Photo: Roman Eugeniusz · CC BY-SA 3.0Dunedin reports less crime per resident than 70% of U.S. towns
On crimes reported to the FBI by Dunedin’s police in 2023–2025, it grades B+ for safety: #23 of 128 graded towns in 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 Dunedin
Dunedin reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 3 Florida towns on Dunedin’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Clearwater (C). Palm Harbor and Greenbriar are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own. Neighbors ↓
Among Florida towns, higher
Florida’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Dunedin’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 82% of the 128 Florida towns we grade, against 70% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Dunedin’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Both violent and property crime are lower than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the stronger of the two.
Violent crime, by year and by type
Dunedin’s police reported 86 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.8 per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.4 in the rest of Florida and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
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| Year | Dunedin | Rest of Florida | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.9 | 3.6 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.8 | 3.5 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.7 | 3.0 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
For every 1,000 residents, about 8 property crimes reported
And about 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
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.
Reported crime is steady
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2023–2025, against the rest of Florida.
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| Year | Dunedin property | Rest of Florida property | Dunedin violent | Rest of Florida violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 7.8 | 19.3 | 0.9 | 3.6 |
| 2024 | 9.2 | 18.4 | 0.8 | 3.5 |
| 2025 | 7.6 | 14.3 | 0.7 | 3.0 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
298 crimes reported in 2025
24 violent and 274 property, as reported to the FBI by Dunedin’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
Nine people died in crashes on Dunedin’s roads in 2019–2023
Dunedin had 9 fatal crashes in five years, in which nine people died; 3 were pedestrians and 1 was a cyclist.
That is fewer than is typical for Florida towns of 25,000–100,000 people: at their median rate (9.7 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Dunedin’s size would see about 17 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Dunedin’s own rate (5.0) 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.
Dunedin and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dunedin | B+ | 0.8 | 8.2 |
| Clearwater | C | 2.8 | 15.8 |
| Palm Harbor | — | — | — |
| Greenbriar | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Palm Harbor and Greenbriar are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own.
Florida towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dunedin | B+ | 0.8 | 8.2 |
| Miami Lakes | B | 0.8 | 11.9 |
| Casselberry | C− | 2.6 | 22.1 |
| Leesburg | C− | 3.4 | 19.2 |
| Panama City | D | 5.6 | 20.1 |
| Riviera Beach | D− | 9.0 | 30.7 |
The five graded Florida towns closest to Dunedin’s population (35,227), by grade.
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 Dunedin. 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 Dunedin’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (35,898 in 2025); our figure for Dunedin is 35,227 (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 Dunedin
Is Dunedin, FL safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Dunedin reports less crime per resident than 70% of U.S. towns, a B+ Safety Grade and #23 of 128 in Florida. Its police reported 0.8 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 Dunedin?
0.8 violent and 8.2 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Florida reports 3.4 and 17.3; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is crime going up or down in Dunedin?
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings.
How many homicides were there in Dunedin in 2025?
Dunedin’s police reported 1 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 2.8 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Dunedin safer than Clearwater?
Clearwater reports more crime per resident than Dunedin: Clearwater grades C for safety and Dunedin B+. Clearwater’s police reported 2.8 violent and 15.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Dunedin?
Dunedin’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Dunedin”. 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.