Crime reports from the Gainesville Police Department, mapped by block. Source: Gainesville Police Department data from City of Gainesville open data. Gainesville updates its file daily. Search a street, filter by type, or download the list as a spreadsheet.
In 2025, Gainesville police reported 953 violent crimes (634 per 100,000 residents), including 3 murders, 123 robberies and 700 aggravated assaults, according to FBI data. Vehicle-theft counts reported to the FBI look incomplete, so property-crime totals are not shown.
Population covered: 150,376. Violent-crime rate rank: 2 of 19 large Florida cities on this site (1 = highest rate). Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer, agency FL0010100, January–December 2025.
Vehicle-theft counts reported to the FBI look incomplete, so property-crime totals are not shown.
| City | Violent / 100k | Violent | Murders | Property / 100k | Map |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Lauderdale | 673 | 1,286 | 12 | 3,279 | Totals |
| Gainesville | 634 | 953 | 3 | – | Live |
| Tallahassee | 629 | 1,302 | 20 | – | Totals |
| Jacksonville | 518 | 5,231 | 80 | 2,165 | Totals |
| West Palm Beach | 493 | 643 | 11 | – | Totals |
| St. Petersburg | 492 | 1,325 | 9 | 2,016 | Totals |
| Fort Myers | 444 | 459 | 3 | – | Totals |
| Lakeland | 370 | 473 | 5 | – | Totals |
| Miami Gardens | 359 | 421 | 11 | 1,744 | Totals |
| Miami | 358 | 1,787 | 26 | 2,236 | Totals |
| Tampa | 333 | 1,405 | 17 | 985 | Totals |
| Palm Bay | 275 | 407 | 5 | – | Totals |
| Clearwater | 254 | 296 | 1 | 1,417 | Totals |
| Hialeah | 173 | 412 | 3 | – | Totals |
| Port St. Lucie | 128 | 349 | 4 | – | Totals |
| Miramar | 121 | 175 | 2 | 583 | Totals |
| Coral Springs | 119 | 168 | 2 | – | Totals |
| Boca Raton | 113 | 117 | 1 | – | Totals |
| Pembroke Pines | 42 | 76 | 1 | 686 | Totals |
| Orlando | – | – | – | – | Totals |
| Cape Coral | – | – | – | – | Totals |
| Hollywood | – | – | – | – | Totals |
| Pompano Beach | – | – | – | – | Totals |
| Davie | – | – | – | – | Totals |
| Deltona | – | – | – | – | Totals |
Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer agency counts for 2025 (all 12 months reported unless noted), retrieved October 7, 2026. Rates use the population the FBI lists for each police agency.
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Gainesville's violent-crime rate of 634 per 100,000 people in 2025 was 3 times the Florida rate (210) and 2 times the U.S. rate (320). That works out to one reported violent crime for every 158 residents, or about 18.3 a week.
Among the 362 cities with full-year FBI numbers on CityCrimeMap, Gainesville ranks 90th for violent crime, in the higher half, and 241st for murder (3 murders, 2 per 100,000).
Aggravated assaults made up 73% of Gainesville's violent crimes and robberies 13%, close to the national robbery share of 15%.
Gainesville's property-crime total for 2025 is incomplete in the FBI system, so property rates are left out here.
The closest city we cover is Jacksonville, 61 miles northeast; its violent-crime rate (518) is 18% lower than Gainesville's.
Out-of-state cities near Gainesville's size (150,376 residents): McAllen, TX at 126 violent crimes per 100,000 and Olathe, KS at 230.
By the FBI's 2025 numbers, Gainesville had 634 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, 3 times the statewide 210. It is 2nd highest of the 19 Florida cities on this site; Fort Lauderdale is highest at 673. A city-wide rate does not tell you about a single block.
Gainesville police reported 3 murders for 2025, a rate of 2 per 100,000 residents. The Florida rate was 2.5 and the national rate 4.1.
123 robberies in 2025, 82 per 100,000 residents, 2.9 times the Florida rate of 28.