Healthcare & Safety in St. Cloud
St. Cloud has its own long-standing local hospital rather than relying entirely on Orlando or Kissimmee, and a crime profile that reads as meaningfully safer than the national average by multiple measures.
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Learn moreOrlando Health St. Cloud Hospital is a long-established local option
Orlando Health St. Cloud Hospital (formerly St. Cloud Regional Medical Center), at 2906 17th Street, is a 92-bed, full-service acute care hospital that has served Osceola County for more than 60 years, roughly 30 minutes from downtown Orlando and 25 minutes from Orlando International Airport. It offers cardiology, critical care, digestive health, endocrinology, neurology, orthopedics, and minimally invasive/robotic surgery, and is accredited as a Chest Pain Center by the American College of Cardiology (orlandohealth.com, retrieved 2026-09-02).
Crime runs below the national average by multiple measures
One source (city-data.com aggregation) puts St. Cloud's overall crime index at 85 for 2025 -- 2.7 times smaller than the U.S. average -- and assigns a 2026 crime safety grade of B, with an overall crime rate 34% below the national average. A separate reading cites 130 violent crimes in the last reporting year (a rate of 188.5 per 100,000, versus a 359.1 national average) and 523 property crimes (758.3 per 100,000), ranking St. Cloud the 39th-safest of 160 Florida cities and giving residents roughly a 1-in-331 annual chance of violent-crime victimization and 1-in-66 for property crime -- both 17%-21% below national averages (retrieved 2026-09-02).
Confirm current, address-specific data before deciding
The sources above broadly agree St. Cloud runs safer than the national average, though the specific numeric readings (crime index, per-100,000 rates, and rankings) come from different methodologies and shouldn't be averaged together. Confirm current, address-specific crime data for any street under serious consideration.
Key takeaways
- Orlando Health St. Cloud Hospital: 92-bed, full-service acute care hospital serving Osceola County for 60+ years, Chest Pain Center-accredited.
- One source cites an overall 2025 crime index 2.7x smaller than the U.S. average and a 2026 crime safety grade of B (34% below the national crime rate).
- A separate reading cites a violent crime rate of 188.5/100,000 (vs. 359.1 national) and ranks St. Cloud 39th-safest of 160 Florida cities.
- Multiple sources agree St. Cloud runs meaningfully safer than the national average -- confirm current, address-specific data for any street under consideration.
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