The 10 Safest Cities In Florida For 2020

We used data and science to determine the places in Florida where everyone sleeps safe and sound.

Editor's Note: This article has been update for 2020. This is our sixth time rankings the safest places to live in Florida.

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Don't let a couple of shark bites and extra large alligators scare you, Florida is really safe: the Sunshine State actually has some of the safest places to live in America.

And, here, at HomeSnacks, we wanted to know just how safe is Florida? More importantly, where, exactly, are the safest cities in the state that boasts 315 days of sunshine a year? So, we consulted the numbers. In total, we analyzed 204 cities with over 5,000 residents. We looked at important factors like property crimes and violent crimes per capita for every place from Jacksonville to Miami.

We discovered that Florida has a bunch of amazing features that can't be ignored. For one, if you choose to live in any of Florida's safest places, you'll be front row to some of the tastiest seafood, many of the southeast's best beaches, and some of the country's nicest people. Heck, there's a reason notables like Hulk Hogan and Mandy Moore have been singing the praises of places like Clearwater and Orlando for years: these are not only some of the best places in the state, they are some of Florida's safest.

That's right, whether your looking to move to a quintessential Florida beach town like Boca Raton, a family friendly place like Coral Gables, or a place for young professionals like Fort Myers, there is a safe place for everyone.

So, want to know where can live in Florida where you don't have to worry about thieves stealing packages from your porch when you're not home? Keep reading.

With so many amazingly safe cities to choose from in Florida, the job of deciding the safest city in Florida had to be left to the numbers.

What city is the safest place to live in Florida for 2020? Well according to the most recent FBI data we crunched, Satellite Beach, Florida is the safest place to live in Florida. It's not surprising considering Satellite Beach's scored a 9/10 for safety on our snackability scale with an emphasis on jobs and education.

More jobs = less time to be naughty.

Check out the rest of our not so naughty, very safe Florida cities and see how your city ranked.

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How we calculated the safest cities in Florida for 2020

While there are surveys and public polls on what cities in a state are the safest, we didn't want to rely on speculation and opinion. Instead, we looked at the hard numbers from the FBI's most recent report of crime (Published Sept 2019) in Florida.

Specifically, we analyzed the FBI's Uniform Crime Report which summarizes the number of property crimes and violent crimes in each city per year. We used two criteria:

Violent crimes per capita (murders, assaults, rapes, armed robberies)

Property crimes per capita (thefts, burglaries, motor vehicle thefts)

For example, there were a total of 44 crimes committed in Satellite Beach which had a reported population of 11,197. That means the number of crimes per capita is 0.0039 which translates into a 1 in 254 chance of being the victim of a crime.

We only looked at cities that have populations of more than 5,000 people reported to the FBI in 2018, the last reporting year. This left us with a total of 204 of the biggest cities in Florida to rank.

We ranked each city for each criteria from 1 to 204 where 1 in any particular category is the safest.

Next, we averaged each places two criteria to create a Safety Index. We crowned the place with the lowest overall Safety Score "The Safest Place In Florida" with any ties going to the bigger city. You can download the data here.

The safest city in Florida, based on our criteria, is Satellite Beach. The most dangerous city in Florida? Florida City, where residents had a 1 in 9 chance of being the victim of a crime.

Note: This report is not an analysis of the effectiveness of local police departments, nor does it reflect the fact that people from out of town may come into a community and cause a crime. It simply looks at where crimes occurred most frequently, based on a city's population.

There You Have It - The Safest Cities In The Sunshine State

Looking at the data, you can tell that Satellite Beach is as safe as they come, according to science and data.

But as most Florida residents would agree, almost every place here has its safe and not safe parts. So just make sure you're informed ahead of time.

Here's a look at the most dangerous cities in Florida according to the data:

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Chris Kolmar has been in the real estate business for almost ten years now. He originally worked for Movoto Real Estate as the director of marketing before founding HomeSnacks.

He believes the key to finding the right place to live comes down to looking at the data, reading about things to do, and, most importantly, checking it out yourself before you move.

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