Photo: DanTD · CC BY-SA 3.0The police behind Garden Grove’s crime figures
Inside a 10-mile circle, only Brooksville carries a grade. Garden Grove has no police department of its own: it’s an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) in Hernando County. The Hernando 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 Garden Grove alone, and no Safety Grade.
What stands out about safety in Garden Grove
Policed by the county
Garden Grove is a census-designated place, with no town government. Crimes there are reported to the FBI inside the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office’s totals for the county. County police ↓
Counts, not rates
The FBI doesn’t publish how many people the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office covers, so its totals can’t be turned into a per-resident rate or a grade for Garden Grove. County police ↓
The nearest graded towns
The closest Florida towns with their own police figures are Brooksville (D, 4 mi), Temple Terrace (C, 30 mi), Tarpon Springs (C+, 31 mi). Nearby towns can differ a lot from Garden Grove. Nearest ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office reports
Reports to the FBI for the parts of Hernando County without police of their own, which include Garden Grove.
Property crimes
Violent crimes
2025 offenses reported by the Hernando 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooksville | D | 4 mi | 5.2 | 23.0 |
| Temple Terrace | C | 30 mi | 3.3 | 15.8 |
| Tarpon Springs | C+ | 31 mi | 2.4 | 14.5 |
| Oldsmar | C+ | 33 mi | 1.3 | 16.0 |
| Tampa | C | 35 mi | 4.1 | 13.6 |
| Safety Harbor | B+ | 36 mi | 1.2 | 5.8 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Garden Grove. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Garden Grove.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
One person died in crashes on Garden Grove’s roads in 2019–2023
Garden Grove had 1 fatal crash in five years, in which one person 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 Garden Grove’s size would see about 0 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Garden Grove’s own rate (31.4) 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.
Garden Grove and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Masaryktown | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Masaryktown 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 Garden Grove
Is Garden Grove, FL safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Garden Grove. The nearest Florida towns with a grade are Brooksville (D, 4 mi), Temple Terrace (C, 30 mi), Tarpon Springs (C+, 31 mi).
Who polices Garden Grove?
The Hernando County Sheriff’s Office. Garden Grove is an unincorporated community, and the department reports to the FBI for the parts of Hernando County without police of their own.
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Neighbors looking out for each other in Garden Grove.
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.