Photo: David Wilson · CC BY 2.0Cape Coral: recorded crime, not graded
The FBI holds no crime figures for Cape Coral alone for 2023–2025, so it can’t be graded. Widen the search to 25 miles and 2 graded towns turn up. For a graded neighbor, the nearest is Fort Myers (C−), 10 miles away.
The nearest Florida towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Myers | C− | 10 mi | 5.2 | 13.5 |
| Punta Gorda | A− | 18 mi | 0.5 | 6.2 |
| North Port | B+ | 31 mi | 1.0 | 7.3 |
| Arcadia | C | 41 mi | 4.6 | 11.5 |
| Marco Island | A | 52 mi | 0.5 | 3.7 |
| Sarasota | C+ | 59 mi | 3.1 | 10.1 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Cape Coral. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Cape Coral.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
74 people died in crashes on Cape Coral’s roads in 2019–2023
Cape Coral had 69 fatal crashes in five years, in which 74 people died; 15 were pedestrians and 4 were cyclists.
That is 6.9 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, below the median for Florida towns of 100,000+ people (13.1, 27 towns).
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.
Cape Coral and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Fort Myers | — | — | — |
| Fort Myers | C− | 5.2 | 13.5 |
| Burnt Store Marina | — | — | — |
| Lochmoor Waterway Estates | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. North Fort Myers, Burnt Store Marina and Lochmoor Waterway Estates are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own.
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.
- A county agency covers a wide area. Its totals mix many communities, so they say little about any one of them.
- 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 Cape Coral
Is Cape Coral, FL safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Cape Coral. Cape Coral has no FBI crime figures of its own for 2023–2025, so there is nothing to grade it on. The nearest Florida towns with a grade are Fort Myers (C−, 10 mi), Punta Gorda (A−, 18 mi), North Port (B+, 31 mi).
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Please don’t name or describe individuals. In an emergency, call 911.
Neighbors looking out for each other in Cape Coral.
Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 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.