Mary McLeod Bethune Home · Photo: Lvklock · CC BY-SA 4.0Safety in Daytona Beach, FL: what is reported
The closest graded town is Lake Helen, 16 miles away, at A−. Daytona Beach reports no crime figures of its own to the FBI for 2023–2025, so there is no Safety Grade. Within a 25-mile drive lie 2 towns that have a grade.
For every 1,000 residents, about 27 property crimes reported
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2022
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2022
Crimes reported to police in 2022 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
And about 9 violent crimes, in 2022. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
The years Daytona Beach’s police reported
Show as a table
| Year | Daytona Beach | Rest of Florida | Daytona Beach | Rest of Florida |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 26.7 | 22.0 | 9.3 | 4.4 |
| 2023 | not reported | 19.2 | not reported | 3.6 |
| 2024 | not reported | 18.4 | not reported | 3.5 |
| 2025 | not reported | 14.3 | not reported | 3.0 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents, against the rest of Florida. A year the department didn’t report in full is a gap, not a zero.
2,779 crimes reported in 2022
2022 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
716 violent and 2,063 property, as reported to the FBI by Daytona Beach’s police.
The nearest Florida towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Helen | A− | 16 mi | 1.6 | 3.3 |
| Flagler Beach | B | 20 mi | 2.1 | 7.5 |
| Sanford | D | 30 mi | 5.6 | 23.2 |
| Crescent City | B | 30 mi | 0.4 | 11.7 |
| Lake Mary | B | 32 mi | 1.2 | 8.8 |
| Oviedo | B+ | 37 mi | 1.1 | 5.8 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Daytona Beach. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Daytona Beach.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
126 people died in crashes on Daytona Beach’s roads in 2019–2023
Daytona Beach had 116 fatal crashes in five years, in which 126 people died; 25 were pedestrians and 8 were cyclists. 8 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 31.9 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Florida towns of 25,000–100,000 people (9.7, 147 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.
Daytona Beach and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daytona Beach Shores | — | — | — |
| Ormond Beach | — | — | — |
| Holly Hill | — | — | — |
| South Daytona | — | — | — |
| Port Orange | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Daytona Beach Shores, Ormond Beach, Holly Hill, South Daytona and Port Orange have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
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.
- One number for all of Daytona Beach. A citywide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of the city to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Daytona Beach’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (77,130 in 2022); our figure for Daytona Beach is 88,471 (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 Daytona Beach
Is Daytona Beach, FL safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Daytona Beach. Daytona Beach 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 Lake Helen (A−, 16 mi), Flagler Beach (B, 20 mi), Sanford (D, 30 mi).
Who polices Daytona Beach?
Daytona Beach’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Daytona Beach”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Neighbors looking out for each other in Daytona Beach.
Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2022, 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.