Safety · Melbourne Beach

Melbourne Beach, FL crime & safety

Melbourne Beach's reported crime rate is well below Florida's. Most reported incidents are property crimes, mainly thefts. Violent crime is rare: 2 reported in 2022.

Crime reported to police, trends and how Melbourne Beach compares with the towns next door, from FBI data.

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A grade needs all of the FBI's latest years (2023–2025). Melbourne Beach's police department reported none of them, so we don't grade it yet. The figures below are still real.

Reported crime, 2022

Melbourne Beach at a glance

Violent crime
0.6
per 1,000 residents · Florida 3.2
Property crime
7.7
per 1,000 residents · Florida 14.5
Incidents reported
27
2 violent · 25 property
Violent crime per 1,000
Melbourne Beach 0.6
Florida 3.2
U.S. 4
Property crime per 1,000
Melbourne Beach 7.7
Florida 14.5
U.S. 20
What gets reported

2022, by type

Larceny / theft
19
Burglary
4
Vehicle theft
2
Aggravated assault
2
Robbery
0
Rape
0
Homicide
0
Arson
0

Offenses reported to police, not convictions.

Who keeps Melbourne Beach safe

Local public safety

👮 Melbourne Beach Police DepartmentReports its crime counts to the FBI — the figures on this page.
🚨 EmergenciesCall 911. For non-emergency numbers, alerts and preparedness, see the town guide.

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Melbourne Beach and its neighbors

Reported crime per 1,000 residents in each town's latest year. * = a count, for towns under 1,000 people. Grade: the Safety Grade; — = not graded.
TownGradeViolentPropertyYear
Melbourne Beach—0.67.72022

No town figures in the FBI's data: Indialantic.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can't tell you

  • It's reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many thefts and some assaults are never reported.
  • Small numbers swing. In a town of about 3,200, a handful of incidents moves the rate noticeably from year to year. The trend matters more than any one year.
  • Visitors count too. Towns with a campus, highway, beach or shopping center see incidents involving people who don't live there, which raises the per-resident rate.
  • Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn't report a full year, not that nothing happened.
Natural hazards
Very high

Mostly hurricanes. Expected storm and flood damage here is higher than in 87% of U.S. communities. 50 flood insurance claims paid since 1984.

Natural hazards in Melbourne Beach →

Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2022, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. This isn't an official statement of public safety — in an emergency, call 911.

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