Photo: Pietro · CC BY-SA 3.0Reported crime per resident in Miami Gardens rose 81% from 2023 to 2025
In sum, crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025 put Miami Gardens at C (#76 of 128 graded towns in Florida, and #104 of 325 U.S. cities over 100,000): more crime per resident than 72% of U.S. towns. What’s more, it has more violent crime than 75% of U.S. towns, and more property crime than 71%. The yearly rates were 3.2 violent crimes and 17.2 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, set against 3.4 and 17.2 in the rest of 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 Miami Gardens
1 of the 2 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 6 Florida towns on Miami Gardens’ borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Miramar (B), North Miami Beach (D). Ives Estates and Biscayne Gardens are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own. West Park has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Opa-locka reported to the FBI for 2025 but not 2023 or 2024. Neighbors ↓
Among Florida towns, closer to the middle
Florida’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Miami Gardens’ place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 41% of the 128 Florida towns we grade, against 28% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Homicides: above U.S. cities overall
Miami Gardens’ police reported 11 homicides to the FBI in 2025. Over 2023–2025 that is 10.1 per 100,000 residents a year, 2.2 times the rest of Florida (4.7) and 1.8 times all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables (5.7). Violent crime ↓
Robberies: about the same as the rest of Florida
59.2 robberies per 100,000 residents a year over 2023–2025 (78 reported in 2025), about the same as the rest of Florida (54.9) and below all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables (79.4). Violent crime ↓
Against other big cities
Among the 325 U.S. cities over 100,000 we grade, Miami Gardens reports less crime per resident than 68% (#104). Places like it ↓
Reported crime is rising
Crime reported per resident rose 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 Miami Gardens’ 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 higher than in most U.S. towns; property crime is the closer of the two to typical. Its violent rate (3.2) is below the FBI’s national estimate (3.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns. Its property rate (17.2) is below the FBI’s national estimate (17.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Miami Gardens property | Rest of Florida property | Miami Gardens violent | Rest of Florida violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 9.8 | 19.4 | 1.8 | 3.6 |
| 2024 | 24.3 | 18.3 | 4.1 | 3.5 |
| 2025 | 17.4 | 14.2 | 3.6 | 3.0 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident rose from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2023–2025, against the rest of Florida.
Homicides and robberies
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| Year | Miami Gardens | Rest of Florida | U.S. cities (FBI tables) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 9.1 | 5.7 | 6.8 |
| 2024 | 11.8 | 5.0 | 5.7 |
| 2025 | 9.4 | 3.3 | 4.6 |
Homicides per 100,000 residents
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| Year | Miami Gardens | Rest of Florida | U.S. cities (FBI tables) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 37.3 | 61.9 | 90.6 |
| 2024 | 73.3 | 57.1 | 81.9 |
| 2025 | 66.4 | 46.3 | 66.0 |
Robberies per 100,000 residents
Miami Gardens’ police reported 11 homicides, 78 robberies and 421 violent crimes in all to the FBI in 2025. By year, against the rest of Florida and all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables.
Crime in Miami Gardens 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 4 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
2,468 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.
421 violent and 2,047 property, as reported to the FBI by Miami Gardens’ police.
112 people died in crashes on Miami Gardens’s roads in 2019–2023
Miami Gardens had 104 fatal crashes in five years, in which 112 people died; 27 were pedestrians and 8 were cyclists. 3 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 19.8 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Florida towns of 100,000+ people (13.1, 27 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.
Miami Gardens and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Gardens | C | 3.2 | 17.2 |
| Ives Estates | — | — | — |
| Miramar | B | 1.4 | 8.3 |
| North Miami Beach | D | 5.7 | 26.6 |
| West Park | — | — | — |
| Biscayne Gardens | — | — | — |
| Opa-locka | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Ives Estates and Biscayne Gardens are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own. West Park has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Opa-locka reported to the FBI for 2025 but not 2023 or 2024.
Florida towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Gardens | C | 3.2 | 17.2 |
| Boca Raton | C+ | 1.5 | 16.2 |
| Clearwater | C | 2.8 | 15.8 |
| Lakeland | C− | 3.8 | 17.3 |
| Fort Myers | C− | 5.2 | 13.5 |
| West Palm Beach | D | 5.9 | 19.7 |
The five graded Florida towns closest to Miami Gardens’ population (113,579), 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 Miami Gardens. A citywide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of the city to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Miami Gardens’ residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (117,389 in 2025); our figure for Miami Gardens is 113,579 (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 Miami Gardens
Is Miami Gardens, FL safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Miami Gardens reports more crime per resident than 72% of U.S. towns, a C Safety Grade and #76 of 128 in Florida. Its police reported 3.2 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 Miami Gardens?
3.2 violent and 17.2 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.
How many homicides were there in Miami Gardens in 2025?
Miami Gardens’s police reported 11 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 9.4 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Miami Gardens safer than Miramar?
Miramar reports less crime per resident than Miami Gardens: Miramar grades B for safety and Miami Gardens C. Miramar’s police reported 1.4 violent and 8.3 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Miami Gardens?
Miami Gardens’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Miami Gardens”. 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.