Photo: formulanone · CC BY-SA 2.0Reported crime per resident in Wellington fell 33% from 2023 to 2025
Overall, Wellington grades B for safety (#27 of 128 graded towns in Florida): less crime per resident than 63% of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported to the FBI in 2023–2025.
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 Wellington
Wellington reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 1 Florida towns on Wellington’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Royal Palm Beach (B−). Neighbors ↓
Among Florida towns, higher
Florida’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Wellington’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 79% of the 128 Florida towns we grade, against 63% 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 Wellington’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 is falling
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.
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| Year | Wellington property | Rest of Florida property | Wellington violent | Rest of Florida violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 9.9 | 22.3 | 1.3 | 4.5 |
| 2023 | 10.9 | 19.3 | 1.5 | 3.6 |
| 2024 | 7.9 | 18.5 | 1.3 | 3.5 |
| 2025 | 7.4 | 14.4 | 0.9 | 3.0 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Violent crime, by year and by type
Wellington’s police reported 227 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.
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| Year | Wellington | Rest of Florida | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1.3 | 4.5 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 1.5 | 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
For every 1,000 residents, about 7 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.
529 crimes reported in 2025
57 violent and 472 property, as reported to the FBI by Wellington’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
19 people died in crashes on Wellington’s roads in 2019–2023
Wellington had 17 fatal crashes in five years, in which 19 people died; 2 were pedestrians.
That is 6.1 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, below the median for Florida towns of 25,000–100,000 people (9.7, 147 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.
Wellington and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wellington | B | 1.2 | 8.7 |
| Royal Palm Beach | B− | 1.9 | 13.0 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Florida towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wellington | B | 1.2 | 8.7 |
| Jupiter | A | 0.7 | 3.7 |
| Palm Beach Gardens | B− | 0.9 | 15.4 |
| Sarasota | C+ | 3.1 | 10.1 |
| Winter Haven | C | 2.8 | 15.7 |
| Apopka | C− | 4.2 | 22.1 |
The five graded Florida towns closest to Wellington’s population (62,662), 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 Wellington. A citywide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of the city to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Wellington’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (63,687 in 2025); our figure for Wellington is 62,662 (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 Wellington
Is Wellington, FL safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Wellington reports less crime per resident than 63% of U.S. towns, a B Safety Grade and #27 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 Wellington?
1.2 violent and 8.7 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 Wellington?
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
How many homicides were there in Wellington in 2025?
Wellington’s police reported 0 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 0.0 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Wellington safer than Royal Palm Beach?
Royal Palm Beach reports more crime per resident than Wellington: Royal Palm Beach grades B− for safety and Wellington B. Royal Palm Beach’s police reported 1.9 violent and 13.0 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Wellington?
Wellington’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Wellington”. 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.