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Crime Map, Crime Rate and Safety Score in Melbourne, FL
Explore neighborhood Safety Scores in Melbourne, see which ZIP codes its residents live in, and compare the closest cities.
Explore neighborhood Safety Scores around Melbourne. The map can include areas outside the city limits.
Is Melbourne, FL safe?
Melbourne, Florida has a CrimeScore Safety Score of 38 out of 100, grade D, below the Florida statewide score of 53. An estimated 21% 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
- 38 / 100
- Residents in A or B neighborhoods
- 21%
- Residents in D or F neighborhoods
- 61%
- Scored neighborhoods
- 75
How Melbourne compares
Melbourne scores 15 points below the Florida statewide score of 53. Both scores average neighborhood scores weighted by population, so they compare directly.
Melbourne lies in Brevard County, which has a county Safety Score of 62, grade B.
County Safety Scores describe whole counties and are measured differently, so they are not an average of the neighborhoods inside Melbourne.
Neighborhoods inside Melbourne
75 scored neighborhoods (Census block groups) with residents lie at least partly inside Melbourne, 57 of them mostly inside it. Among those 57, the lowest scores 3, the highest 87, and the middle 80% range from 7 to 78.
ZIP codes where Melbourne residents live
Listed by the estimated share of Melbourne'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
- West Melbourne Safety Score 62 · grade B · 3.4 miles
- Satellite Beach Safety Score 80 · grade A · 5.2 miles
- Palm Bay Safety Score 62 · grade B · 8.2 miles
- Rockledge Safety Score 66 · grade B · 15 miles
- Cocoa Beach Safety Score 49 · grade C · 15 miles
Distances are measured between the population-weighted centers of each city's scored neighborhoods.
About Melbourne
Melbourne has an estimated 87,561 residents (2024 Census estimate) and 44.1 square miles of land inside its 2020 city limits. Its city score combines 75 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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