Photo: Astrophobe · CC BY-SA 4.0South Pasadena records more property crime per head than two in three U.S. towns
Neither of the two towns next door with figures records less crime per resident. In sum, crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025 put South Pasadena at C+ (#53 of 128 graded towns in Florida): close to the middle of U.S. towns. Out of every 1,000 residents, 1.2 violent crimes and 16.2 incidents of property crime are reported annually, against 3.4 and 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 South Pasadena
South Pasadena reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 3 Florida towns on South Pasadena’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: St. Pete Beach (C), St. Petersburg (D). Bear Creek 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 South Pasadena’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 59% of the 128 Florida towns we grade, against 44% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind South Pasadena’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds South Pasadena’s grade up; property crime pulls it down. Its property rate (16.2) is below the FBI’s national estimate (17.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | South Pasadena | Rest of Florida | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.5 | 3.6 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.5 | 3.5 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.6 | 3.0 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
South Pasadena’s police reported 19 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.2 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 South Pasadena 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.
Reported crime is steady
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| Year | South Pasadena property | Rest of Florida property | South Pasadena violent | Rest of Florida violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 18.8 | 19.2 | 1.5 | 3.6 |
| 2024 | 12.7 | 18.4 | 1.5 | 3.5 |
| 2025 | 16.9 | 14.3 | 0.6 | 3.0 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2023–2025, against the rest of Florida.
92 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.
3 violent and 89 property, as reported to the FBI by South Pasadena’s police.
No one died in a crash on South Pasadena’s roads in 2019–2023
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 Pasadena’s size would see about 3 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so South Pasadena’s own rate (0.0) 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 Pasadena and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Pasadena | C+ | 1.2 | 16.2 |
| St. Petersburg | D | 5.6 | 23.8 |
| Bear Creek | — | — | — |
| St. Pete Beach | C | 2.4 | 20.1 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Bear Creek 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Pasadena | C+ | 1.2 | 16.2 |
| Fellsmere | A− | 0.9 | 5.1 |
| Flagler Beach | B | 2.1 | 7.5 |
| Kenneth City | B | 1.5 | 10.7 |
| Parker | C | 2.4 | 20.1 |
| South Bay | D | 8.5 | 17.9 |
The five graded Florida towns closest to South Pasadena’s population (5,169), 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 Pasadena. 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 Pasadena’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (5,263 in 2025); our figure for South Pasadena is 5,169 (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 Pasadena
Is South Pasadena, FL safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, South Pasadena reports more crime per resident than 56% of U.S. towns, a C+ Safety Grade and #53 of 128 in Florida. Its police reported 1.2 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 Pasadena?
1.2 violent and 16.2 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.
Is South Pasadena safer than St. Petersburg?
St. Petersburg reports more crime per resident than South Pasadena: St. Petersburg grades D for safety and South Pasadena C+. St. Petersburg’s police reported 5.6 violent and 23.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices South Pasadena?
South Pasadena’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “South Pasadena”. 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.