The police behind Indian River Estates’s crime figures
Indian River Estates has no police department of its own: it’s an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) in St. Lucie County. The St. Lucie 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 Indian River Estates alone, and no Safety Grade. The closest graded town is Stuart, 12 miles away, at C−. Widen the search to 25 miles and 2 graded towns turn up.
What stands out about safety in Indian River Estates
Policed by the county
Indian River Estates is a census-designated place, with no town government. Crimes there are reported to the FBI inside the St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office’s totals for the county. County police ↓
Counts, not rates
The FBI doesn’t publish how many people the St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office covers, so its totals can’t be turned into a per-resident rate or a grade for Indian River Estates. County police ↓
The nearest graded towns
The closest Florida towns with their own police figures are Stuart (C−, 12 mi), Vero Beach (A, 21 mi), Tequesta (A, 29 mi). Nearby towns can differ a lot from Indian River Estates. Nearest ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What the St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office reports
Reports to the FBI for the parts of St. Lucie County without police of their own, which include Indian River Estates.
Property crimes
Violent crimes
2025 offenses reported by the St. Lucie 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
Straight-line distance from the center of Indian River Estates. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Indian River Estates.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Six people died in crashes on Indian River Estates’s roads in 2019–2023
Indian River Estates had 6 fatal crashes in five years, in which six people died.
That is about what 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 Indian River Estates’s size would see about 4 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Indian River Estates’s own rate (15.6) 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.
Indian River Estates and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Pierce | — | — | — |
| Port St. Lucie | — | — | — |
| White City | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Fort Pierce and Port St. Lucie reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2025 but not 2024. White City 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 Indian River Estates
Is Indian River Estates, FL safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Indian River Estates. The nearest Florida towns with a grade are Stuart (C−, 12 mi), Vero Beach (A, 21 mi), Tequesta (A, 29 mi).
Who polices Indian River Estates?
The St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office. Indian River Estates is an unincorporated community, and the department reports to the FBI for the parts of St. Lucie County without police of their own.
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Neighbors looking out for each other in Indian River Estates.
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.