Crime & Safety in Tallahassee
Crime data for Tallahassee shows a real, significant disagreement between major sources: one paints Tallahassee as having one of the highest crime rates in the country, while another gives it comparatively strong safety grades. Both are current, real, and disclosed here rather than reconciled -- no specific area is singled out as unsafe.
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Learn moreNeighborhoodScout: one of the higher crime rates nationally
NeighborhoodScout reports a Tallahassee crime rate of about 29 per 1,000 residents (based on 2024 calendar-year FBI data, released October 2025 -- the most recent available), describing this as one of the higher rates among all U.S. communities of any size and translating to roughly a 1-in-35 chance of being a victim of violent or property crime in a given year.
CrimeGrade: notably stronger grades on the same underlying data landscape
CrimeGrade.org, using its own nationally benchmarked methodology, gives Tallahassee an A- for property crime (83rd percentile nationally -- safer than 83% of U.S. cities) and a B+ for violent crime (rate lower than the national norm). CrimeGrade separately estimates the total projected cost of crime in Tallahassee for 2025 at about $57.5 million, or roughly $227 per resident and $504 per household.
A real, unreconciled disagreement
These two sources point in genuinely different directions -- NeighborhoodScout frames Tallahassee as comparatively high-crime nationally, while CrimeGrade frames it as comparatively safe on its own percentile scale. Both use real, current data and different methodologies; this page discloses both readings rather than picking one as more authoritative. Anyone weighing crime as a relocation factor should look at both sources directly and consider requesting specific-address crime history from local law enforcement or a title company.
No specific area is named as high- or low-crime here
Consistent with site policy, this page does not name specific Tallahassee neighborhoods as higher- or lower-crime -- crime concentration varies at a finer grain than neighborhood boundaries, and generalized labels can be both inaccurate and unfair to residents. Prospective buyers or renters evaluating a specific address should consult CrimeGrade's or NeighborhoodScout's address-level tools directly, or the Tallahassee Police Department's own crime-mapping resources.
Key takeaways
- NeighborhoodScout reports Tallahassee's crime rate at about 29 per 1,000 residents (2024 FBI data, released October 2025) -- described as one of the higher rates among U.S. communities of any size, or roughly 1-in-35 odds of victimization in a given year.
- CrimeGrade.org gives Tallahassee an A- for property crime (83rd percentile nationally) and a B+ for violent crime -- notably more favorable grades using a different, also-current methodology.
- These two major sources genuinely disagree on how to characterize Tallahassee's crime level; both are disclosed here rather than reconciled into a single verdict.
- CrimeGrade's 2025 projected cost-of-crime estimate for Tallahassee is about $57.5 million total, or roughly $227 per resident and $504 per household.
- No specific neighborhood is named as higher- or lower-crime on this page, consistent with site policy -- check address-level tools directly for a specific location.
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