Photo: Ivan Curra · CC BY-SA 3.0Per resident, South Miami records more violent crime than 87% of U.S. towns
Counting crimes South Miami’s police reported from 2023 to 2025, it grades C− for safety: #103 of 128 graded towns in Florida. Per resident, the graded crimes were down 41% from 2023 to 2025. Even so, for every 1,000 residents, 4.8 violent crimes and 20.9 incidents of property crime were logged a year; in the rest of Florida, the figures 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 South Miami
A job center
South Miami has 10,505 jobs based in town for 13,660 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. 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 South Miami’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; property crime is the closer of the two to typical.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | South Miami property | Rest of Florida property | South Miami violent | Rest of Florida violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 24.7 | 22.1 | 5.6 | 4.4 |
| 2023 | 25.5 | 19.2 | 7.1 | 3.6 |
| 2024 | 21.6 | 18.4 | 4.5 | 3.5 |
| 2025 | 16.2 | 14.3 | 3.2 | 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, 2022–2025, against the rest of Florida.
Crime in South Miami 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 3 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | South Miami | Rest of Florida | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5.6 | 4.4 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 7.1 | 3.6 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
South Miami’s police reported 180 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 4.8 per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.4 in the rest of Florida and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
263 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.
43 violent and 220 property, as reported to the FBI by South Miami’s police.
Two people died in crashes on South Miami’s roads in 2019–2023
South Miami had 2 fatal crashes in five years, in which two people died; 2 were pedestrians.
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 South Miami’s size would see about 7 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so South Miami’s own rate (3.3) 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.
South Miami and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Miami | C− | 4.8 | 20.9 |
| Glenvar Heights | — | — | — |
| Pinecrest | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Glenvar Heights is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own. Pinecrest reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2024 but not 2025.
Florida towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Miami | C− | 4.8 | 20.9 |
| North Palm Beach | A− | 0.9 | 5.1 |
| Fernandina Beach | B+ | 1.6 | 4.9 |
| Atlantic Beach | B− | 1.6 | 12.7 |
| Oldsmar | C+ | 1.3 | 16.0 |
| Florida City | D− | 18.5 | 68.5 |
The five graded Florida towns closest to South Miami’s population (13,660), 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 South Miami. 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 South Miami’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (13,539 in 2025); our figure for South Miami is 13,660 (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 South Miami
Is South Miami, FL safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, South Miami reports more crime per resident than 84% of U.S. towns, a C− Safety Grade and #103 of 128 in Florida. Its police reported 4.8 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 South Miami?
4.8 violent and 20.9 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 South Miami?
South Miami’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “South Miami”. 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.