Healthcare & Safety in Carrollwood
Carrollwood offers real, in-community hospital access at AdventHealth Carrollwood -- a genuine differentiator from the more purely residential suburbs in this batch -- alongside a crime profile that reads strong on violent crime specifically but somewhat softer on property crime.
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Learn moreAdventHealth Carrollwood provides real, in-town acute care
AdventHealth Carrollwood, at 7171 North Dale Mabry Highway, is a 119-bed general hospital operating a 24-hour emergency room and serving as a tertiary and primary stroke center, per AdventHealth's own facility data. It sits less than 15 minutes from Tampa International Airport, giving Carrollwood residents genuine local acute care rather than requiring a drive further into Tampa.
Violent crime runs very low; property crime is comparatively more moderate
CrimeGrade.org gives Carrollwood an overall crime grade of B+, with a violent crime rate of 1.784 per 1,000 residents (94th percentile for safety, A+ grade -- much lower than the average U.S. neighborhood) but a property crime grade of B- (8.890 incidents per 1,000, plus 4.975 vandalism incidents per 1,000). Overall crime runs 48% lower than the Florida average and 59% lower than the national average -- a genuinely safe profile overall, with violent crime the stronger of the two categories specifically.
Safety varies by sub-area, consistent with Carrollwood's several distinct communities
Carrollwood Village and Carrollwood Springs consistently rank as lower-incident areas within the wider community, per local sourcing. Confirm current, address-specific crime data for any street under serious consideration rather than relying on a single citywide average, especially given how much Carrollwood's sub-communities differ from each other (see best-areas).
Key takeaways
- AdventHealth Carrollwood: 119-bed general hospital, 24/7 ER, tertiary/primary stroke center, less than 15 minutes from Tampa International Airport.
- CrimeGrade.org: overall grade B+; violent crime 1.784/1,000 (94th percentile, A+ grade); property crime 8.890/1,000 (B- grade); vandalism 4.975/1,000.
- Overall crime runs 48% below the Florida average and 59% below the national average, though property crime specifically grades softer than violent crime.
- Carrollwood Village and Carrollwood Springs consistently rank as lower-incident sub-areas -- confirm current, address-specific data before deciding.
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