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Crime Map, Crime Rate and Safety Score in Destin, FL
Explore neighborhood Safety Scores in Destin, see which ZIP codes its residents live in, and compare the closest cities.
Explore neighborhood Safety Scores around Destin. The map can include areas outside the city limits.
Is Destin, FL safe?
Destin, Florida has a CrimeScore Safety Score of 55 out of 100, grade C, above the Florida statewide score of 53. An estimated 36% of its residents live in neighborhoods graded A or B, compared with 45% statewide. Safety Scores are modeled estimates, not official crime rates.
- Safety Score
- 55 / 100
- Residents in A or B neighborhoods
- 36%
- Residents in D or F neighborhoods
- 47%
- Scored neighborhoods
- 12
How Destin compares
Destin scores 2 points above the Florida statewide score of 53. Both scores average neighborhood scores weighted by population, so they compare directly.
Destin lies in Okaloosa County, which has a county Safety Score of 73, grade B.
County Safety Scores describe whole counties and are measured differently, so they are not an average of the neighborhoods inside Destin.
Neighborhoods inside Destin
12 scored neighborhoods (Census block groups) with residents lie at least partly inside Destin, 10 of them mostly inside it. Among those 10, the lowest scores 12, the highest 88, and the middle 80% range from 18 to 88.
ZIP codes where Destin residents live
Nearly all of Destin's estimated residents live in ZIP 32541 (Safety Score 52, grade C). An estimated 27% of that ZIP's residents live outside Destin, and the ZIP score includes them. See the ZIP 32541 profile.
Closest cities in Florida
- Niceville Safety Score 70 · grade B · 8.1 miles
- Fort Walton Beach Safety Score 48 · grade C · 9.0 miles
- Crestview Safety Score 41 · grade C · 25 miles
- Milton Safety Score 26 · grade D · 38 miles
- Panama City Beach Safety Score 61 · grade B · 39 miles
Distances are measured between the population-weighted centers of each city's scored neighborhoods.
About Destin
Destin has an estimated 13,991 residents (2024 Census estimate) and 7.7 square miles of land inside its 2020 city limits. Its city score combines 12 scored Census block groups that lie at least partly within those limits.
How this page is built
ZIP codes are listed by the estimated share of the city's residents who live in them, from 2020 Census block-group population spread evenly over each block group's land. The city score is not an average of ZIP scores.
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