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Crime Map, Crime Rate and Safety Score in Lake Wales, FL
Explore neighborhood Safety Scores in Lake Wales, see which ZIP codes its residents live in, and compare the closest cities.
Explore neighborhood Safety Scores around Lake Wales. The map can include areas outside the city limits.
Is Lake Wales, FL safe?
Lake Wales, Florida has a CrimeScore Safety Score of 41 out of 100, grade C, below the Florida statewide score of 53. An estimated 37% 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
- 41 / 100
- Residents in A or B neighborhoods
- 37%
- Residents in D or F neighborhoods
- 53%
- Scored neighborhoods
- 20
How Lake Wales compares
Lake Wales scores 12 points below the Florida statewide score of 53. Both scores average neighborhood scores weighted by population, so they compare directly.
Lake Wales lies in Polk County, which has a county Safety Score of 41, grade C.
County Safety Scores describe whole counties and are measured differently, so they are not an average of the neighborhoods inside Lake Wales.
Neighborhoods inside Lake Wales
20 scored neighborhoods (Census block groups) with residents lie at least partly inside Lake Wales, 11 of them mostly inside it. Among those 11, the lowest scores 6, the highest 82, and the middle 80% range from 7 to 62.
ZIP codes where Lake Wales residents live
Listed by the estimated share of Lake Wales's residents who live in each ZIP code. A ZIP score covers the whole ZIP, including any part outside the city.
Higher scores indicate safer modeled conditions. Scored areas are Census block groups, not a coverage percentage.
Closest cities in Florida
- Winter Haven Safety Score 54 · grade C · 10 miles
- Haines City Safety Score 41 · grade C · 14 miles
- Bartow Safety Score 44 · grade C · 15 miles
- Davenport Safety Score 69 · grade B · 17 miles
- Auburndale Safety Score 64 · grade B · 18 miles
Distances are measured between the population-weighted centers of each city's scored neighborhoods.
About Lake Wales
Lake Wales has an estimated 17,798 residents (2024 Census estimate) and 18.8 square miles of land inside its 2020 city limits. Its city score combines 20 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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