaks down
Pain and suffering are about 80% of that full cost.
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$36 million
$180
Rape
$5.6 million
$29
Robbery
$9.5 million
$48
Assault
$40 million
$200
Total
$90 million
$457
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.
