What is the crime rate in West Melbourne, FL?

In 2025, the West Melbourne Police Department reported 54 violent crimes and 305 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 165 violent and 932 property crimes per 100,000 of the 32,715 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: 165
Property per 100,000: 932
Violent crimes: 54
Property crimes: 305

Crime reported by the West Melbourne 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	51	170	370	1,231	30,045
2024	47	156	362	1,204	30,057
2025	54	165	305	932	32,715

Violent crimes reported went from 51 in 2023 to 54 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 370 in 2023 to 305 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.

West Melbourne against Florida and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
West Melbourne	165	932
Brevard County	269	919
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 West Melbourne, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
West Melbourne	—	165	932
Melbourne	4.2 mi	455	1,829
Palm Bay	6.6 mi	275	836
Indian Harbour Beach	8.2 mi	200	300
Satellite Beach	9.6 mi	96	526
Sebastian	22 mi	141	848
Fellsmere	23 mi	0	374

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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