Miami Gardens is a city of 98,300 in Miami-Dade County · Updated November 2026
How common is violent crime in Miami Gardens?
Miami Gardens grades C+ for violent crime, with more of it than the neighborhoods where 86% of Americans live. Assaults make up 91% of it, and most of those are simple assaults, which involve no weapon and no serious injury.
C+
Violent crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 477 of 1,000More violent crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
14% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more violent crime than Miami Gardens as a whole, and 86% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a violent crime safety score of 860, a CrimeGrade™ of A. Miami Gardens scores 477.
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 Miami Gardens, FL at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Miami Gardens, 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 Miami Gardens
Murder runs high. Miami Gardens has about 11 murders a year, a rate about double the national one.
Where violent crime is lowest and highest in Miami Gardens
Areas graded C for violent crime are home to 58% of residents in Miami Gardens; 24% live in areas graded A or B and 18% in areas graded D or F. Violent crime grades across Miami Gardens run from B+ to D-.
24%58%18%
A or B 24%C 58%D or F 18%
Share of residents, by the violent crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
Is violent crime going up in Miami Gardens?
Reported violent crime in Miami Gardens has fallen 48% since 2019. Murders, rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults went from about 7.7 to 4.0 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 3.7). In 2024 alone, violent crime fell 33%.
Violent crime, change since 2019
Miami GardensUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Miami Gardens. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Violent, Miami Gardens
Violent, US
2016
-13%
+4%
2017
+4%
+4%
2018
-4%
+0%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
-8%
+4%
2021
-10%
+6%
2022
-23%
+5%
2023
-23%
+2%
2024
-48%
-4%
Violent crime rates and types in Miami Gardens
CrimeGrade™ estimates Miami Gardens has about 11 reported violent crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 16% 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 Miami Gardens, about 91% 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.
Where and when violent crime happens in Miami Gardens
Miami Gardens has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Miami Gardens, 60% of aggravated assaults happen at a home, against 53% nationally. Robberies happen most often at stores and businesses: 37% of them.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Robbery
Stores and businesses (37%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Aggravated assault
Homes (60%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
Violent crime in Miami Gardens and nearby cities
Miami Gardens has more violent crime than 6 of its 10 nearest cities. Country Club and Miramar have the least violent crime nearby.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Miami Gardens. 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, Miami Gardens has more violent crime than 96% of them.
Among the traits that tend to go with violent crime, two set Miami Gardens apart: it has 15 buses and trains an hour at the evening rush, where most Americans have none nearby, and 38% of its residents in dense blocks, against 24% nationally. Places like that tend to report more robbery, and it runs high here.
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Miami Gardens: C- (29 of 100).15 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 89% of US city residents
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more robbery.38% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 74% 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. 75% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (22 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 65% of US city residents
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JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more robbery.32 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower 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 violent crime costs Miami Gardens
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, violent crime costs Miami Gardens about $198 million a year, or $2,013 per resident. The costs that reach a bill, such as medical care, lost work and the justice system, come to about $36 million, or $368 per resident.
Billed cost of violent crime per resident, per year
How the cost breaks down
Pain and suffering are about 82% of that full cost.
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$20 million
$200
Rape
$1.2 million
$12
Robbery
$2.1 million
$21
Assault
$13 million
$135
Total
$36 million
$368
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.
