Photo: Mary Marconi, Coldwell Banker Realtor Palm Harbor, FL · CC BY-SA 4.0Who polices Palm Harbor, and what they report
Palm Harbor has no police department of its own: it’s an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) in Pinellas County. The Pinellas 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 Palm Harbor alone, and no Safety Grade.
What stands out about safety in Palm Harbor
Policed by the county
Palm Harbor is a census-designated place, with no town government. Crimes there are reported to the FBI inside the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office’s totals for the county. County police ↓
Counts, not rates
The FBI doesn’t publish how many people the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office covers, so its totals can’t be turned into a per-resident rate or a grade for Palm Harbor. County police ↓
The nearest graded towns
The closest Florida towns with their own police figures are Dunedin (B+, 4 mi), Tarpon Springs (C+, 5 mi), Oldsmar (C+, 6 mi). Nearby towns can differ a lot from Palm Harbor. Nearest ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office reports
Crimes reported to the FBI for the whole area the department covers, by year.
Reports to the FBI for the parts of Pinellas County without police of their own, which include Palm Harbor.
Property crimes
Violent crimes
2025 offenses reported by the Pinellas 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.
The nearest Florida towns with a Safety Grade
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dunedin | B+ | 4 mi | 0.8 | 8.2 |
| Tarpon Springs | C+ | 5 mi | 2.4 | 14.5 |
| Oldsmar | C+ | 6 mi | 1.3 | 16.0 |
| Safety Harbor | B+ | 7 mi | 1.2 | 5.8 |
| Clearwater | C | 7 mi | 2.8 | 15.8 |
| Belleair | A | 11 mi | 0.3 | 5.8 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Palm Harbor. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Palm Harbor.
40 people died in crashes on Palm Harbor’s roads in 2019–2023
Palm Harbor had 35 fatal crashes in five years, in which 40 people died; 12 were pedestrians and 3 were cyclists.
That is 13.0 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above 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.
Palm Harbor and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dunedin | B+ | 0.8 | 8.2 |
| Tarpon Springs | C+ | 2.4 | 14.5 |
| East Lake | — | — | — |
| Clearwater | C | 2.8 | 15.8 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. East Lake is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own.
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 Palm Harbor
Is Palm Harbor, FL safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Palm Harbor. Palm Harbor has no police department of its own: it’s an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) in Pinellas County. The Pinellas 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 Palm Harbor alone, and no Safety Grade. The nearest Florida towns with a grade are Dunedin (B+, 4 mi), Tarpon Springs (C+, 5 mi), Oldsmar (C+, 6 mi).
Who polices Palm Harbor?
The Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office. Palm Harbor is an unincorporated community, and the department reports to the FBI for the parts of Pinellas County without police of their own.
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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.