Photo: Kiran891 · CC BY-SA 4.0Vero Beach reports less crime per resident than 85% of U.S. towns
On crimes reported to the FBI by Vero Beach’s police in 2023–2025, it grades A for safety: #8 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 Vero Beach
A job center
Vero Beach has 17,927 jobs based in town for 17,603 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Vero 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; property crime is the stronger of the two.
Violent crime, by year and by type
Vero Beach’s police reported 33 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.6 per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.4 in the rest of Florida and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
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| Year | Vero Beach | Rest of Florida | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.7 | 3.6 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 0.5 | 3.5 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.7 | 3.0 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
For every 1,000 residents, about 5 property crimes reported
And about 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
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.
Reported crime is steady
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.
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| Year | Vero Beach property | Rest of Florida property | Vero Beach violent | Rest of Florida violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5.4 | 19.3 | 0.7 | 3.6 |
| 2024 | 2.7 | 18.4 | 0.5 | 3.5 |
| 2025 | 5.0 | 14.3 | 0.7 | 3.0 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
102 crimes reported in 2025
12 violent and 90 property, as reported to the FBI by Vero Beach’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
17 people died in crashes on Vero Beach’s roads in 2019–2023
Vero Beach had 17 fatal crashes in five years, in which 17 people died; 3 were pedestrians and 1 was a cyclist.
That is 20.0 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Florida towns of 5,000–25,000 people (11.0, 308 towns).
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.
Vero Beach and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vero Beach | A | 0.6 | 4.4 |
| Vero Beach South | — | — | — |
| South Beach | — | — | — |
| Indian River Shores | — | — | — |
| Gifford | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Vero Beach South, South Beach and Gifford are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own. Indian River Shores has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
Florida towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vero Beach | A | 0.6 | 4.4 |
| Niceville | A+ | 0.3 | 1.8 |
| Davenport | A | 0.8 | 3.6 |
| Lake Mary | B | 1.2 | 8.8 |
| Longwood | C+ | 2.4 | 13.1 |
| Belle Glade | D− | 11.8 | 23.9 |
The five graded Florida towns closest to Vero Beach’s population (17,603), by grade.
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 Vero 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 Vero Beach’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (17,851 in 2025); our figure for Vero Beach is 17,603 (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 Vero Beach
Is Vero Beach, FL safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Vero Beach reports less crime per resident than 85% of U.S. towns, an A Safety Grade and #8 of 128 in Florida. Its police reported 0.6 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 Vero Beach?
0.6 violent and 4.4 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 crime going up or down in Vero Beach?
Reported crime per resident was steady from 2023 to 2025: the change is within ordinary year-to-year swings.
Who polices Vero Beach?
Vero Beach’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Vero 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.