Photo: AirportExpert · CC BY-SA 4.0Who polices Hobe Sound, and what they report
Widen the search to 25 miles and 12 graded towns turn up. Within 10 miles, Tequesta is the one town with a Safety Grade. Hobe Sound has no police department of its own: it’s an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) in Martin County. The Martin 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 Hobe Sound alone, and no Safety Grade.
What stands out about safety in Hobe Sound
Policed by the county
Hobe Sound is a census-designated place, with no town government. Crimes there are reported to the FBI inside the Martin County Sheriff’s Office’s totals for the county. County police ↓
Counts, not rates
The FBI doesn’t publish how many people the Martin County Sheriff’s Office covers, so its totals can’t be turned into a per-resident rate or a grade for Hobe Sound. County police ↓
The nearest graded towns
The closest Florida towns with their own police figures are Tequesta (A, 8 mi), Stuart (C−, 10 mi), Jupiter (A, 11 mi). Nearby towns can differ a lot from Hobe Sound. Nearest ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What the Martin County Sheriff’s Office reports
Reports to the FBI for the parts of Martin County without police of their own, which include Hobe Sound.
Property crimes
Violent crimes
2025 offenses reported by the Martin 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tequesta | A | 8 mi | 0.6 | 3.7 |
| Stuart | C− | 10 mi | 3.6 | 19.4 |
| Jupiter | A | 11 mi | 0.7 | 3.7 |
| Juno Beach | B+ | 15 mi | 0.9 | 7.3 |
| Palm Beach Gardens | B− | 16 mi | 0.9 | 15.4 |
| North Palm Beach | A− | 18 mi | 0.9 | 5.1 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Hobe Sound. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Hobe Sound.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Two people died in crashes on Hobe Sound’s roads in 2019–2023
Hobe Sound had 2 fatal crashes in five years, in which two people died.
That is fewer than is typical for Florida towns of 5,000–25,000 people: at their median rate (11.0 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Hobe Sound’s size would see about 8 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Hobe Sound’s own rate (2.9) 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.
Hobe Sound and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
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Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 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.
- 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 Hobe Sound
Is Hobe Sound, FL safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Hobe Sound. The nearest Florida towns with a grade are Tequesta (A, 8 mi), Stuart (C−, 10 mi), Jupiter (A, 11 mi).
Who polices Hobe Sound?
The Martin County Sheriff’s Office. Hobe Sound is an unincorporated community, and the department reports to the FBI for the parts of Martin County without police of their own.
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Neighbors looking out for each other in Hobe Sound.
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.