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Safety in Pebble Creek · Not graded

Pebble Creek: recorded crime, not graded

The nearest town with a Safety Grade is Temple Terrace, 8 miles away, graded C. Pebble Creek has no police department of its own: it’s an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) in Hillsborough County. The Hillsborough 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 Pebble Creek alone, and no Safety Grade. Within a 25-mile drive lie 6 towns that have a grade.

Violent crimes
1,365
reported by the county police, 2025
whole area it covers
Property crimes
4,713
reported by the county police, 2025
whole area it covers
Nearest graded town
8 mi
Temple Terrace (C)
What stands out · In brief

What stands out about safety in Pebble Creek

Policed by the county

Pebble Creek is a census-designated place, with no town government. Crimes there are reported to the FBI inside the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office’s totals for the county. County police ↓

Counts, not rates

The FBI doesn’t publish how many people the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office covers, so its totals can’t be turned into a per-resident rate or a grade for Pebble Creek. County police ↓

The nearest graded towns

The closest Florida towns with their own police figures are Temple Terrace (C, 8 mi), Tampa (C, 16 mi), Oldsmar (C+, 21 mi). Nearby towns can differ a lot from Pebble Creek. Nearest ↓

Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.

Who reports for Pebble Creek

What the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office reports

Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office

Reports to the FBI for the parts of Hillsborough County without police of their own, which include Pebble Creek.

Property crimes

Violent crimes

2025 offenses reported by the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office

Larceny / theft4,035
Burglary329
Vehicle theft349
Aggravated assault1,033
Robbery113
Rape197
Homicide22
Arson20

Counts, not rates: the FBI doesn’t publish how many people each agency covers. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, Tables 10–11.

Crimes reported to the FBI for the whole area the department covers, by year.

Nearest with figures

The nearest Florida towns with a Safety Grade

TownGradeDistanceViolentProperty
Temple TerraceC8 mi3.315.8
TampaC16 mi4.113.6
OldsmarC+21 mi1.316.0
Safety HarborB+24 mi1.25.8
LakelandC−25 mi3.817.3
BrooksvilleD25 mi5.223.0

Straight-line distance from the center of Pebble Creek. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Pebble Creek.

Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.

On the roads

One person died in crashes on Pebble Creek’s roads in 2019–2023

Pebble Creek had 1 fatal crash in five years, in which one person died; 1 was a pedestrian.

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 Pebble Creek’s size would see about 6 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Pebble Creek’s own rate (1.9) is context, not a ranking.

1
people died in crashes, 2019–2023
1
pedestrian among them
0
cyclists among them
1.9
per 100,000 a year · Florida towns of 5,000–25,000: 11.0

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.

Next door

Pebble Creek and its neighbors

Tampa: Safety Grade CTampaPebble Creek
A rangeB rangeC rangeD rangeNot graded
TownGradeViolentProperty
TampaC4.113.6

Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.

How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.

How to read these numbers

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 Pebble Creek

Is Pebble Creek, FL safe?

There is no Safety Grade for Pebble Creek. The nearest Florida towns with a grade are Temple Terrace (C, 8 mi), Tampa (C, 16 mi), Oldsmar (C+, 21 mi).

Who polices Pebble Creek?

The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office. Pebble Creek is an unincorporated community, and the department reports to the FBI for the parts of Hillsborough 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.