Port St. Lucie is the sixth-largest city in Florida, with 234,600 residents in St. Lucie County · Updated November 2026
How common is violent crime in Port St. Lucie?
Violent crime in Port St. Lucie sits near the national middle: an A-, with more violent crime than the neighborhoods where 55% of Americans live. Assaults make up 97% 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 840 of 1,000About as much violent crime as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
45% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more violent crime than Port St. Lucie as a whole, and 55% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a violent crime safety score of 860, a CrimeGrade™ of A. Port St. Lucie scores 840.
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 Port St. Lucie, FL at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Port St. Lucie, 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 Port St. Lucie
Robbery is a strength. Port St. Lucie grades A- for violent crime, but robbery grades A+, better than in the neighborhoods where 66% of Americans live.
Aggravated assaults are uncommon. Port St. Lucie has aggravated assaults at less than half the US rate: 1.1 a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.6 nationally.
Where violent crime is lowest and highest in Port St. Lucie
Every part of Port St. Lucie where people live grades A or B for violent crime on the national scale. Violent crime grades across Port St. Lucie run from A+ to B.
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Share of residents, by the violent crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
1St. Lucie West, northwestAggravated assaults run about 40% lower here than in the rest of Port St. Lucie.A901
2Tradition, westAggravated assaults run about 30% lower here than in the rest of Port St. Lucie.A891
3River Park, northeastAggravated assaults run about 50% higher here than in the rest of Port St. Lucie.B+760
Neighborhood areas of Port St. Lucie, 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 Port St. Lucie
CrimeGrade™ estimates Port St. Lucie has about 7.7 reported violent crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 43% less than the US as a whole and 35% less 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 Port St. Lucie, about 97% 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.
The Port St. Lucie Police Department's 2024 report to the FBI was missing some months of reported rape, aggravated assault and simple assault; CrimeGrade™ filled them in from the department's own monthly pattern.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
Violent crime in Port St. Lucie and nearby cities
Of the 9 cities closest to Port St. Lucie, 5 have less violent crime. Palm City and Sewalls Point have the least.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Port St. Lucie. 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, Port St. Lucie is safer than 73% of them.
Among the traits that tend to go with violent crime, two set Port St. Lucie apart: it has 15 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole, and a Walk Grade of D- (8 of 100) on BestNeighborhood, against 21 for the US as a whole. Places like that tend to report less robbery, and it runs low here.
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more robbery.15 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 93% 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 Port St. Lucie: F (0 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 84% 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. 96% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D- (8 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 84% 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.3% of residentsUS: 24%Lower than for 82% 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 Port St. Lucie
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, violent crime costs Port St. Lucie about $132 million a year, or $564 per resident. The costs that reach a bill, such as medical care, lost work and the justice system, come to about $30 million, or $130 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
$9.8 million
$42
Rape
$2.2 million
$10
Robbery
$490,000
$2
Assault
$18 million
$77
Total
$30 million
$130
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. Port St. Lucie 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.
