Healthcare & Safety in Plantation
Plantation pairs in-city hospital access with a genuinely mixed crime profile -- meaningfully lower violent crime than the national average, alongside higher property crime, a real distinction worth understanding rather than a single overall number.
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Westside Regional Medical Center, located at 8201 W Broward Blvd in Plantation, operates 24 hours and gives residents in-city acute and emergency care. Plantation General Hospital, also located within the city, is an additional area hospital -- confirm current services and insurance-network participation directly with either facility before relying on them for planning purposes.
Crime runs mixed: lower violent crime, higher property crime
One crime-statistics aggregator reported 2,436 total crimes in Plantation over the most recent reporting year, for an overall rate of 2,483.2 per 100,000 residents -- 17.2% higher than the national average. That total splits sharply: 206 violent crimes (a rate of 210.0 per 100,000, 41.5% lower than the national average) against 2,230 property crimes (a rate of 2,273.2 per 100,000, 29.2% higher than the national average). The overall odds of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime were cited at 1 in 41.
Read the violent-vs-property split, not just the headline number
A single "17.2% above the national average" headline obscures the more useful pattern here: Plantation runs genuinely safer than the national average on violent crime specifically, while property crime (theft, burglary) runs the more elevated category. Confirm current, address-specific crime data for any street under serious consideration.
Key takeaways
- Westside Regional Medical Center (8201 W Broward Blvd, Plantation) operates 24 hours; Plantation General Hospital is also located in the city.
- Overall crime rate runs 17.2% above the national average -- but violent crime runs 41.5% below it, while property crime runs 29.2% above it.
- The odds of being a victim of violent or property crime were cited at 1 in 41.
- Read the violent-vs-property split rather than the single headline crime number -- confirm current, address-specific data before deciding.
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