Photo: Averette · CC BY 3.0Miami Shores sees more property crime per resident than 92% of U.S. towns
The graded rate fell 32% from 2023 to 2025. Overall, it grades C− for safety (#103 of 128 graded towns in Florida). Typical years here bring 1.9 violent crimes plus 32.2 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, against 3.4 plus 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 Shores
A college town
Miami Shores is home to Barry University, with 5,872 students taking classes on campus (federal college data), and 18% of residents are enrolled in college (Census). Students who live in town count as residents, so they are part of the per-resident rate. How to read it ↓
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 Miami Shores’ 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; violent crime is the closer of the two to typical. Its violent rate (1.9) 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.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Miami Shores property | Rest of Florida property | Miami Shores violent | Rest of Florida violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 35.6 | 19.2 | 2.1 | 3.6 |
| 2024 | 36.9 | 18.3 | 2.5 | 3.5 |
| 2025 | 24.5 | 14.3 | 1.2 | 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, 2023–2025, against the rest of Florida.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Miami Shores | Rest of Florida | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2.1 | 3.6 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.2 | 3.0 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Miami Shores’ police reported 67 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.9 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 Miami Shores 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.
307 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. 2025 figures come from FBI Crime Data Explorer, which publishes violent crime, homicides, robberies and property crime only.
14 violent and 293 property, as reported to the FBI by Miami Shores’ police.
Eight people died in crashes on Miami Shores’s roads in 2019–2023
Miami Shores had 8 fatal crashes in five years, in which eight people died; 4 were pedestrians.
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 Miami Shores’s size would see about 6 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Miami Shores’s own rate (13.6) 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.
Miami Shores and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Shores | C− | 1.9 | 32.2 |
| El Portal | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. El Portal has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
Florida towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miami Shores | C− | 1.9 | 32.2 |
| Satellite Beach | A− | 0.7 | 5.3 |
| Lighthouse Point | B− | 0.7 | 14.2 |
| Atlantic Beach | B− | 1.6 | 12.7 |
| Gulfport | C | 2.3 | 22.2 |
| Palatka | D | 4.3 | 32.7 |
The five graded Florida towns closest to Miami Shores’ population (11,669), 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 Shores. 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 Miami Shores’ residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (11,974 in 2025); our figure for Miami Shores is 11,669 (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 Shores
Is Miami Shores, FL safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Miami Shores reports more crime per resident than 84% of U.S. towns, a C− Safety Grade and #103 of 128 in Florida. Its police reported 1.9 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 Shores?
1.9 violent and 32.2 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.
Who polices Miami Shores?
Miami Shores’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Miami Shores 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.