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Pinellas County, FL Arrest Records

Pinellas County, FL is among the safest counties in the USA with 0.76 per 1,000 residents crime rate compared to national 4.69 per 1,000 average. It has lower total crime rate than Miami-Dade, Orange, Hillsborough, Escambia, Pasco counties in Florida.
Pinellas County, FL property crime rate is 6.08 per 1,000 residents, lower rate than national average of 28.42 per 1,000. There were 4,511 larceny theft related arrests in 2016 that decreased by 0.84% compared to 2015.

Pinellas County, FL Crime Rate

Total arrests in Pinellas County in 2016 decreased by 4.81% compared to 2015 and is lower than national average of 33.12 per 1,000 people. Violent crimes decreased from 887 to 727 while non-violent crime decreased by 2.86% from 6,011 to 5,839.

5 Crimes In Pinellas County, FL in 2016 with the Most Arrests

Crime Arrests
Larceny-theft 4,511
Burglary 907
Aggravated assault 462
Motor vehicle theft 421
Robbery 149

Violent Crimes

Violent crime rate in Pinellas County decreased by 18.04% from 2015 and decreased by 28.59% in the last 5 years since 2011 from 1,018 to 727. In 2016 violent crime rate in Pinellas County was 83.87% lower than the national average. Your chance of being a victim of a violent crime is 0.076%.

Property Crimes

Property crime rates in Pinellas County decreased by 2.86% from 2015 and decreased by 16.81% in the last 5 years since 2011 from 7,019 to 5,839. In 2016 property crime rate in Pinellas County was 78.62% lower than the national average. Your chance of being a victim of property crime is 0.608%.

How Pinellas stands up against other counties

Pinellas vs. Lee

You’ll be in more safety in Pinellas compared to Lee county that had 53.44% higher crime rate compared to Pinellas county according to the FBI.
Murder rates of 0.0052 per 1,000 people is lower than national of 0.0614 per 1,000 people and lower than average 0.0291 in Lee county.
Burglary rates of 0.9441 per 1,000 people is lower than national of 5.0167 per 1,000 people and lower than average 1.9755 in Lee county.

Pinellas vs. Polk

You’ll be in more safety in Pinellas compared to Polk county that had 73.08% higher crime rate compared to Pinellas county according to the FBI.
Robbery rates of 0.1551 per 1,000 people is lower than national of 1.3602 per 1,000 people and lower than average 0.2027 in Polk county.
Arson rates of 0.0229 per 1,000 people is lower than national of 0.1465 per 1,000 people and lower than average 0.0390 in Polk county.

Names with the most arrests in Pinellas

Crime rate by age group, gender, and race

According to the records in Pinellas, Florida, the most crimes, that's 32.96% of all records in county are committed by the people aged between 21-30. Felonies are committed more by men. Misdemeanor records are popular among white population of the county.

DID you know?

  • The overall crime rate in Pinellas County is 0.79% lower than the national average.
  • For every 1,000 residents, there are 1.87 daily crimes that occur in Pinellas County.
  • Pinellas, FL is safer than Lee.
  • In Pinellas County you have a 1 in 146 chance of becoming a victim of any crime.
  • Year over year crimes in Pinellas, FL have decreased by 4.81%.

Pinellas Police Departments

Cities in Pinellas County

Names in Pinellas County