What is the crime rate in Wauchula, FL?

In 2024, the Wauchula Police Department reported 14 violent crimes and 43 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 282 violent and 867 property crimes per 100,000 of the 4,958 residents it serves.

Across Florida the rates were 258 and 1,261.

Nationally they were 363 and 1,767.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Violent per 100,000: 282
Property per 100,000: 867
Violent crimes: 14
Property crimes: 43

Crime reported by the Wauchula Police Department, 2023 to 2024

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	17	342	78	1,571	4,966
2024	14	282	43	867	4,958

Violent crimes reported went from 17 in 2023 to 14 in 2024.

Property crimes reported went from 78 in 2023 to 43 in 2024.

In a small town a handful of incidents moves these numbers a long way, so one year’s change says little on its own.

Wauchula against Florida and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2024
	Violent crime	Property crime
Wauchula	282	867
Hardee County	250	895
Florida	258	1,261
United States	363	1,767

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 Wauchula, 2024

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Wauchula	—	282	867
Bowling Green	6.3 mi	41	649
Sebring	23 mi	200	1,133
Arcadia	23 mi	444	1,023
Bartow	23 mi	351	1,019
Lake Wales	29 mi	319	1,187
Lake Placid	32 mi	77	1,265

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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