What is the crime rate in Leesburg, FL?

In 2025, the Leesburg Police Department reported 115 violent crimes and 619 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 279 violent and 1,504 property crimes per 100,000 of the 41,151 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: 279
Property per 100,000: 1,504
Violent crimes: 115
Property crimes: 619

Crime reported by the Leesburg 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	122	403	677	2,236	30,273
2024	129	386	740	2,213	33,435
2025	115	279	619	1,504	41,151

Violent crimes reported went from 122 in 2023 to 115 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 677 in 2023 to 619 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.

Leesburg against Florida and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Leesburg	279	1,504
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 Leesburg, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Leesburg	—	279	1,504
Howey-in-the-Hills	7.3 mi	0	528
Mascotte	7.8 mi	111	547
Wildwood	8.8 mi	112	535
Fruitland Park	9.4 mi	214	991
Tavares	9.5 mi	64	243
Astatula	10 mi	42	253
Clermont	17 mi	189	1,638

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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