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Crime Map, Crime Rate and Safety Score in Panama City, FL
Explore neighborhood Safety Scores in Panama City, see which ZIP codes its residents live in, and compare the closest cities.
Explore neighborhood Safety Scores around Panama City. The map can include areas outside the city limits.
Is Panama City, FL safe?
Panama City, Florida has a CrimeScore Safety Score of 39 out of 100, grade D, 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
- 39 / 100
- Residents in A or B neighborhoods
- 37%
- Residents in D or F neighborhoods
- 59%
- Scored neighborhoods
- 40
How Panama City compares
Panama City scores 14 points below the Florida statewide score of 53. Both scores average neighborhood scores weighted by population, so they compare directly.
Panama City 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.
Neighborhoods inside Panama City
40 scored neighborhoods (Census block groups) with residents lie at least partly inside Panama City, 27 of them mostly inside it. Among those 27, the lowest scores 1, the highest 92, and the middle 80% range from 3 to 76.
ZIP codes where Panama City residents live
Listed by the estimated share of Panama City'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
- Lynn Haven Safety Score 75 · grade B · 3.9 miles
- Callaway Safety Score 51 · grade C · 6.0 miles
- Panama City Beach Safety Score 61 · grade B · 12 miles
- Destin Safety Score 55 · grade C · 50 miles
- Niceville Safety Score 70 · grade B · 53 miles
Distances are measured between the population-weighted centers of each city's scored neighborhoods.
About Panama City
Panama City has an estimated 37,024 residents (2024 Census estimate) and 35.1 square miles of land inside its 2020 city limits. Its city score combines 40 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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