Who reports crime for Cypress Quarters
Cypress Quarters has no police department of its own: it’s an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) in Okeechobee County. The Okeechobee County Sheriff’s Office reports to the FBI for the parts of the county without police of their own, so there are no figures for Cypress Quarters alone, and no Safety Grade. The nearest town with a Safety Grade is Pahokee, 32 miles away, graded D.
What stands out about safety in Cypress Quarters
Policed by the county
Cypress Quarters is a census-designated place, with no town government. Crimes there are reported to the FBI inside the Okeechobee County Sheriff’s Office’s totals for the county. County police ↓
Counts, not rates
The FBI doesn’t publish how many people the Okeechobee County Sheriff’s Office covers, so its totals can’t be turned into a per-resident rate or a grade for Cypress Quarters. County police ↓
The nearest graded towns
The closest Florida towns with their own police figures are Pahokee (D, 32 mi), Fellsmere (A−, 34 mi), Stuart (C−, 35 mi). Nearby towns can differ a lot from Cypress Quarters. Nearest ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What the Okeechobee County Sheriff’s Office reports
Reports to the FBI for the parts of Okeechobee County without police of their own, which include Cypress Quarters.
Property crimes
Violent crimes
2025 offenses reported by the Okeechobee County Sheriff’s Office
Counts, not rates: the FBI doesn’t publish how many people each agency covers. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, Tables 10–11.
Crimes reported to the FBI for the whole area the department covers, by year.
The nearest Florida towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pahokee | D | 32 mi | 9.6 | 23.7 |
| Fellsmere | A− | 34 mi | 0.9 | 5.1 |
| Stuart | C− | 35 mi | 3.6 | 19.4 |
| Vero Beach | A | 37 mi | 0.6 | 4.4 |
| South Bay | D | 40 mi | 8.5 | 17.9 |
| Belle Glade | D− | 40 mi | 11.8 | 23.9 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Cypress Quarters. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Cypress Quarters.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Three people died in crashes on Cypress Quarters’s roads in 2019–2023
Cypress Quarters had 2 fatal crashes in five years, in which three people died; 1 was a pedestrian.
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 Cypress Quarters’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Cypress Quarters’s own rate (35.4) 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.
Cypress Quarters and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taylor Creek | — | — | — |
| Okeechobee | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Taylor Creek is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own. Okeechobee reported to the FBI for 2023 but not 2024 or 2025.
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 Cypress Quarters
Is Cypress Quarters, FL safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Cypress Quarters. The nearest Florida towns with a grade are Pahokee (D, 32 mi), Fellsmere (A−, 34 mi), Stuart (C−, 35 mi).
Who polices Cypress Quarters?
The Okeechobee County Sheriff’s Office. Cypress Quarters is an unincorporated community, and the department reports to the FBI for the parts of Okeechobee County without police of their own.
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Neighbors looking out for each other in Cypress Quarters.
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.