Photo: Jimmy Baikovicius · CC BY-SA 2.0The crimes the grade counts fell 37% per resident in Sunny Isles Beach from 2023 to 2025
Its two neighbors with figures both record more crime per resident. In sum, crimes its police reported from 2023 to 2025 put Sunny Isles Beach at B (#34 of 128 graded towns in Florida): close to the middle of U.S. towns. What’s more, typical years here bring 1.2 violent crimes plus 10.8 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, against 3.4 plus 17.3 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 Sunny Isles Beach
Sunny Isles Beach reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 3 Florida towns on Sunny Isles Beach’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Aventura (C−), North Miami Beach (D). North Miami has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Among Florida towns, higher
Florida’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Sunny Isles Beach’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 73% of the 128 Florida towns we grade, against 58% 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 Sunny Isles 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 lower than in most U.S. towns; violent crime is the stronger of the two.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Sunny Isles Beach property | Rest of Florida property | Sunny Isles Beach violent | Rest of Florida violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 12.0 | 22.2 | 0.9 | 4.5 |
| 2023 | 12.7 | 19.3 | 1.3 | 3.6 |
| 2024 | 11.9 | 18.4 | 1.3 | 3.5 |
| 2025 | 7.9 | 14.3 | 0.9 | 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 | Sunny Isles Beach | Rest of Florida | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.9 | 4.5 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.3 | 3.6 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.3 | 3.5 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.9 | 3.0 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Sunny Isles Beach’s police reported 77 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 Sunny Isles 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 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
203 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.
20 violent and 183 property, as reported to the FBI by Sunny Isles Beach’s police.
Seven people died in crashes on Sunny Isles Beach’s roads in 2019–2023
Sunny Isles Beach had 7 fatal crashes in five years, in which seven people died; 4 were pedestrians and 1 was a cyclist.
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 Sunny Isles Beach’s size would see about 12 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Sunny Isles Beach’s own rate (6.2) 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.
Sunny Isles Beach and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunny Isles Beach | B | 1.2 | 10.8 |
| North Miami | — | — | — |
| Aventura | C− | 1.3 | 36.0 |
| North Miami Beach | D | 5.7 | 26.6 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. North Miami has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
Florida towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunny Isles Beach | B | 1.2 | 10.8 |
| Lynn Haven | B+ | 1.1 | 7.0 |
| Hialeah Gardens | B | 0.7 | 12.6 |
| Auburndale | C | 2.0 | 19.3 |
| Bartow | C− | 4.1 | 16.6 |
| Fort Walton Beach | C− | 4.9 | 16.0 |
The five graded Florida towns closest to Sunny Isles Beach’s population (22,395), 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 Sunny Isles 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 Sunny Isles Beach’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (23,068 in 2025); our figure for Sunny Isles Beach is 22,395 (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 Sunny Isles Beach
Is Sunny Isles Beach, FL safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Sunny Isles Beach reports less crime per resident than 58% of U.S. towns, a B Safety Grade and #34 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 Sunny Isles Beach?
1.2 violent and 10.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Florida reports 3.4 and 17.3; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is Sunny Isles Beach safer than Aventura?
Aventura reports more crime per resident than Sunny Isles Beach: Aventura grades C− for safety and Sunny Isles Beach B. Aventura’s police reported 1.3 violent and 36.0 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Sunny Isles Beach?
Sunny Isles Beach’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Sunny Isles 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.