Photo: Slapp9 · CC BY-SA 4.0Temple Terrace records more violent crime per head than 76% of U.S. towns
Typical years here bring 3.3 violent crimes plus 15.8 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents, against 3.4 plus 17.2 in the rest of Florida. Measured on crimes Temple Terrace’s police reported between 2023 and 2025, it earns a Safety Grade of C: #75 of 128 graded towns in 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 Temple Terrace
Temple Terrace reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 2 Florida towns on Temple Terrace’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Tampa (C). East Lake-Orient 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 Temple Terrace’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 29% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Temple Terrace’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. Its violent rate (3.3) 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. Its property rate (15.8) 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.
Crime in Temple Terrace 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 | Temple Terrace | Rest of Florida | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3.0 | 4.5 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 2.7 | 3.6 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Temple Terrace’s police reported 274 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 3.3 per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.4 in the rest of Florida and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Reported crime is steady
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| Year | Temple Terrace property | Rest of Florida property | Temple Terrace violent | Rest of Florida violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 18.4 | 22.2 | 3.0 | 4.5 |
| 2023 | 16.9 | 19.3 | 2.7 | 3.6 |
| 2024 | 16.5 | 18.4 | 4.2 | 3.5 |
| 2025 | 13.9 | 14.3 | 3.1 | 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, 2022–2025, against the rest of Florida.
473 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.
87 violent and 386 property, as reported to the FBI by Temple Terrace’s police.
Seven people died in crashes on Temple Terrace’s roads in 2019–2023
Temple Terrace had 7 fatal crashes in five years, in which seven people died; 3 were pedestrians and 1 was a cyclist.
That is fewer than is typical for Florida towns of 25,000–100,000 people: at their median rate (9.7 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Temple Terrace’s size would see about 13 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Temple Terrace’s own rate (5.1) 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.
Temple Terrace and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Temple Terrace | C | 3.3 | 15.8 |
| East Lake-Orient Park | — | — | — |
| Tampa | C | 4.1 | 13.6 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. East Lake-Orient 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Temple Terrace | C | 3.3 | 15.8 |
| Sebastian | B− | 1.5 | 11.1 |
| Palmetto Bay | C+ | 1.5 | 18.3 |
| Tarpon Springs | C+ | 2.4 | 14.5 |
| Winter Park | C | 2.2 | 18.1 |
| Key West | C− | 3.3 | 19.7 |
The five graded Florida towns closest to Temple Terrace’s population (27,075), 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 Temple Terrace. 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 Temple Terrace’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (27,808 in 2025); our figure for Temple Terrace is 27,075 (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 Temple Terrace
Is Temple Terrace, FL safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Temple Terrace reports more crime per resident than 71% of U.S. towns, a C Safety Grade and #75 of 128 in Florida. Its police reported 3.3 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 Temple Terrace?
3.3 violent and 15.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Florida reports 3.4 and 17.2; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
How many homicides were there in Temple Terrace in 2025?
Temple Terrace’s police reported 2 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 7.2 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Temple Terrace safer than Tampa?
Tampa reports more crime per resident than Temple Terrace: Tampa grades C for safety and Temple Terrace C. Tampa’s police reported 4.1 violent and 13.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Temple Terrace?
Temple Terrace’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Temple Terrace”. 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.