What is recorded in Homestead Base, and why there is no grade
Florida City, 6 miles away, is the nearest town with a Safety Grade (D−). A 10-mile radius takes in 2 places that are graded. Homestead Base has no police department of its own: it’s an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) in Miami-Dade County. The Miami-Dade 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 Homestead Base alone, and no Safety Grade.
What stands out about safety in Homestead Base
Policed by the county
Homestead Base is a census-designated place, with no town government. Crimes there are reported to the FBI inside the Miami-Dade County Sheriff’s Office’s totals for the county. County police ↓
Counts, not rates
The FBI doesn’t publish how many people the Miami-Dade County Sheriff’s Office covers, so its totals can’t be turned into a per-resident rate or a grade for Homestead Base. County police ↓
The nearest graded towns
The closest Florida towns with their own police figures are Florida City (D−, 6 mi), Cutler Bay (B−, 7 mi), Palmetto Bay (C+, 10 mi). Nearby towns can differ a lot from Homestead Base. Nearest ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What the Miami-Dade County Sheriff’s Office reports
Reports to the FBI for the parts of Miami-Dade County without police of their own, which include Homestead Base.
Property crimes
Violent crimes
2025 offenses reported by the Miami-Dade 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florida City | D− | 6 mi | 18.5 | 68.5 |
| Cutler Bay | B− | 7 mi | 1.4 | 13.9 |
| Palmetto Bay | C+ | 10 mi | 1.5 | 18.3 |
| Coral Gables | B− | 15 mi | 0.7 | 14.2 |
| South Miami | C− | 16 mi | 4.8 | 20.9 |
| Doral | B | 23 mi | 1.0 | 12.3 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Homestead Base. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Homestead Base.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Three people died in crashes on Homestead Base’s roads in 2019–2023
Homestead Base had 1 fatal crash in five years, in which three people died.
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 Homestead Base’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Homestead Base’s own rate (53.3) 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.
Homestead Base and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homestead | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Homestead reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023.
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 Homestead Base
Is Homestead Base, FL safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Homestead Base. The nearest Florida towns with a grade are Florida City (D−, 6 mi), Cutler Bay (B−, 7 mi), Palmetto Bay (C+, 10 mi).
Who polices Homestead Base?
The Miami-Dade County Sheriff’s Office. Homestead Base is an unincorporated community, and the department reports to the FBI for the parts of Miami-Dade County without police of their own.
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Neighbors looking out for each other in Homestead Base.
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.