Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Crime reported in Jacksonville Beach, FL
Drive 10 miles in any direction and you reach 2 towns with grades of their own. Jacksonville Beach’s police reported to the FBI for 2025 but not 2023 or 2024, so there is no Safety Grade: the grade needs all three years, 2023–2025. The closest graded town is Neptune Beach, 3 miles away, at B.
For every 1,000 residents, about 23 property crimes reported
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 about 3 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
The years Jacksonville Beach’s police reported
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| Year | Jacksonville Beach | Rest of Florida | Jacksonville Beach | Rest of Florida |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | not reported | 22.1 | not reported | 4.4 |
| 2023 | not reported | 19.2 | not reported | 3.6 |
| 2024 | not reported | 18.4 | not reported | 3.5 |
| 2025 | 23.0 | 14.3 | 3.4 | 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.
623 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.
80 violent and 543 property, as reported to the FBI by Jacksonville Beach’s police.
The nearest Florida towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neptune Beach | B | 3 mi | 1.0 | 12.3 |
| Atlantic Beach | B− | 5 mi | 1.6 | 12.7 |
| Orange Park | B− | 20 mi | 2.7 | 7.4 |
| Green Cove Springs | C+ | 27 mi | 3.1 | 9.9 |
| Fernandina Beach | B+ | 27 mi | 1.6 | 4.9 |
| Palatka | D | 46 mi | 4.3 | 32.7 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Jacksonville Beach. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Jacksonville Beach.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
10 people died in crashes on Jacksonville Beach’s roads in 2019–2023
Jacksonville Beach had 10 fatal crashes in five years, in which 10 people died; 4 were pedestrians and 2 were cyclists.
That is 8.5 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, below the median for Florida towns of 5,000–25,000 people (11.0, 308 towns).
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.
Jacksonville Beach and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jacksonville | — | — | — |
| Neptune Beach | B | 1.0 | 12.3 |
| Palm Valley | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Jacksonville has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Palm Valley 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 Jacksonville 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 Jacksonville Beach’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (23,585 in 2025); our figure for Jacksonville Beach is 23,615 (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 Jacksonville Beach
Is Jacksonville Beach, FL safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Jacksonville Beach. The nearest Florida towns with a grade are Neptune Beach (B, 3 mi), Atlantic Beach (B−, 5 mi), Orange Park (B−, 20 mi).
Who polices Jacksonville Beach?
Jacksonville Beach’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Jacksonville 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.