Photo: Gabriel Classon (gabeclasson on Flickr) · CC BY 2.0In St. Pete Beach, the kinds of crime the grade counts fell 47% per resident from 2023 to 2025
Police counts work out at 2.4 violent crimes and 20.1 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents annually; in the rest of Florida they are 3.4 and 17.2. Overall, St. Pete Beach grades C for safety (#76 of 128 graded towns in Florida): more crime per resident than 72% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported in 2023–2025. Next door, 2 of 3 towns with figures record less crime per resident.
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 St. Pete Beach
2 of the 3 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 4 Florida towns on St. Pete Beach’s borders, 3 have a Safety Grade: South Pasadena (C+), Treasure Island (C+), St. Petersburg (D). Tierra Verde 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 St. Pete Beach’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 41% of the 128 Florida towns we grade, against 28% 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 St. Pete Beach’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 (2.4) 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 | St. Pete Beach property | Rest of Florida property | St. Pete Beach violent | Rest of Florida violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 25.7 | 19.2 | 2.5 | 3.6 |
| 2024 | 21.3 | 18.4 | 3.1 | 3.5 |
| 2025 | 13.3 | 14.3 | 1.5 | 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, 2023–2025, against the rest of Florida.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | St. Pete Beach | Rest of Florida | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2.5 | 3.6 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.5 | 3.0 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
St. Pete Beach’s police reported 62 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 2.4 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 St. Pete Beach 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 2 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
129 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.
13 violent and 116 property, as reported to the FBI by St. Pete Beach’s police.
Five people died in crashes on St. Pete Beach’s roads in 2019–2023
St. Pete Beach had 4 fatal crashes in five years, in which five people died; 4 were pedestrians.
That is about what 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 St. Pete Beach’s size would see about 5 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so St. Pete Beach’s own rate (11.4) 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.
St. Pete Beach and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Pete Beach | C | 2.4 | 20.1 |
| Treasure Island | C+ | 1.9 | 16.7 |
| St. Petersburg | D | 5.6 | 23.8 |
| South Pasadena | C+ | 1.2 | 16.2 |
| Tierra Verde | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Tierra Verde 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Pete Beach | C | 2.4 | 20.1 |
| Indian Harbour Beach | B+ | 1.5 | 5.1 |
| Westlake | B | 0.8 | 10.5 |
| Orange Park | B− | 2.7 | 7.4 |
| North Bay Village | B− | 2.1 | 10.3 |
| Springfield | D | 6.4 | 19.6 |
The five graded Florida towns closest to St. Pete Beach’s population (8,553), 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 St. Pete Beach. 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 St. Pete Beach’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (8,696 in 2025); our figure for St. Pete Beach is 8,553 (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 St. Pete Beach
Is St. Pete Beach, FL safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, St. Pete Beach reports more crime per resident than 72% of U.S. towns, a C Safety Grade and #76 of 128 in Florida. Its police reported 2.4 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 St. Pete Beach?
2.4 violent and 20.1 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 St. Pete Beach safer than Treasure Island?
Treasure Island reports less crime per resident than St. Pete Beach: Treasure Island grades C+ for safety and St. Pete Beach C. Treasure Island’s police reported 1.9 violent and 16.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices St. Pete Beach?
St. Pete Beach’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “St. Pete Beach”. 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.