Healthcare & Safety in Largo
Largo has real, on-site acute care at a large teaching hospital, and a crime profile that reads as mixed -- meaningfully lower violent crime than the national average, but property crime running slightly above it.
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Learn moreHCA Florida Largo Hospital is a large, full-service teaching hospital
HCA Florida Largo Hospital (formerly Largo Medical Center), at 201 14th St in Largo, is a 455-bed teaching hospital spanning three campuses across Largo and Clearwater, employing roughly 1,700 people as part of HCA Florida Healthcare, the state's largest healthcare network. It offers cardiovascular services including heart transplants and left ventricular assist device procedures, plus kidney and liver transplants, orthopedic, spine, and neurological care, and runs accredited residency programs as a Joint Commission-accredited teaching facility.
Crime runs mixed: low violent crime, slightly elevated property crime
NeighborhoodScout places Largo in roughly the 49th percentile for overall safety nationally, with an overall crime rate of 26.64 per 1,000 residents versus a 33.37 national average -- driven by a violent crime rate well below the national figure (3.66 vs. 13.32) but a property crime rate slightly above it (22.98 vs. 20.05). CrimeGrade's 2025 data separately assigns Largo an overall grade of B+ (Violent Crime: B, Property Crime: C+), broadly consistent with that mixed picture.
Safety varies by part of the city
CrimeGrade's neighborhood-level data puts residents' chance of being a victim at roughly 1-in-40 in southeast Largo versus roughly 1-in-72 in the southern part of the city, which local sourcing considers the safer area -- a real difference by part of town, not a single citywide number. Confirm current, address-specific crime data for any street under serious consideration.
Key takeaways
- HCA Florida Largo Hospital: 455-bed teaching hospital across three Largo/Clearwater campuses, ~1,700 employees, with transplant, cardiovascular, and spine/neuro programs.
- NeighborhoodScout: overall crime rate 26.64/1,000 (vs. 33.37 national); violent crime well below the national rate (3.66 vs. 13.32), property crime somewhat above it (22.98 vs. 20.05).
- CrimeGrade (2025): overall grade B+ (Violent Crime B, Property Crime C+), consistent with NeighborhoodScout's mixed picture.
- Safety varies by part of the city -- roughly 1-in-40 victim risk in the southeast vs. 1-in-72 in the south, generally considered the safer part of town.
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