Crime & Safety in Bonita Springs
Bonita Springs reads as a relatively safe city by the crime-rate data available, with every neighborhood tracked by one major crime-analytics source earning its highest safety grade. As with most small-city crime data, the specific numbers vary somewhat by source methodology, so the figures below should be read as a consistent directional picture rather than one precise, universally agreed-upon rate.
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CrimeGrade.org rates Bonita Springs in the 81st percentile for safety nationally (safer than 81% of U.S. cities and towns it tracks) with an overall crime grade of A-, indicating a crime rate below the average U.S. city. The site puts the overall crime rate at about 9 incidents per 1,000 residents and the violent crime rate at about 2 per 1,000 -- the violent-crime figure specifically is described as roughly average for U.S. communities generally, even as the overall grade skews favorable.
Odds of victimization
Per CrimeGrade's modeling, the odds of being a victim of any crime in Bonita Springs run about 1 in 118, and the odds of being a victim of a violent crime specifically run about 1 in 649 -- both figures reflecting the below-average-risk profile of the overall grade.
Neighborhood-level consistency
CrimeGrade's neighborhood-by-neighborhood breakdown graded all 11 Bonita Springs neighborhoods it analyzed as Grade A, meaning every area assessed showed a low incidence of crime rather than a mix of safer and less-safe pockets within the city. That's a notably uniform result compared to many cities where crime risk varies sharply by neighborhood.
The economic cost angle
CrimeGrade also estimates a total projected 'cost of crime' for Bonita Springs of about $11,958,276 for 2025, which it translates to roughly $208 per resident and $469 per household -- a modeled economic-impact estimate (covering things like victim costs and lost productivity) rather than a law-enforcement-reported crime-rate figure, worth understanding as a different kind of statistic than the rate figures above.
Key takeaways
- CrimeGrade.org rates Bonita Springs in the 81st percentile nationally for safety with an overall crime grade of A- -- below the average U.S. crime rate.
- Overall crime rate is cited at about 9 per 1,000 residents; violent crime at about 2 per 1,000, described as roughly average for U.S. communities.
- All 11 neighborhoods analyzed by CrimeGrade received a Grade A safety rating -- a notably uniform result across the city rather than a mix of safer and riskier pockets.
- CrimeGrade's modeled 'cost of crime' estimate for 2025 was about $11.96 million citywide, or roughly $208 per resident -- an economic-impact estimate, distinct from the crime-rate figures above.
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