Photo: Connor J. Williams · CC BY 3.0Lake Alfred has less violent crime per resident than three in four U.S. towns
Per resident, the graded rate barely moved from 2023 to 2025. Overall, it grades B+ for safety (#25 of 128 graded towns in Florida). Add to that, each year brought 0.8 violent crime and 9.7 incidents of property crime for every 1,000 residents (3.4 and 17.2 in the rest of Florida). One of the 3 towns next door with figures records less crime per resident.
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 Lake Alfred
1 of the 3 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 3 Florida towns on Lake Alfred’s borders, 3 have a Safety Grade: Haines City (B+), Winter Haven (C), Auburndale (C). Neighbors ↓
Among Florida towns, higher
Florida’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Lake Alfred’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 80% of the 128 Florida towns we grade, against 65% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Lake Alfred’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Both violent and property crime are lower than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the stronger of the two.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Lake Alfred | Rest of Florida | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.9 | 4.5 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.9 | 3.6 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.8 | 3.5 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.8 | 3.0 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Lake Alfred’s police reported 20 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.8 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 Lake Alfred 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 about 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Reported crime is steady
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| Year | Lake Alfred property | Rest of Florida property | Lake Alfred violent | Rest of Florida violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 9.5 | 22.1 | 0.9 | 4.5 |
| 2023 | 9.1 | 19.3 | 0.9 | 3.6 |
| 2024 | 10.2 | 18.4 | 0.8 | 3.5 |
| 2025 | 9.7 | 14.3 | 0.8 | 3.0 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Florida.
97 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.
7 violent and 90 property, as reported to the FBI by Lake Alfred’s police.
Six people died in crashes on Lake Alfred’s roads in 2019–2023
Lake Alfred had 6 fatal crashes in five years, in which six people died; 1 was a pedestrian.
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 Lake Alfred’s size would see about 4 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Lake Alfred’s own rate (16.5) 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.
Lake Alfred and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Alfred | B+ | 0.8 | 9.7 |
| Winter Haven | C | 2.8 | 15.7 |
| Auburndale | C | 2.0 | 19.3 |
| Haines City | B+ | 1.0 | 7.2 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Florida towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Alfred | B+ | 0.8 | 9.7 |
| Lighthouse Point | B− | 0.7 | 14.2 |
| Palm Beach | B− | 1.3 | 13.0 |
| Green Cove Springs | C+ | 3.1 | 9.9 |
| Brooksville | D | 5.2 | 23.0 |
| Palatka | D | 4.3 | 32.7 |
The five graded Florida towns closest to Lake Alfred’s population (10,107), 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 Lake Alfred. 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 Lake Alfred’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (9,265 in 2025); our figure for Lake Alfred is 10,107 (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 Lake Alfred
Is Lake Alfred, FL safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Lake Alfred reports less crime per resident than 65% of U.S. towns, a B+ Safety Grade and #25 of 128 in Florida. Its police reported 0.8 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 Lake Alfred?
0.8 violent and 9.7 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 Lake Alfred safer than Winter Haven?
Winter Haven reports more crime per resident than Lake Alfred: Winter Haven grades C for safety and Lake Alfred B+. Winter Haven’s police reported 2.8 violent and 15.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Lake Alfred?
Lake Alfred’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Lake Alfred”. 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.