What the figures say about crime in Indian River Shores, FL
Vero Beach itself is graded A, and no other graded town is as close. Indian River Shores has no FBI crime figures of its own for 2023–2025, so there is nothing to grade it on.
For every 1,000 residents, about 4 property crimes reported
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2022
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2022
Crimes reported to police in 2022 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
And fewer than 1 violent crime, in 2022. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
The years Indian River Shores’ police reported
Show as a table
| Year | Indian River Shores | Rest of Florida | Indian River Shores | Rest of Florida |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3.8 | 22.1 | 0.2 | 4.5 |
| 2023 | not reported | 19.2 | not reported | 3.6 |
| 2024 | not reported | 18.4 | not reported | 3.5 |
| 2025 | not reported | 14.3 | not reported | 3.0 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents, against the rest of Florida. A year the department didn’t report in full is a gap, not a zero.
18 crimes reported in 2022
2022 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
1 violent and 17 property, as reported to the FBI by Indian River Shores’ police.
The nearest Florida towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vero Beach | A | 4 mi | 0.6 | 4.4 |
| Sebastian | B− | 7 mi | 1.5 | 11.1 |
| Fellsmere | A− | 14 mi | 0.9 | 5.1 |
| Palm Bay | C+ | 24 mi | 3.1 | 9.5 |
| West Melbourne | B− | 29 mi | 1.6 | 11.1 |
| Indian Harbour Beach | B+ | 34 mi | 1.5 | 5.1 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Indian River Shores. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Indian River Shores.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Two people died in crashes on Indian River Shores’s roads in 2019–2023
Indian River Shores had 2 fatal crashes in five years, in which two people 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 Indian River Shores’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Indian River Shores’s own rate (9.1) 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 Shores and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vero Beach | A | 0.6 | 4.4 |
| Wabasso Beach | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Wabasso Beach 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.
- One number for all of Indian River Shores. A town-wide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of town to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Indian River Shores’ residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (4,421 in 2022); our figure for Indian River Shores is 4,467 (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 Indian River Shores
Is Indian River Shores, FL safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Indian River Shores. The nearest Florida towns with a grade are Vero Beach (A, 4 mi), Sebastian (B−, 7 mi), Fellsmere (A−, 14 mi).
Who polices Indian River Shores?
Indian River Shores’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Indian River Shores”. 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, 2022, 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.