Analytics built by: Location, Inc.
Raw data sources: 18,000 local law enforcement agencies in the U.S.
Date(s) & Update Frequency: Reflects 2021 calendar year; released from FBI in Oct. 2022 (latest available). Updated annually. Where is 2022 data?
Methodology: Our nationwide meta-analysis overcomes the issues inherent in any crime database, including non-reporting and reporting errors. This is possible by associating the 9.4 million reported crimes in the U.S, including over 2 million geocoded point locations…. Read more about Scout's Crime Data
Melbourne Beach has an overall crime rate of 11 per 1,000 residents, making the crime rate here near the average for all cities and towns of all sizes in America. According to our analysis of FBI crime data, your chance of becoming a victim of crime in Melbourne Beach is 1 in 90. How does Melbourne Beach fare compared to other communities in Florida of all population sizes? Melbourne Beach's crime rate is lower than approximately 62% of Florida communities.
However, when you compare Melbourne Beach to other communities of similar population, then Melbourne Beach crime rate (violent and property crimes combined) is quite a bit higher than average. Regardless of how Melbourne Beach does relative to all communities in America of all sizes, when NeighborhoodScout compared it to communities of similar population size, its crime rate per thousand residents stands out as higher than most.
Now let us turn to take a look at how Melbourne Beach does for violent crimes specifically, and then how it does for property crimes. This is important because the overall crime rate can be further illuminated by understanding if violent crime or property crimes (or both) are the major contributors to the general rate of crime in Melbourne Beach.
For Melbourne Beach, NeighborhoodScout found that the violent crime rate is well below the national average for all communities of all population sizes. Violent crimes such as assault, rape, murder and armed robbery happen less often in Melbourne Beach than in most of America. One's chance of becoming a victim of a violent crime here is one in 3235, which is a violent crime rate of 0 per one thousand inhabitants.
NeighborhoodScout's analysis also reveals that Melbourne Beach's rate for property crime is 11 per one thousand population. This makes Melbourne Beach a place where there is an above average chance of becoming a victim of a property crime, when compared to all other communities in America of all population sizes. Property crimes are motor vehicle theft, arson, larceny, and burglary. Your chance of becoming a victim of any of these crimes in Melbourne Beach is one in 92.
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| Violent | Property | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Number of Crimes |
1 |
35 |
36 |
|
Crime Rate
|
0.31 |
10.82 |
11.13 |
| Murder | Rape | Robbery | Assault | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Report Total | UNREPORTED | UNREPORTED | UNREPORTED | UNREPORTED |
| Rate per 1,000 | UNREPORTED | UNREPORTED | UNREPORTED | UNREPORTED |
| Murder | Rape | Robbery | Assault | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Report Total | 22,941 | 144,285 | 202,155 | 943,774 |
| Rate per 1,000 | 0.07 | 0.43 | 0.61 | 2.84 |
| burglary | theft | motor vehicle theft | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Report Total | UNREPORTED | UNREPORTED | UNREPORTED |
| Rate per 1,000 | UNREPORTED | UNREPORTED | UNREPORTED |
| burglary | theft | motor vehicle theft | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Report Total | 899,656 | 4,626,970 | 890,179 |
| Rate per 1,000 | 2.71 | 13.94 | 2.68 |