Photo: Alexf · Public domainThe crimes the grade counts fell 51% per resident in Bal Harbour from 2023 to 2025
Bal Harbour’s overall Safety Grade is C− (#95 of 128 graded towns in Florida): more crime per resident than 78% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025. On violence it beats 64% of U.S. towns; on property crime, only 10%. Each year brought 1.1 violent crimes and 29.5 incidents of property crime for every 1,000 residents (3.4 and 17.2 in the rest of Florida).
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of FL” is every other Florida city and town in the FBI’s tables; the U.S. figure is the FBI’s national estimate as published, averaged over the three years. The FBI publishes no national homicide or robbery rate in our data, so those compare with all U.S. cities and towns in its tables.
What stands out about safety in Bal Harbour
A job center
Bal Harbour has 3,674 jobs based in town for 3,036 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
Reported crime is falling
Crime reported per resident fell from 2023 to 2025 by more than ordinary year-to-year swings, on the grade’s own score. Trend ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Bal Harbour’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds Bal Harbour’s grade up; property crime pulls it down.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Bal Harbour property | Rest of Florida property | Bal Harbour violent | Rest of Florida violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 55.9 | 19.2 | 0.7 | 3.6 |
| 2024 | 7.5 | 18.4 | 0.3 | 3.5 |
| 2025 | 25.4 | 14.3 | 2.3 | 3.0 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2023–2025, against the rest of Florida.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Bal Harbour | Rest of Florida | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.7 | 3.6 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.3 | 3.5 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 2.3 | 3.0 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Bal Harbour’s police reported 10 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.1 per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.4 in the rest of Florida and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Crime in Bal Harbour per 1,000 residents
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
And about 2 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
86 crimes reported in 2025
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
7 violent and 79 property, as reported to the FBI by Bal Harbour’s police.
One person died in crashes on Bal Harbour’s roads in 2019–2023
Bal Harbour had 1 fatal crash in five years, in which one person died; 1 was a cyclist.
That is about what is typical for Florida towns of 2,500–5,000 people: at their median rate (10.4 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Bal Harbour’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Bal Harbour’s own rate (6.5) is context, not a ranking.
Deaths are counted where the crash happened, not where the people lived: a highway through town adds through-traffic deaths, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Town rates sit below state and U.S. rates because a third of fatal crashes happen outside any town. Road safety is described here and is not part of the Safety Grade. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023.
Bal Harbour and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bal Harbour | C− | 1.1 | 29.5 |
| Surfside | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Surfside reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2025 but not 2024.
Florida towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bal Harbour | C− | 1.1 | 29.5 |
| Lake Helen | A− | 1.6 | 3.3 |
| Holmes Beach | B | 1.2 | 10.3 |
| Edgewood | B− | 1.6 | 11.0 |
| Lake Hamilton | C+ | 2.0 | 16.7 |
| Mangonia Park | D− | 10.7 | 52.8 |
The five graded Florida towns closest to Bal Harbour’s population (3,036), by grade.
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many crimes are never reported to police.
- One number for all of Bal Harbour. A town-wide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of town to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Bal Harbour’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (3,105 in 2025); our figure for Bal Harbour is 3,036 (2025 Census estimate).
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.
How the grade is calculated, for every town: How TownRatings grades safety →
Questions about safety in Bal Harbour
Is Bal Harbour, FL safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Bal Harbour reports more crime per resident than 78% of U.S. towns, a C− Safety Grade and #95 of 128 in Florida. Its police reported 1.1 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.4 in the rest of Florida and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Bal Harbour?
1.1 violent and 29.5 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Florida reports 3.4 and 17.2; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Who polices Bal Harbour?
Bal Harbour’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Bal Harbour Village”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Road deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.