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Cape Coral Crime Rate Report (Florida)

Cape Coral crime statistics report an overall downward trend in crime based on data from 22 years with violent crime decreasing and property crime decreasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in Cape Coral for 2026 is expected to be lower than in 2020.

The city violent crime rate for Cape Coral in 2020 was lower than the national violent crime rate average by 67.16% and the city property crime rate in Cape Coral was lower than the national property crime rate average by 44.66%.

In 2020 the city violent crime rate in Cape Coral was lower than the violent crime rate in Florida by 66.68% and the city property crime rate in Cape Coral was lower than the property crime rate in Florida by 39.66%.

Property and Violent Crime
Cape Coral Property Crime vs. State and National Per Capita
Cape Coral Violent Crime vs. State and National Per Capita

Cape Coral Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2020 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault216
Arson8
Burglary305
Larceny and Theft1,692
Motor Vehicle Theft133
Murder and Manslaughter1
Rape18
Robbery20
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)2,377
Property Crime2,130
Violent Crime255
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault221
Arson1
Burglary0
Larceny and Theft1,075
Motor Vehicle Theft196
Murder and Manslaughter3
Rape21
Robbery19
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)1,310
Property Crime1,063
Violent Crime264

Property and Violent Crime Totals

Cape Coral Property Crime

Cape Coral Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

Cape Coral Crime 2020

Cape Coral Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

Cape Coral Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

Cape Coral Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this Cape Coral, 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 Cape Coral crime report data for 2026 was projected from 22 years of actual data. The last year of actual available crime data, as reported above, was 2020.

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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