What is the crime rate in Winter Haven, FL?

In 2025, the Winter Haven Police Department reported 168 violent crimes and 923 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 268 violent and 1,475 property crimes per 100,000 of the 62,578 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: 268
Property per 100,000: 1,475
Violent crimes: 168
Property crimes: 923

Crime reported by the Winter Haven 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	186	324	970	1,690	57,382
2024	140	235	922	1,551	59,450
2025	168	268	923	1,475	62,578

Violent crimes reported went from 186 in 2023 to 168 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 970 in 2023 to 923 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.

Winter Haven against Florida and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Winter Haven	268	1,475
Polk County	217	777
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 Winter Haven, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Winter Haven	—	268	1,475
Auburndale	5.9 mi	145	1,641
Lake Alfred	6.4 mi	76	971
Lake Hamilton	6.5 mi	346	1,341
Haines City	8.5 mi	84	551
Davenport	11 mi	99	286
Lake Wales	12 mi	319	1,187
Bartow	12 mi	351	1,019
Lakeland	14 mi	370	1,540

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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