Healthcare & Safety in Oviedo
Oviedo pairs local emergency and outpatient care with a full hospital a short drive away in Winter Park, alongside a crime profile that reads as genuinely safe by both statewide and national comparisons.
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Learn moreLocal ER access, with full hospital services in nearby Winter Park
AdventHealth Oviedo ER (8100 Red Bug Lake Rd) and the separate Oviedo Medical Center (8300 Red Bug Lake Rd) provide local emergency and outpatient care; for a full-service tertiary hospital -- including burn center, primary stroke center, and psychiatric and teaching-hospital services -- AdventHealth Winter Park (200 N. Lakemont Ave) is the nearest full hospital, part of the same AdventHealth network (adventhealth.com, retrieved 2026-09-02).
Crime runs low by both statewide and national comparison
Multiple sources describe Oviedo as a low-crime city: one source cites a violent crime rate of 105.6 per 100,000 residents (versus a 359.1 national average) and ranks Oviedo safer than 83% of Florida cities and 72% of U.S. cities; a separate 2026 ranking placed Oviedo 7th among Florida's safest cities. A different index (city-data.com aggregation) separately cites an overall crime rate roughly 6.88 per 1,000 residents versus a 33.37 national average, with a violent crime rate of 0.88 and property crime rate of 5.99 -- both readings agree Oviedo runs far below national crime rates even though the specific numbers and units differ by source (retrieved 2026-09-02).
No named-post specific safety grade was independently verified this session
This pass did not turn up a specific CrimeGrade.org letter grade for Oviedo the way it did for Largo and Riverview -- the general-safety sources above are consistent in direction (Oviedo reads as low-crime), but a CrimeGrade-style letter grade wasn't confirmed. Confirm current, address-specific crime data for any street under serious consideration.
Key takeaways
- AdventHealth Oviedo ER and Oviedo Medical Center provide local emergency/outpatient care; AdventHealth Winter Park is the nearest full-service tertiary hospital.
- Oviedo's violent crime rate (105.6/100,000) runs well below the national average (359.1); Oviedo ranked 7th among Florida's safest cities in one 2026 source.
- A separate index cites an overall crime rate of 6.88/1,000 versus a 33.37 national average -- multiple sources agree Oviedo runs far below national crime levels.
- No specific CrimeGrade.org letter grade for Oviedo was independently verified this session -- confirm current, address-specific data for any street under consideration.
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