Photo: Ebyabe · CC BY-SA 3.0Recorded crime per resident in Plantation fell 55% from 2023 to 2025
Overall, it grades C for safety (#71 of 128 graded towns in Florida). Police counts work out at 1.9 violent crimes and 19.5 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents annually; in the rest of Florida they are 3.4 and 17.2.
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 Plantation
Plantation reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 5 Florida towns on Plantation’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Fort Lauderdale (D−). Lauderhill and Sunrise have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Davie reported to the FBI for 2023 but not 2024 or 2025. Broadview Park is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own. Neighbors ↓
Among Florida towns, closer to the middle
Florida’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Plantation’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 45% of the 128 Florida towns we grade, against 32% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
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 Plantation’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 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 | Plantation property | Rest of Florida property | Plantation violent | Rest of Florida violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 25.0 | 22.1 | 2.6 | 4.5 |
| 2023 | 24.8 | 19.2 | 2.5 | 3.6 |
| 2024 | 22.7 | 18.3 | 2.1 | 3.5 |
| 2025 | 11.2 | 14.3 | 1.1 | 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 | Plantation | Rest of Florida | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.6 | 4.5 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 2.5 | 3.6 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 2.1 | 3.5 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.1 | 3.0 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Plantation’s police reported 568 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 Plantation 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.
1,261 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.
114 violent and 1,147 property, as reported to the FBI by Plantation’s police.
55 people died in crashes on Plantation’s roads in 2019–2023
Plantation had 53 fatal crashes in five years, in which 55 people died; 17 were pedestrians and 3 were cyclists.
That is 11.4 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.
Plantation and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plantation | C | 1.9 | 19.5 |
| Lauderhill | — | — | — |
| Sunrise | — | — | — |
| Fort Lauderdale | D− | 6.9 | 39.8 |
| Davie | — | — | — |
| Broadview Park | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Lauderhill and Sunrise have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025. Davie reported to the FBI for 2023 but not 2024 or 2025. Broadview Park is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own.
Florida towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plantation | C | 1.9 | 19.5 |
| North Port | B+ | 1.0 | 7.3 |
| Boca Raton | C+ | 1.5 | 16.2 |
| Clearwater | C | 2.8 | 15.8 |
| Miami Gardens | C | 3.2 | 17.2 |
| Fort Myers | C− | 5.2 | 13.5 |
The five graded Florida towns closest to Plantation’s population (99,183), 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 Plantation. 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 Plantation’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (102,187 in 2025); our figure for Plantation is 99,183 (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 Plantation
Is Plantation, FL safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Plantation reports more crime per resident than 68% of U.S. towns, a C Safety Grade and #71 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 Plantation?
1.9 violent and 19.5 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 Plantation in 2025?
Plantation’s police reported 1 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 1.0 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Plantation safer than Fort Lauderdale?
Fort Lauderdale reports more crime per resident than Plantation: Fort Lauderdale grades D− for safety and Plantation C. Fort Lauderdale’s police reported 6.9 violent and 39.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Plantation?
Plantation’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Plantation”. 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.