Tavares, FL Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Tavares, FL Summary

Crime in Tavares research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Tavares over the past eight years using the FBI crime explorer. Based on the most recently available data released October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Tavares:

  • There were 105 total crimes committed in Tavares the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 518.7 total crimes per 100K people in Tavares.
  • The overall crime rate in Tavares is -77.68% below the national average.
  • Tavares ranks #15 safest out of 292 cities in Florida.
  • Tavares ranks #1,893 safest out of 9,869 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as doing per capita comparisons and isn't conveying that there are 100,000+ people in a location.

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Tavares Vs Florida And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Tavares is 518.7 per 100,000 people. That's -77.68% lower than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and -75.91% lower than the Florida total crime rate of 2,153.0 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Tavares
/ 100k People
Florida
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 105 518.7 2,153.0 2,324.2
Murder 1 4.9 5.9 6.3
Robbery 2 9.9 62.2 66.1
Aggravated Assault 7 34.6 280.1 268.2
Violent Crime 12 59.3 383.6 369.8
Burglary 16 79.0 240.6 269.8
Larceny 72 355.7 1,352.7 1,401.9
Car Theft 5 24.7 176.1 282.7
Property Crime 93 459.5 1,769.4 1,954.4

Tavares Crime Compared To Florida Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Florida.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2022.

Violent Crime Rates In Tavares

12
Violent Crimes
59.3
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-83.97%
Below The National Average
  • There were 12 violent crimes in Tavares in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Tavares is 59.3 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 1,686.8 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Tavares each year. That compares to a 1 in 260.7 chance statewide.
  • That's -83.97% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -84.54% lower than the Florida violent crime rate of 383.6 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Tavares

93
Property Crimes
459.5
Property Crimes / 100k People
-76.49%
Below The National Average
  • There were 93 property crimes in Tavares in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Tavares is 459.5 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 217.6 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Tavares each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -76.49% lower than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And -74.03% lower than the Florida property crime rate of 1,769.4 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Tavares

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Apopka, FL 56,125 1,892 3,371.0 2,813.4 557.7
Ocoee, FL 49,877 1,263 2,532.2 2,267.6 264.7
Clermont, FL 45,785 643 1,404.4 1,249.3 155.1
Leesburg, FL 24,063 1,108 4,604.6 3,943.8 660.8
Eustis, FL 21,642 429 1,982.3 1,751.2 231.0
Lady Lake, FL 16,255 159 978.2 867.4 110.7
Mount Dora, FL 14,801 495 3,344.4 3,141.7 202.7
Umatilla, FL 3,910 95 2,429.7 2,404.1 25.6
Astatula, FL 1,973 14 709.6 456.2 253.4
Howey-in-the-Hills, FL 1,191 9 755.7 587.7 167.9

Tavares SnackAbility

6
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
5/10
Housing
8
Affordability
4
Diversity
8.5
Safety
7
Amenities
8.5
Education
7
Commute
8
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