What is the crime rate in Fernandina Beach, FL?

In 2025, the Fernandina Beach Police Department reported 28 violent crimes and 69 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 203 violent and 499 property crimes per 100,000 of the 13,822 residents it serves.

Across Florida the rates were 248 and 1,074.

Nationally they were 330 and 1,552.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Violent per 100,000: 203
Property per 100,000: 499
Violent crimes: 28
Property crimes: 69

Crime reported by the Fernandina Beach Police Department, 2023 to 2025

Offenses known to law enforcement, reported to the FBI; rates per 100,000 residents of the area the department serves
Year	Violent crimes	Violent per 100,000	Property crimes	Property per 100,000	Residents served
2023	21	155	65	479	13,558
2024	15	108	71	513	13,837
2025	28	203	69	499	13,822

Violent crimes reported went from 21 in 2023 to 28 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 65 in 2023 to 69 in 2025.

In a small town a handful of incidents moves these numbers a long way, so one year’s change says little on its own.

Fernandina Beach against Florida and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Fernandina Beach	203	499
Nassau County	132	187
Florida	248	1,074
United States	330	1,552

These are rates per resident; they are not adjusted for visitors, commuters or the size of the area, which raise or lower a town’s figures without changing anybody’s risk.

Crime reported in places near Fernandina Beach, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Fernandina Beach	—	203	499
St. Marys	10 mi	351	1,173
Atlantic Beach	22 mi	151	1,059
Kingsland	24 mi	168	741
Neptune Beach	24 mi	72	1,273
Jacksonville Beach	27 mi	339	2,315
Folkston	35 mi	84	463
Orange Park	37 mi	212	591

Neighboring departments count the same offenses the same way, but their areas, populations and visitors differ, so a difference between two towns is a starting point for a question, not an answer.

How to read these numbers

These are offenses known to the police and reported to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program: crimes nobody reported, or that a department did not record, are not in them.

Violent crime is murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property crime is burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft and arson.

A department reports the crimes in the area it polices, which can differ from the town’s boundaries, and the FBI estimates the population it serves.

The FBI asks that these figures not be used to rank places or to judge how safe a neighborhood is: crime depends on many local factors, and the counts describe a whole town, not any street or home.

A year is shown only when the department reported all twelve months.

FBI: Uniform Crime Reporting statistics and their proper use

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