Coral Castle · Photo: Christina Rutz · CC BY 2.0Policing Leisure City: who reports, and what
2 towns with a Safety Grade lie within 10 miles. Leisure City has no police department of its own: it’s an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) in Miami-Dade County. The Miami-Dade 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 Leisure City alone, and no Safety Grade. The closest graded town is Florida City, 4 miles away, at D−.
What stands out about safety in Leisure City
Policed by the county
Leisure City is a census-designated place, with no town government. Crimes there are reported to the FBI inside the Miami-Dade County Sheriff’s Office’s totals for the county. County police ↓
Counts, not rates
The FBI doesn’t publish how many people the Miami-Dade County Sheriff’s Office covers, so its totals can’t be turned into a per-resident rate or a grade for Leisure City. County police ↓
The nearest graded towns
The closest Florida towns with their own police figures are Florida City (D−, 4 mi), Cutler Bay (B−, 9 mi), Palmetto Bay (C+, 11 mi). Nearby towns can differ a lot from Leisure City. Nearest ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What the Miami-Dade County Sheriff’s Office reports
Reports to the FBI for the parts of Miami-Dade County without police of their own, which include Leisure City.
Property crimes
Violent crimes
2025 offenses reported by the Miami-Dade 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
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florida City | D− | 4 mi | 18.5 | 68.5 |
| Cutler Bay | B− | 9 mi | 1.4 | 13.9 |
| Palmetto Bay | C+ | 11 mi | 1.5 | 18.3 |
| Coral Gables | B− | 16 mi | 0.7 | 14.2 |
| South Miami | C− | 17 mi | 4.8 | 20.9 |
| Doral | B | 23 mi | 1.0 | 12.3 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Leisure City. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Leisure City.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
11 people died in crashes on Leisure City’s roads in 2019–2023
Leisure City had 11 fatal crashes in five years, in which 11 people died; 6 were pedestrians and 1 was a cyclist.
That is 7.9 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, below the median for Florida towns of 25,000–100,000 people (9.7, 147 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.
Leisure City and its neighbors
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Homestead reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023. Naranja 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 Leisure City
Is Leisure City, FL safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Leisure City. The nearest Florida towns with a grade are Florida City (D−, 4 mi), Cutler Bay (B−, 9 mi), Palmetto Bay (C+, 11 mi).
Who polices Leisure City?
The Miami-Dade County Sheriff’s Office. Leisure City is an unincorporated community, and the department reports to the FBI for the parts of Miami-Dade County without police of their own.
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Neighbors looking out for each other in Leisure City.
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.