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Crime Map, Crime Rate and Safest ZIP Codes in Gainesville, FL
Explore neighborhood Safety Scores in Gainesville, compare its ZIP codes, and find wider county context.
Explore neighborhood Safety Scores around Gainesville. The map can include areas outside the city limits.
Is Gainesville, FL safe?
Gainesville, Florida has a CrimeScore Safety Score of 30 out of 100, grade D, below the Florida statewide score of 53. An estimated 18% of its residents live in neighborhoods graded A or B, compared with 45% statewide. Its ZIP codes with at least 5 scored block groups range from 11 to 68, so the answer depends on the neighborhood. Safety Scores are modeled estimates, not official crime rates.
- Safety Score
- 30 / 100
- Residents in A or B neighborhoods
- 18%
- Residents in D or F neighborhoods
- 72%
- Scored neighborhoods
- 105
How Gainesville compares
Gainesville scores 23 points below the Florida statewide score of 53. Both scores average neighborhood scores weighted by population, so they compare directly.
Gainesville lies in Alachua County, which has a county Safety Score of 12, grade F.
County Safety Scores describe whole counties and are measured differently, so they are not an average of the neighborhoods inside Gainesville.
Neighborhoods inside Gainesville
105 scored neighborhoods (Census block groups) with residents lie at least partly inside Gainesville, 83 of them mostly inside it. Among those 83, the lowest scores 0, the highest 92, and the middle 80% range from 4 to 67.
Safest ZIP codes in Gainesville, FL
Ranked by Safety Score among ZIP codes that score above the city's median ZIP score and have at least 5 scored block groups, so a single small area can't top the list.
ZIP code Safety Scores in Gainesville, FL
Showing all 5 ZIP profiles
Higher scores indicate safer modeled conditions. Scored areas are Census block groups, not a coverage percentage.
Closest cities in Florida
- Alachua Safety Score 78 · grade B · 11 miles
- Ocala Safety Score 39 · grade D · 35 miles
- Lake City Safety Score 32 · grade D · 40 miles
- Palatka Safety Score 23 · grade D · 42 miles
- Green Cove Springs Safety Score 44 · grade C · 46 miles
Distances are measured between the population-weighted centers of each city's scored neighborhoods.
About Gainesville
Gainesville has an estimated 148,720 residents (2024 Census estimate) and 63.2 square miles of land inside its 2020 city limits. Its city score combines 105 scored Census block groups that lie at least partly within those limits.
How this page is built
A ZIP code is listed here when most of its land is inside the city limits. ZIPs that mainly lie outside the city appear on their county pages. The city score is not an average of the listed ZIP scores.
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