What is the crime rate in Lake Placid, FL?

In 2025, the Lake Placid Police Department reported 2 violent crimes and 33 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 77 violent and 1,265 property crimes per 100,000 of the 2,609 residents it serves.

Across Florida the rates were 248 and 1,074.

Nationally they were 330 and 1,552.

Figures last updated on .

Violent per 100,000
77
Property per 100,000
1,265
Violent crimes
2
Property crimes
33

Crime reported by the Lake Placid Police Department, 2025 to 2025

Offenses known to law enforcement, reported to the FBI; rates per 100,000 residents of the area the department serves
YearViolent crimesViolent per 100,000Property crimesProperty per 100,000Residents served
2025277331,2652,609

Lake Placid against Florida and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
Violent crimeProperty crime
Lake Placid771,265
Highlands County68408
Florida2481,074
United States3301,552

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 Lake Placid, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
PlaceDistanceViolent per 100,000Property per 100,000
Lake Placid—771,265
Sebring13 mi2001,133
Arcadia30 mi4441,023
Wauchula32 mi282867
Okeechobee34 mi3262,696
Bowling Green36 mi41649
Lake Wales45 mi3191,187

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.

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Questions about Lake Placid

What is the crime rate in Lake Placid?

In 2025, the Lake Placid Police Department reported 77 violent crimes and 1,265 property crimes per 100,000 residents to the FBI.

How many crimes were reported in Lake Placid in 2025?

In 2025, the Lake Placid Police Department reported 2 violent crimes and 33 property crimes to the FBI.

Where do these crime figures come from?

From the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program: each police department reports the offenses known to it every month, and the FBI publishes them in its Crime Data Explorer.

Sources

Figures are published by the US Census Bureau, HUD, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the FBI; Seayora reproduces them and does not adjust them, except where a sentence says it compares dollar figures after inflation. They describe the whole place, not any one building or street, and are not an appraisal, a rent determination, a tax bill, a safety rating or legal advice.

Figures last updated on .

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