Crime & Safety in Cape Coral
Cape Coral's crime picture depends heavily on which tool you check, and the two most-cited sources genuinely disagree on how favorable the read is, even though both describe Cape Coral as comparatively safe relative to national benchmarks. That's a meaningfully different, more favorable pattern than several neighboring Southwest Florida cities, where sources sometimes disagree on direction entirely.
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Learn moreA favorable read across both major sources
CrimeGrade.org gives Cape Coral an overall safety grade of A+, citing an overall crime rate near 11.0 incidents per 1,000 residents -- significantly below a cited national average of 23.0 per 1,000. NeighborhoodScout separately puts Cape Coral's overall crime rate at about 8 per 1,000 residents, describing it as "near the average for all cities and towns of all sizes in America" and one of the lowest crime rates in the nation for a city of its size. The two sources cite somewhat different rates (11.0 vs. 8 per 1,000) reflecting different methodologies, but both frame Cape Coral favorably -- a genuinely more consistent picture across sources than several neighboring cities in this dataset.
Violent crime specifically is low
NeighborhoodScout puts the chance of being a victim of violent crime in Cape Coral at about 1 in 1,302 in a given year, a violent crime rate of about 1 per 1,000 residents -- a notably low figure. Property crime runs about 7 per 1,000 residents by the same source, described as roughly average for U.S. cities and towns of all sizes.
Recent trend: a real, sourced improvement
The Cape Coral Police Department's own 2025 mid-year report showed a 28% reduction in overall crime compared to the previous comparable period, per that report. That's a real, sourced, recent trend, not an aggregator estimate -- worth noting alongside the third-party crime-rate reads above.
Neighborhood-level variance still exists
Even with a favorable citywide picture, block-level variance is real in any city this size, and a citywide rate from either source can mask it. Per site policy, no specific lower-graded area is named here -- check a specific address directly with CrimeGrade.org or NeighborhoodScout before a relocation decision.
Key takeaways
- CrimeGrade.org rates Cape Coral A+ overall (about 11.0 incidents per 1,000 residents, versus a cited 23.0 national average); NeighborhoodScout separately cites about 8 per 1,000 -- "near average" for U.S. cities of all sizes but one of the lowest crime rates in the nation for a city of Cape Coral's size. Both sources read favorably, even though their exact rates differ.
- NeighborhoodScout puts the chance of violent-crime victimization at about 1 in 1,302/year (roughly 1 per 1,000 residents); property crime runs about 7 per 1,000, described as roughly average nationally.
- The Cape Coral Police Department's own 2025 mid-year report cited a 28% reduction in overall crime versus the prior comparable period -- a real, sourced, recent improvement.
- Block-level variance is real even within a favorably-rated city; check a specific address with CrimeGrade.org or NeighborhoodScout before deciding. No specific lower-graded area is named here per site policy.
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