What is the crime rate in Lakeland, FL?

In 2025, the Lakeland Police Department reported 473 violent crimes and 1,970 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 370 violent and 1,540 property crimes per 100,000 of the 127,935 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: 370
Property per 100,000: 1,540
Violent crimes: 473
Property crimes: 1,970

Crime reported by the Lakeland 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	491	398	2,405	1,951	123,284
2024	473	378	2,135	1,705	125,193
2025	473	370	1,970	1,540	127,935

Violent crimes reported went from 491 in 2023 to 473 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 2,405 in 2023 to 1,970 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.

Lakeland against Florida and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Lakeland	370	1,540
Polk County	217	777
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 Lakeland, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Lakeland	—	370	1,540
Auburndale	10 mi	145	1,641
Winter Haven	14 mi	268	1,475
Bartow	14 mi	351	1,019
Lake Alfred	16 mi	76	971

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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