Photo: Jec8992 · CC BY-SA 3.0Reported crime per resident in Indian Rocks Beach fell 74% from 2023 to 2025
It has less violent crime than 62% of U.S. towns, but less property crime than only 30%. Indian Rocks Beach’s overall Safety Grade is C+ (#57 of 128 graded towns in Florida): close to the middle of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025. Police counts work out at 1.2 violent crimes and 17.1 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents annually; in the rest of Florida they are 3.4 and 17.2.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of FL” is every other Florida city and town in the FBI’s tables; the U.S. figure is the FBI’s national estimate as published, averaged over the three years. The FBI publishes no national homicide or robbery rate in our data, so those compare with all U.S. cities and towns in its tables.
What stands out about safety in Indian Rocks Beach
1 of the 2 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 3 Florida towns on Indian Rocks Beach’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Indian Shores (A−), Largo (C). Harbor Bluffs is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own. Neighbors ↓
Among Florida towns, closer to the middle
Florida’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Indian Rocks Beach’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 55% of the 128 Florida towns we grade, against 42% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Reported crime is falling
Crime reported per resident fell from 2023 to 2025 by more than ordinary year-to-year swings, on the grade’s own score. Trend ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Indian Rocks Beach’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds Indian Rocks Beach’s grade up; property crime pulls it down. Its property rate (17.1) is below the FBI’s national estimate (17.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Indian Rocks Beach property | Rest of Florida property | Indian Rocks Beach violent | Rest of Florida violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 27.1 | 19.2 | 2.2 | 3.6 |
| 2024 | 16.3 | 18.4 | 1.4 | 3.5 |
| 2025 | 7.7 | 14.3 | 0.0 | 3.0 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2023–2025, against the rest of Florida.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Indian Rocks Beach | Rest of Florida | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2.2 | 3.6 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.4 | 3.5 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Indian Rocks Beach’s police reported 13 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.2 per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.4 in the rest of Florida and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Crime in Indian Rocks Beach per 1,000 residents
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
And no violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
28 crimes reported in 2025
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
0 violent and 28 property, as reported to the FBI by Indian Rocks Beach’s police.
Three people died in crashes on Indian Rocks Beach’s roads in 2019–2023
Indian Rocks Beach had 3 fatal crashes in five years, in which three people died; 1 was a cyclist.
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 Rocks Beach’s size would see about 2 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Indian Rocks Beach’s own rate (16.4) 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.
Indian Rocks Beach and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indian Rocks Beach | C+ | 1.2 | 17.1 |
| Largo | C | 2.9 | 19.4 |
| Harbor Bluffs | — | — | — |
| Indian Shores | A− | 0.8 | 4.7 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Harbor Bluffs is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own.
Florida towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indian Rocks Beach | C+ | 1.2 | 17.1 |
| Juno Beach | B+ | 0.9 | 7.3 |
| Holmes Beach | B | 1.2 | 10.3 |
| Lake Hamilton | C+ | 2.0 | 16.7 |
| Madeira Beach | C− | 2.5 | 22.6 |
| Bal Harbour | C− | 1.1 | 29.5 |
The five graded Florida towns closest to Indian Rocks Beach’s population (3,563), by grade.
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 Rocks Beach. 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 Rocks Beach’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (3,628 in 2025); our figure for Indian Rocks Beach is 3,563 (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 Rocks Beach
Is Indian Rocks Beach, FL safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Indian Rocks Beach reports more crime per resident than 58% of U.S. towns, a C+ Safety Grade and #57 of 128 in Florida. Its police reported 1.2 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.4 in the rest of Florida and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Indian Rocks Beach?
1.2 violent and 17.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Florida reports 3.4 and 17.2; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is Indian Rocks Beach safer than Largo?
Largo reports more crime per resident than Indian Rocks Beach: Largo grades C for safety and Indian Rocks Beach C+. Largo’s police reported 2.9 violent and 19.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Indian Rocks Beach?
Indian Rocks Beach’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Indian Rocks Beach”. 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, 2025, 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.