Safest counties for violent crime rate in Florida

Top 25 of 67 counties with data.

Ranked by violent crime rate (FBI Crime Data Explorer (per-agency, 2018-2022 average), FBI CDE 2020-2024 avg), lowest first.

Safest counties for violent crime rate in Florida
Rank	County	Value
1	Liberty	15.1 per 100k
2	Gilchrist	30.0 per 100k
3	Franklin	51.2 per 100k
4	Highlands	55.1 per 100k
5	Gadsden	55.8 per 100k
6	Lafayette	63.3 per 100k
7	St. Johns	65.5 per 100k
8	Glades	76.8 per 100k
9	Union	78.0 per 100k
10	Lake	83.0 per 100k
11	Sumter	85.0 per 100k
12	Calhoun	87.4 per 100k
13	Citrus	89.5 per 100k
14	Indian River	91.5 per 100k
15	Wakulla	91.6 per 100k
16	Suwannee	93.7 per 100k
17	Okaloosa	95.6 per 100k
18	Charlotte	117.9 per 100k
19	Washington	119.7 per 100k
20	Santa Rosa	122.5 per 100k
21	Gulf	123.5 per 100k
22	Jackson	126.1 per 100k
23	Nassau	126.7 per 100k
24	Putnam	130.2 per 100k
25	Broward	130.4 per 100k

How this ranking works

This page ranks Florida counties by violent crime rate, sorted so the safest places appear first. Click any county to see its housing, schools, crime, and demographics in detail.

For violent crime rate, a lower value is generally more favorable, so the top of the list is the lowest. Want to weigh violent crime rate against schools, taxes, commute, and more at once? Use the live map to build a custom match.

Data comes from public sources. Source attribution and the exact data vintage are shown above and on the full map of violent crime rate.

Safest Counties (Lowest Violent Crime) in Florida (2026)

Safest counties for violent crime rate in Florida

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