Photo: Ebyabe · CC BY-SA 3.0Lynn Haven reports less crime per resident than 70% of U.S. towns
On crimes reported to the FBI by Lynn Haven’s police in 2023–2025, it grades B+ for safety: #23 of 128 graded towns in Florida.
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 Lynn Haven
Lynn Haven reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 2 Florida towns on Lynn Haven’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Panama City (D). Cedar Grove is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own. Neighbors ↓
Among Florida towns, higher
Florida’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Lynn Haven’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 82% of the 128 Florida towns we grade, against 70% 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 Lynn Haven’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; property crime is the stronger of the two.
Violent crime, by year and by type
Lynn Haven’s police reported 73 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.1 per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.4 in the rest of Florida and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
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| Year | Lynn Haven | Rest of Florida | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.3 | 3.6 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.4 | 3.5 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.7 | 3.0 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Reported crime is falling
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.
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| Year | Lynn Haven property | Rest of Florida property | Lynn Haven violent | Rest of Florida violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 7.6 | 19.3 | 1.3 | 3.6 |
| 2024 | 6.4 | 18.4 | 1.4 | 3.5 |
| 2025 | 6.9 | 14.3 | 0.7 | 3.0 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
For every 1,000 residents, about 7 property crimes reported
And about 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
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.
174 crimes reported in 2025
16 violent and 158 property, as reported to the FBI by Lynn Haven’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total. 2025 figures come from FBI Crime Data Explorer, which publishes violent crime, homicides, robberies and property crime only.
Three people died in crashes on Lynn Haven’s roads in 2019–2023
Lynn Haven had 3 fatal crashes in five years, in which three people died; 2 were pedestrians.
That is fewer than 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 Lynn Haven’s size would see about 11 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Lynn Haven’s own rate (3.0) 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.
Lynn Haven and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lynn Haven | B+ | 1.1 | 7.0 |
| Cedar Grove | — | — | — |
| Panama City | D | 5.6 | 20.1 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Cedar Grove 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lynn Haven | B+ | 1.1 | 7.0 |
| Sunny Isles Beach | B | 1.2 | 10.8 |
| Hialeah Gardens | B | 0.7 | 12.6 |
| Auburndale | C | 2.0 | 19.3 |
| Bartow | C− | 4.1 | 16.6 |
| Fort Walton Beach | C− | 4.9 | 16.0 |
The five graded Florida towns closest to Lynn Haven’s population (22,479), by grade.
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 Lynn Haven. 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 Lynn Haven’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (22,866 in 2025); our figure for Lynn Haven is 22,479 (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 Lynn Haven
Is Lynn Haven, FL safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Lynn Haven reports less crime per resident than 70% of U.S. towns, a B+ Safety Grade and #23 of 128 in Florida. Its police reported 1.1 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 Lynn Haven?
1.1 violent and 7.0 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Florida reports 3.4 and 17.3; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is crime going up or down in Lynn Haven?
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
Is Lynn Haven safer than Panama City?
Panama City reports more crime per resident than Lynn Haven: Panama City grades D for safety and Lynn Haven B+. Panama City’s police reported 5.6 violent and 20.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Lynn Haven?
Lynn Haven’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Lynn Haven Police Department”. 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.