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St. Petersburg Crime Rate Report (Florida)

St. Petersburg crime statistics report an overall downward trend in crime based on data from 26 years with violent crime decreasing and property crime decreasing. Based on this trend, the crime rate in St. Petersburg for 2026 is expected to be lower than in 2025.

The city violent crime rate for St. Petersburg in 2025 was higher than the national violent crime rate average by 50.29% and the city property crime rate in St. Petersburg was higher than the national property crime rate average by 31.35%.

In 2025 the city violent crime rate in St. Petersburg was higher than the violent crime rate in Florida by 88.76% and the city property crime rate in St. Petersburg was higher than the property crime rate in Florida by 71.41%.

Property and Violent Crime
St. Petersburg Property Crime vs. State and National Per Capita
St. Petersburg Violent Crime vs. State and National Per Capita

St. Petersburg Crime Statistics
Summary Report

2025 Crime (Actual Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault1,008
Arson12
Burglary515
Larceny and Theft4,503
Motor Vehicle Theft407
Murder and Manslaughter9
Rape131
Robbery177
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)9,435
Property Crime5,425
Violent Crime1,325
2026 Crime (Projected Data)*Incidents
Aggravated Assault1,216
Arson5
Burglary138
Larceny and Theft3,447
Motor Vehicle Theft428
Murder and Manslaughter13
Rape114
Robbery83
Crime Rate (Total Incidents)8,023
Property Crime4,013
Violent Crime1,426

Property and Violent Crime Totals

St. Petersburg Property Crime

St. Petersburg Violent Crime

Actual versus Projected Crime Totals

St. Petersburg Crime 2025

St. Petersburg Crime 2026

City versus State versus National Crime Comparison

St. Petersburg Property Crime vs. State and National Comparison

St. Petersburg Violent Crime vs. State and National Comparison
* The source of actual data on this St. Petersburg, 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 St. Petersburg crime report data for 2026 was projected from 26 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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