What is the crime rate in Palatka, FL?

In 2025, the Palatka Police Department reported 47 violent crimes and 307 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 429 violent and 2,799 property crimes per 100,000 of the 10,968 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: 429
Property per 100,000: 2,799
Violent crimes: 47
Property crimes: 307

Crime reported by the Palatka 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	64	602	353	3,320	10,632
2024	30	277	401	3,707	10,816
2025	47	429	307	2,799	10,968

Violent crimes reported went from 64 in 2023 to 47 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 353 in 2023 to 307 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.

Palatka against Florida and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Palatka	429	2,799
Putnam County	99	813
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 Palatka, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Palatka	—	429	2,799
Crescent City	18 mi	0	1,034
Green Cove Springs	24 mi	345	956
Bunnell	27 mi	395	1,845
St. Augustine Beach	28 mi	131	699
St. Augustine	28 mi	350	2,708

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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