Photo: Ebyabe · CC BY-SA 3.0Reported crime per resident in Winter Park fell 27% from 2023 to 2025
Overall, Winter Park grades C for safety (#71 of 128 graded towns in Florida): more crime per resident than 68% 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 Winter Park
1 of the 1 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 4 Florida towns on Winter Park’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Maitland (C+). Fairview Shores is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own. Orlando has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Eatonville reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023. Neighbors ↓
Among Florida towns, closer to the middle
Florida’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Winter Park’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 45% of the 128 Florida towns we grade, against 32% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
A job center
Winter Park has 33,682 jobs based in town for 30,444 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
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 Winter Park’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; violent crime is the closer of the two to typical. Its violent rate (2.2) 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.
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 | Winter Park property | Rest of Florida property | Winter Park violent | Rest of Florida violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 19.6 | 22.1 | 3.0 | 4.5 |
| 2023 | 20.5 | 19.2 | 2.2 | 3.6 |
| 2024 | 19.8 | 18.4 | 2.0 | 3.5 |
| 2025 | 14.1 | 14.3 | 2.4 | 3.0 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Violent crime, by year and by type
Winter Park’s police reported 203 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 2.2 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 | Winter Park | Rest of Florida | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3.0 | 4.5 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 2.2 | 3.6 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 2.0 | 3.5 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
For every 1,000 residents, about 14 property crimes reported
And about 2 violent crimes, 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.
515 crimes reported in 2025
76 violent and 439 property, as reported to the FBI by Winter Park’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
11 people died in crashes on Winter Park’s roads in 2019–2023
Winter Park had 11 fatal crashes in five years, in which 11 people died; 3 were pedestrians and 1 was a cyclist. 1 died in crash on an Interstate.
That is 7.3 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.
Winter Park and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter Park | C | 2.2 | 18.1 |
| Fairview Shores | — | — | — |
| Maitland | C+ | 1.9 | 13.8 |
| Orlando | — | — | — |
| Eatonville | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Fairview Shores is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own. Orlando has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Eatonville reported to the FBI for 2024 and 2025 but not 2023.
Florida towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter Park | C | 2.2 | 18.1 |
| Crestview | B | 1.6 | 8.4 |
| Miami Lakes | B | 0.8 | 11.9 |
| Sebastian | B− | 1.5 | 11.1 |
| West Melbourne | B− | 1.6 | 11.1 |
| Casselberry | C− | 2.6 | 22.1 |
The five graded Florida towns closest to Winter Park’s population (30,444), 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 Winter Park. 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 Winter Park’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (31,044 in 2025); our figure for Winter Park is 30,444 (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 Winter Park
Is Winter Park, FL safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Winter Park reports more crime per resident than 68% of U.S. towns, a C Safety Grade and #71 of 128 in Florida. Its police reported 2.2 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 Winter Park?
2.2 violent and 18.1 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.
Is crime going up or down in Winter Park?
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
How many homicides were there in Winter Park in 2025?
Winter Park’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 Winter Park safer than Maitland?
Maitland reports less crime per resident than Winter Park: Maitland grades C+ for safety and Winter Park C. Maitland’s police reported 1.9 violent and 13.8 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Winter Park?
Winter Park’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Winter Park”. 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.