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Crime Map, Crime Rate and Safety Score in Panama City Beach, FL
Explore neighborhood Safety Scores in Panama City Beach, see which ZIP codes its residents live in, and compare the closest cities.
Explore neighborhood Safety Scores around Panama City Beach. The map can include areas outside the city limits.
Is Panama City Beach, FL safe?
Panama City Beach, Florida has a CrimeScore Safety Score of 61 out of 100, grade B, above the Florida statewide score of 53. An estimated 51% 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
- 61 / 100
- Residents in A or B neighborhoods
- 51%
- Residents in D or F neighborhoods
- 17%
- Scored neighborhoods
- 17
How Panama City Beach compares
Panama City Beach scores 8 points above the Florida statewide score of 53. Both scores average neighborhood scores weighted by population, so they compare directly.
Panama City Beach lies in Bay County, which has a county Safety Score of 52, grade C.
County Safety Scores describe whole counties and are measured differently, so they are not an average of the neighborhoods inside Panama City Beach.
Neighborhoods inside Panama City Beach
17 scored neighborhoods (Census block groups) with residents lie at least partly inside Panama City Beach, 10 of them mostly inside it. Among those 10, the lowest scores 35, the highest 92, and the middle 80% range from 36 to 92.
ZIP codes where Panama City Beach residents live
Listed by the estimated share of Panama City Beach'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
- Panama City Safety Score 39 · grade D · 12 miles
- Lynn Haven Safety Score 75 · grade B · 13 miles
- Callaway Safety Score 51 · grade C · 17 miles
- Destin Safety Score 55 · grade C · 39 miles
- Niceville Safety Score 70 · grade B · 42 miles
Distances are measured between the population-weighted centers of each city's scored neighborhoods.
About Panama City Beach
Panama City Beach has an estimated 19,955 residents (2024 Census estimate) and 19.3 square miles of land inside its 2020 city limits. Its city score combines 17 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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