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Crime Map, Crime Rate and Safety Score in Punta Gorda, FL
Explore neighborhood Safety Scores in Punta Gorda, see which ZIP codes its residents live in, and compare the closest cities.
Explore neighborhood Safety Scores around Punta Gorda. The map can include areas outside the city limits.
Is Punta Gorda, FL safe?
Punta Gorda, Florida has a CrimeScore Safety Score of 66 out of 100, grade B, above the Florida statewide score of 53. An estimated 53% 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
- 66 / 100
- Residents in A or B neighborhoods
- 53%
- Residents in D or F neighborhoods
- 10%
- Scored neighborhoods
- 14
How Punta Gorda compares
Punta Gorda scores 13 points above the Florida statewide score of 53. Both scores average neighborhood scores weighted by population, so they compare directly.
Punta Gorda lies in Charlotte County, which has a county Safety Score of 75, grade B.
County Safety Scores describe whole counties and are measured differently, so they are not an average of the neighborhoods inside Punta Gorda.
Neighborhoods inside Punta Gorda
14 scored neighborhoods (Census block groups) with residents lie at least partly inside Punta Gorda, 8 of them mostly inside it. Among those 8, the lowest scores 45, the highest 84, and the middle 80% range from 48 to 84.
ZIP codes where Punta Gorda residents live
Listed by the estimated share of Punta Gorda'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
- North Port Safety Score 72 · grade B · 14 miles
- Cape Coral Safety Score 63 · grade B · 20 miles
- Fort Myers Safety Score 33 · grade D · 24 miles
- Venice Safety Score 47 · grade C · 26 miles
- Estero Safety Score 69 · grade B · 37 miles
Distances are measured between the population-weighted centers of each city's scored neighborhoods.
About Punta Gorda
Punta Gorda has an estimated 20,416 residents (2024 Census estimate) and 15.5 square miles of land inside its 2020 city limits. Its city score combines 14 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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