Photo: CKColerEL · CC BY 3.0No grade for Eagle Lake, but its recorded crime is here
The closest graded town is Winter Haven, 5 miles away, at C. A 10-mile radius takes in 4 places that are graded. There are no FBI figures for Eagle Lake by itself for 2023–2025, so the grade has nothing to work from.
The nearest Florida towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winter Haven | C | 5 mi | 2.8 | 15.7 |
| Bartow | C− | 7 mi | 4.1 | 16.6 |
| Lake Hamilton | C+ | 10 mi | 2.0 | 16.7 |
| Auburndale | C | 10 mi | 2.0 | 19.3 |
| Lake Wales | C | 10 mi | 3.2 | 16.8 |
| Lake Alfred | B+ | 12 mi | 0.8 | 9.7 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Eagle Lake. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Eagle Lake.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Two people died in crashes on Eagle Lake’s roads in 2019–2023
Eagle Lake had 2 fatal crashes in five years, in which two 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 Eagle Lake’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Eagle Lake’s own rate (10.3) 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.
Eagle Lake and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wahneta | — | — | — |
| Winter Haven | C | 2.8 | 15.7 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Wahneta is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its 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 Eagle Lake
Is Eagle Lake, FL safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Eagle Lake. Eagle Lake 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 Winter Haven (C, 5 mi), Bartow (C−, 7 mi), Lake Hamilton (C+, 10 mi).
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Neighbors looking out for each other in Eagle Lake.
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.