In 2025, Port St. Lucie police reported 349 violent crimes (128 per 100,000 residents), including 4 murders, 22 robberies and 298 aggravated assaults, according to FBI data. Vehicle-theft counts reported to the FBI look incomplete, so property-crime totals are not shown.
Population covered: 273,427. Violent-crime rate rank: 15 of 19 large Florida cities on this site (1 = highest rate). Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer, agency FL0560200, 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.
Port St. Lucie's violent-crime rate of 128 per 100,000 people in 2025 was 39% lower than the Florida rate (210) and less than half the U.S. rate (320). That works out to one reported violent crime for every 783 residents, or about 6.7 a week.
Among the 362 cities with full-year FBI numbers on CityCrimeMap, Port St. Lucie ranks 334th for violent crime, in the lower half, and 276th for murder (4 murders, 1.5 per 100,000).
Aggravated assaults made up 85% of Port St. Lucie's violent crimes and robberies 6%, a smaller robbery share than the national 15%.
Port St. Lucie'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 West Palm Beach, 40 miles southeast; its violent-crime rate (493) is 3.9 times Port St. Lucie's.
Out-of-state cities near Port St. Lucie's size (273,427 residents): St. Louis, MO at 1,230 violent crimes per 100,000 and Fort Wayne, IN at 275.
By the FBI's 2025 numbers, Port St. Lucie had 128 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, 39% lower than the statewide 210. It is 15th 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.
Port St. Lucie police reported 4 murders for 2025, a rate of 1.5 per 100,000 residents. The Florida rate was 2.5 and the national rate 4.1.
22 robberies in 2025, 8 per 100,000 residents, less than half the Florida rate of 28.