What is the crime rate in Sanford, FL?

In 2025, the Sanford Police Department reported 363 violent crimes and 1,349 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 530 violent and 1,970 property crimes per 100,000 of the 68,469 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: 530
Property per 100,000: 1,970
Violent crimes: 363
Property crimes: 1,349

Crime reported by the Sanford 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	399	621	1,786	2,781	64,218
2024	363	543	1,509	2,256	66,900
2025	363	530	1,349	1,970	68,469

Violent crimes reported went from 399 in 2023 to 363 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 1,786 in 2023 to 1,349 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.

Sanford against Florida and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Sanford	530	1,970
Seminole County	211	987
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 Sanford, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Sanford	—	530	1,970
Lake Mary	4.0 mi	147	652
Longwood	7.5 mi	291	986
Deltona	8.9 mi	14	15
Casselberry	9.3 mi	161	1,727
Oviedo	10 mi	101	533
Altamonte Springs	11 mi	286	1,792
Maitland	13 mi	206	1,249
Lake Helen	14 mi	132	463

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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