Photo: Connor J. Williams · CC BY 3.0Crime and safety in Wildwood, FL
Wildwood’s police reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2024 but not 2025, so there is no Safety Grade: the grade needs all three years, 2023–2025. The closest graded town is Leesburg, 9 miles away, at C−. Out to 25 miles, the count of graded towns reaches 2.
For every 1,000 residents, about 5 property crimes reported
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2024
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2024
Crimes reported to police in 2024 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
And about 1 violent crime, in 2024. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
The years Wildwood’s police reported
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| Year | Wildwood | Rest of Florida | Wildwood | Rest of Florida |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | not reported | 22.1 | not reported | 4.4 |
| 2023 | 6.5 | 19.3 | 1.0 | 3.6 |
| 2024 | 5.3 | 18.4 | 1.1 | 3.5 |
| 2025 | not reported | 14.3 | not reported | 3.0 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents, against the rest of Florida. A year the department didn’t report in full is a gap, not a zero.
127 crimes reported in 2024
2024 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total. 2024 figures come from FBI Crime Data Explorer, which publishes violent crime, homicides, robberies and property crime only.
22 violent and 105 property, as reported to the FBI by Wildwood’s police.
The nearest Florida towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leesburg | C− | 9 mi | 3.4 | 19.2 |
| Belleview | C− | 18 mi | 3.3 | 19.4 |
| Ocala | D | 27 mi | 4.7 | 28.2 |
| Apopka | C− | 30 mi | 4.2 | 22.1 |
| Brooksville | D | 31 mi | 5.2 | 23.0 |
| Altamonte Springs | C− | 38 mi | 3.2 | 21.1 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Wildwood. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Wildwood.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
20 people died in crashes on Wildwood’s roads in 2019–2023
Wildwood had 18 fatal crashes in five years, in which 20 people died; 2 were pedestrians.
That is 22.7 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.
Wildwood and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Villages | — | — | — |
| Leesburg | C− | 3.4 | 19.2 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. The Villages is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own.
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 Wildwood. 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 Wildwood’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (19,634 in 2024); our figure for Wildwood is 19,436 (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 Wildwood
Is Wildwood, FL safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Wildwood. The nearest Florida towns with a grade are Leesburg (C−, 9 mi), Belleview (C−, 18 mi), Ocala (D, 27 mi).
Who polices Wildwood?
Wildwood’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Wildwood Police Department”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Neighbors looking out for each other in Wildwood.
Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2024, 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.