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Crime Map, Crime Rate and Safety Score in Winter Haven, FL
Explore neighborhood Safety Scores in Winter Haven, see which ZIP codes its residents live in, and compare the closest cities.
Explore neighborhood Safety Scores around Winter Haven. The map can include areas outside the city limits.
Is Winter Haven, FL safe?
Winter Haven, Florida has a CrimeScore Safety Score of 54 out of 100, grade C, above the Florida statewide score of 53. An estimated 55% 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
- 54 / 100
- Residents in A or B neighborhoods
- 55%
- Residents in D or F neighborhoods
- 35%
- Scored neighborhoods
- 52
How Winter Haven compares
Winter Haven scores 1 point above the Florida statewide score of 53. Both scores average neighborhood scores weighted by population, so they compare directly.
Winter Haven lies in Polk County, which has a county Safety Score of 41, grade C.
County Safety Scores describe whole counties and are measured differently, so they are not an average of the neighborhoods inside Winter Haven.
Neighborhoods inside Winter Haven
52 scored neighborhoods (Census block groups) with residents lie at least partly inside Winter Haven, 29 of them mostly inside it. Among those 29, the lowest scores 1, the highest 92, and the middle 80% range from 8 to 84.
ZIP codes where Winter Haven residents live
Listed by the estimated share of Winter Haven'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
- Auburndale Safety Score 64 · grade B · 7.3 miles
- Haines City Safety Score 41 · grade C · 8.5 miles
- Lake Wales Safety Score 41 · grade C · 10 miles
- Davenport Safety Score 69 · grade B · 11 miles
- Bartow Safety Score 44 · grade C · 11 miles
Distances are measured between the population-weighted centers of each city's scored neighborhoods.
About Winter Haven
Winter Haven has an estimated 59,975 residents (2024 Census estimate) and 32.5 square miles of land inside its 2020 city limits. Its city score combines 52 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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