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Fort Lauderdale Crime Rate Report (Florida)

Fort Lauderdale crime statistics report an overall downward trend in crime based on data from 23 years with violent crime decreasing and property crime decreasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in Fort Lauderdale for 2026 is expected to be lower than in 2025.

The city violent crime rate for Fort Lauderdale in 2025 was higher than the national violent crime rate average by 101.78% and the city property crime rate in Fort Lauderdale was higher than the national property crime rate average by 107.25%.

In 2025 the city violent crime rate in Fort Lauderdale was higher than the violent crime rate in Florida by 153.43% and the city property crime rate in Fort Lauderdale was higher than the property crime rate in Florida by 170.46%.

Property and Violent Crime
Fort Lauderdale Property Crime vs. State and National Per Capita
Fort Lauderdale Violent Crime vs. State and National Per Capita

Fort Lauderdale Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2025 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault859
Arson15
Burglary818
Larceny and Theft4,552
Motor Vehicle Theft712
Murder and Manslaughter11
Rape101
Robbery293
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)7,653
Property Crime6,082
Violent Crime1,264
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault757
Arson7
Burglary282
Larceny and Theft5,319
Motor Vehicle Theft922
Murder and Manslaughter22
Rape107
Robbery130
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)8,084
Property Crime6,513
Violent Crime1,016

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Fort Lauderdale Property Crime

Fort Lauderdale Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Fort Lauderdale Crime 2025

Fort Lauderdale Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

Fort Lauderdale Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

Fort Lauderdale Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this Fort Lauderdale, Florida crime rate report is the FBI Report of Offenses Known to Law Enforcement for the corresponding year or years. Arson numbers are reported inconsistently. Zero values may indicate the data was not available. The projected crime rate data displayed above was generated from the trends found in the years of actual reported crime data on file. In this case, the Fort Lauderdale crime report data for 2026 was projected from 23 years of actual data. The last year of actual available crime data, as reported above, was 2025.

The FBI cautions the data users against comparing yearly statistical data solely on the basis of their population coverage. The comparisons made herein are thus, only meaningful upon further examination of all variables that affect crime in each reported city, state or other reported jurisdicition.



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