Capt. John Foley Horr House · Photo: Cristoph3r · CC BY-SA 3.0Fewer crimes per resident are recorded in Marco Island than in 89% of U.S. towns
Year on year, 0.5 violent crime and 3.7 incidents of property crime occur per 1,000 residents, compared with 3.4 and 17.3 in the rest of Florida. Add to that, a Safety Grade of A follows from crimes Marco Island’s police reported over the years 2023 to 2025: #3 of 128 graded towns in Florida. The graded rate fell 31% from 2023 to 2025. On violence it beats 83% of U.S. towns, and on property crime 87%.
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 Marco Island
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 Marco Island’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.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Marco Island property | Rest of Florida property | Marco Island violent | Rest of Florida violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5.2 | 22.2 | 0.9 | 4.5 |
| 2023 | 4.0 | 19.3 | 0.7 | 3.6 |
| 2024 | 4.1 | 18.4 | 0.6 | 3.5 |
| 2025 | 3.0 | 14.3 | 0.3 | 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, 2022–2025, against the rest of Florida.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Marco Island | Rest of Florida | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.9 | 4.5 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 0.7 | 3.6 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.6 | 3.5 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.3 | 3.0 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Marco Island’s police reported 27 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.5 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 Marco Island 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 fewer than 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
55 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.
5 violent and 50 property, as reported to the FBI by Marco Island’s police.
Three people died in crashes on Marco Island’s roads in 2019–2023
Marco Island had 3 fatal crashes in five years, in which three people died.
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 Marco Island’s size would see about 9 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Marco Island’s own rate (3.7) 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.
Marco Island and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marco Island | A | 0.5 | 3.7 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Florida towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marco Island | A | 0.5 | 3.7 |
| Vero Beach | A | 0.6 | 4.4 |
| Safety Harbor | B+ | 1.2 | 5.8 |
| Lake Mary | B | 1.2 | 8.8 |
| Longwood | C+ | 2.4 | 13.1 |
| Belle Glade | D− | 11.8 | 23.9 |
The five graded Florida towns closest to Marco Island’s population (16,421), 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 Marco Island. 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 Marco Island’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (16,758 in 2025); our figure for Marco Island is 16,421 (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 Marco Island
Is Marco Island, FL safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Marco Island reports less crime per resident than 89% of U.S. towns, an A Safety Grade and #3 of 128 in Florida. Its police reported 0.5 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 Marco Island?
0.5 violent and 3.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Florida reports 3.4 and 17.3; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Who polices Marco Island?
Marco Island’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Marco Island”. 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.