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Crime Map, Crime Rate and Safety Score in Sanford, FL
Explore neighborhood Safety Scores in Sanford, see which ZIP codes its residents live in, and compare the closest cities.
Explore neighborhood Safety Scores around Sanford. The map can include areas outside the city limits.
Is Sanford, FL safe?
Sanford, Florida has a CrimeScore Safety Score of 41 out of 100, grade C, below the Florida statewide score of 53. An estimated 18% 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
- 18%
- Residents in D or F neighborhoods
- 44%
- Scored neighborhoods
- 44
How Sanford compares
Sanford scores 12 points below the Florida statewide score of 53. Both scores average neighborhood scores weighted by population, so they compare directly.
Sanford lies in Seminole County, which has a county Safety Score of 68, grade B.
County Safety Scores describe whole counties and are measured differently, so they are not an average of the neighborhoods inside Sanford.
Neighborhoods inside Sanford
44 scored neighborhoods (Census block groups) with residents lie at least partly inside Sanford, 32 of them mostly inside it. Among those 32, the lowest scores 1, the highest 88, and the middle 80% range from 3 to 67.
ZIP codes where Sanford residents live
Listed by the estimated share of Sanford'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
- Lake Mary Safety Score 68 · grade B · 3.5 miles
- Winter Springs Safety Score 65 · grade B · 6.7 miles
- Longwood Safety Score 63 · grade B · 6.9 miles
- DeBary Safety Score 69 · grade B · 7.1 miles
- Casselberry Safety Score 44 · grade C · 9.1 miles
Distances are measured between the population-weighted centers of each city's scored neighborhoods.
About Sanford
Sanford has an estimated 66,919 residents (2024 Census estimate) and 23.6 square miles of land inside its 2020 city limits. Its city score combines 44 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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