What is the crime rate in Sebastian, FL?

In 2025, the Sebastian Police Department reported 39 violent crimes and 234 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 141 violent and 848 property crimes per 100,000 of the 27,602 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: 141
Property per 100,000: 848
Violent crimes: 39
Property crimes: 234

Crime reported by the Sebastian 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	44	163	429	1,589	27,004
2024	42	153	247	900	27,445
2025	39	141	234	848	27,602

Violent crimes reported went from 44 in 2023 to 39 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 429 in 2023 to 234 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.

Sebastian against Florida and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Sebastian	141	848
Indian River County	167	800
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 Sebastian, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Sebastian	—	141	848
Fellsmere	8.8 mi	0	374
Vero Beach	11 mi	67	504
Palm Bay	16 mi	275	836
West Melbourne	22 mi	165	932

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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