Tavares, FL Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

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 on October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Tavares:

  • There were 67 total crimes committed in Tavares in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 307.5 total crimes per 100K people in Tavares.
  • The overall crime rate in Tavares is -85.49% below the national average.
  • Tavares ranks #2 safest out of 160 cities in Florida.
  • Tavares ranks #1,281 safest out of 9,896 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 per capita comparisons and isn't meant to convey that 100,000+ people live 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 307.5 per 100,000 people. That's -85.49% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -81.78% lower than the Florida total crime rate of 1,687.5 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Tavares
/ 100k People
Florida
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 67 307.5 1,687.5 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 3.9 5.0
Robbery 1 4.6 38.2 61.0
Aggravated Assault 11 50.5 197.1 256.0
Violent Crime 14 64.2 267.1 359.0
Burglary 11 50.5 152.5 229.0
Larceny 41 188.2 1,144.9 1,272.0
Car Theft 1 4.6 123.0 259.0
Property Crime 53 243.2 1,420.4 1,760.0

Tavares Crime Compared To Florida Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Florida.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2024.

Violent Crime Rates In Tavares

14
Violent Crimes
64.2
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-82.10%
Below The National Average
  • There were 14 violent crimes in Tavares in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Tavares is 64.2 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 1,556.4 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Tavares each year. That compares to a 1 in 374.4 chance statewide.
  • That's -82.10% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -75.94% lower than the Florida violent crime rate of 267.1 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Tavares

53
Property Crimes
243.2
Property Crimes / 100k People
-86.18%
Below The National Average
  • There were 53 property crimes in Tavares in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Tavares is 243.2 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 411.1 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 -86.18% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -82.88% lower than the Florida property crime rate of 1,420.4 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 60,583 1,665 2,748.3 2,317.5 430.8
Ocoee, FL 49,877 1,263 2,532.2 2,267.6 264.7
Clermont, FL 48,180 880 1,826.5 1,637.6 188.9
Leesburg, FL 33,435 855 2,557.2 2,177.4 379.8
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

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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