Photo: Ebyabe · CC BY-SA 3.0More violent crime is recorded per resident in Fort Myers than in 89% of U.S. towns
The graded rate fell 31% from 2023 to 2025. Overall, Fort Myers grades C− for safety (#95 of 128 graded towns in Florida, and #137 of 325 U.S. cities over 100,000): more crime per resident than 78% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported in 2023–2025. Its police logs show 5.2 violent crimes and 13.5 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, while in the rest of Florida the numbers are 3.3 and 17.3.
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 Fort Myers
Homicides: above U.S. cities overall
Fort Myers’ police reported 3 homicides to the FBI in 2025. Over 2023–2025 that is 5.9 per 100,000 residents a year, above the rest of Florida (4.7) and about the same as all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables (5.7). Violent crime ↓
Robberies: above the rest of Florida
79.0 robberies per 100,000 residents a year over 2023–2025 (57 reported in 2025), above the rest of Florida (54.6) and about the same as all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables (79.4). Violent crime ↓
Against other big cities
Among the 325 U.S. cities over 100,000 we grade, Fort Myers reports less crime per resident than 58% (#137). Places like it ↓
A job center
Fort Myers has 72,319 jobs based in town for 101,581 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
Reported crime is falling
Crime reported per resident fell from 2023 to 2025 by more than ordinary year-to-year swings, on the grade’s own score. Trend ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Fort Myers’ 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 higher than in most U.S. towns; property crime is the closer of the two to typical. Its property rate (13.5) is below the FBI’s national estimate (17.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Fort Myers property | Rest of Florida property | Fort Myers violent | Rest of Florida violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 15.5 | 19.3 | 6.3 | 3.5 |
| 2024 | 14.5 | 18.4 | 4.8 | 3.5 |
| 2025 | 10.6 | 14.4 | 4.4 | 3.0 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2023–2025, against the rest of Florida.
Crime in Fort Myers per 1,000 residents
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.
And about 4 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Homicides and robberies
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| Year | Fort Myers | Rest of Florida | U.S. cities (FBI tables) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 8.0 | 5.7 | 6.8 |
| 2024 | 6.9 | 5.1 | 5.7 |
| 2025 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 4.6 |
Homicides per 100,000 residents
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| Year | Fort Myers | Rest of Florida | U.S. cities (FBI tables) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 92.4 | 61.0 | 90.6 |
| 2024 | 90.1 | 56.8 | 81.9 |
| 2025 | 55.1 | 46.5 | 66.0 |
Robberies per 100,000 residents
Fort Myers’ police reported 3 homicides, 57 robberies and 457 violent crimes in all to the FBI in 2025. By year, against the rest of Florida and all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables.
1,552 crimes reported in 2025
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
457 violent and 1,095 property, as reported to the FBI by Fort Myers’ police.
94 people died in crashes on Fort Myers’s roads in 2019–2023
Fort Myers had 86 fatal crashes in five years, in which 94 people died; 24 were pedestrians and 9 were cyclists. 7 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 19.8 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.
Fort Myers and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Myers | C− | 5.2 | 13.5 |
| Tice | — | — | — |
| Gateway | — | — | — |
| Whiskey Creek | — | — | — |
| Buckingham | — | — | — |
| Lehigh Acres | — | — | — |
| Cape Coral | — | — | — |
| North Fort Myers | — | — | — |
| Pine Manor | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Tice, Gateway, Whiskey Creek, Buckingham, Lehigh Acres, North Fort Myers and Pine Manor are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own. Cape Coral has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
Florida towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Myers | C− | 5.2 | 13.5 |
| North Port | B+ | 1.0 | 7.3 |
| Boca Raton | C+ | 1.5 | 16.2 |
| Clearwater | C | 2.8 | 15.8 |
| Plantation | C | 1.9 | 19.5 |
| Miami Gardens | C | 3.2 | 17.2 |
The five graded Florida towns closest to Fort Myers’ population (101,581), by grade.
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 Fort Myers. 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 Fort Myers’ residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (103,372 in 2025); our figure for Fort Myers is 101,581 (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 Fort Myers
Is Fort Myers, FL safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Fort Myers reports more crime per resident than 78% of U.S. towns, a C− Safety Grade and #95 of 128 in Florida. Its police reported 5.2 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.3 in the rest of Florida and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Fort Myers?
5.2 violent and 13.5 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Florida reports 3.3 and 17.3; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
How many homicides were there in Fort Myers in 2025?
Fort Myers’s police reported 3 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 2.9 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Who polices Fort Myers?
Fort Myers’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Fort Myers”. 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.