Crime & Safety in Clermont
Clermont's crime statistics point consistently toward a safer-than-average city: CrimeGrade.org places its overall crime rate 44% below the national average as of 2026, with violent crime running about 47% below the national rate. No specific neighborhood or district is named here as higher- or lower-risk -- see the best-areas topic page for area-level context instead.
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Learn moreOverall Crime Well Below the National Average
CrimeGrade.org data puts Clermont's overall crime rate at 8.707 per 1,000 residents (1,826.5 per 100,000), about 44% below the national average as of 2026 and roughly 13.81% below the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 by a related comparison. Clermont ranks in the 98th percentile for safety among cities compared, and #83 safest out of 160 Florida cities ranked, per the same source.
Violent Crime
Clermont's violent crime rate is reported at 1.347 per 1,000 residents, about 47.39% below the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000, per CrimeGrade.org -- a substantial gap in Clermont's favor on this specific measure.
Property Crime
Property crime is reported at 789 incidents in the most recent reporting year, a rate of 1,637.6 per 100,000 residents, per the same CrimeGrade.org data set -- the specific national or state comparison percentage for property crime alone was not broken out separately in the sources checked this research pass, so it is reported here as a raw rate rather than a comparative percentage.
Modeled Economic Cost Estimates
One economic-impact model projects the total cost of crime in Clermont for 2025 at approximately $9,668,007, working out to roughly $127 per resident and $353 per household -- a modeled cost estimate, not a direct crime-rate figure, presented here as one way analysts translate crime statistics into dollar terms rather than as an independently verified dollar cost. As a matter of editorial policy, this page does not name specific neighborhoods as higher- or lower-crime; prospective residents wanting block-level detail should consult the Clermont Police Department or Lake County Sheriff's Office directly.
Key takeaways
- Clermont's overall crime rate runs about 44% below the national average as of 2026, per CrimeGrade.org, with a citywide safety ranking in the 98th percentile (#83 safest of 160 Florida cities ranked).
- Violent crime runs roughly 47% below the national rate; property crime is reported at 789 incidents/year (a rate of 1,637.6 per 100,000), without a directly comparable national percentage sourced this pass.
- A modeled 2025 economic-impact estimate puts the total cost of crime at roughly $127 per resident and $353 per household -- a modeled estimate, not a precise measured figure.
- No specific neighborhood is named as higher- or lower-crime on this page; consult local law enforcement directly for block-level detail.
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