At a glance
| City data source | OPD Case Viewer, City of Orlando |
|---|---|
| Records available | February 2021 to September 2026 |
| Last 12 months (to Aug 31, 2026) | 34,312 OPD case records |
| Share that are non-crime reports | About 29% |
| Statewide source | FDLE FIBRS offense data, 2021 to present |
| Outside city limits | Orange County Sheriff's Office |
Why this page does not rank Orlando neighborhoods
Most "safest neighborhoods" lists count reported incidents in an area and sort them. That approach has three problems. Neighborhoods differ hugely in size and population. Areas with shops, venues, hotels or offices draw many more people than live there, so they generate more reports per resident. And a raw count mixes very different events, from a lost wallet to a burglary.
So we don't label any Orlando neighborhood safe or unsafe. Instead, this page shows you how to pull the official figures for the streets you care about and read them sensibly. If you want a broader picture of the city first, start with is Orlando a good place to live and the Orlando neighborhoods guide.
Which official crime data sources cover Orlando?
- OPD Case Viewer (City of Orlando). The Orlando Police Department's public dashboard, linked from the city's OPD Records and Open Data page, maps cases by type and date. The underlying layer records the case type, date, OPD division, sector, beat, city commission district and neighborhood name. When we queried it on September 25, 2026, it held 239,122 records from February 13, 2021 to September 24, 2026.
- FDLE FIBRS offense data (State of Florida). The Florida Department of Law Enforcement publishes a dashboard of Florida Incident-Based Reporting System data submitted and verified by agencies from 2021 to the present. It covers Group A offenses known to law enforcement, organized by incident date and reporting agency, so it is useful for citywide and countywide trends rather than street-level checks.
- Orange County Sheriff's Office. Addresses in unincorporated Orange County are policed by the Sheriff, not OPD, and will not appear in OPD's data. The Sheriff's crime information page links to its calls for service data.
Before you use any of these, confirm whether the address is inside Orlando city limits. The City of Orlando publishes a city limits map on its open data portal, and an Orlando mailing address does not by itself mean a home is inside city limits.
What OPD's case data actually contains
Not every record is a crime. OPD's own case type definitions describe an information report as a general report for documentation with no specific crime charged. Lost property, Baker Act examinations and suspicious incident reports are also in the data. Here are the most common case types citywide for September 1, 2025 through August 31, 2026, from our query of the OPD layer.
| Case type | Records | OPD definition |
|---|---|---|
| Information Report | 5,281 | General report for documentation; no specific crime charged |
| Petit Theft | 3,949 | Theft of low-value property |
| Battery | 3,362 | Unwanted physical contact or harm to another person |
| Drug Violation | 3,164 | Possession, use, or distribution of illegal drugs |
| Lost Property | 2,009 | Report of missing personal property |
| Grand Theft | 1,483 | Theft of higher-value property |
| Baker Act | 1,352 | Involuntary mental health examination |
| Suspicious Incident/Person | 1,296 | Report of unusual or concerning activity |
| Vehicle Burglary | 1,125 | Breaking into a vehicle to steal items |
| Fraud | 1,075 | Deception for financial or personal gain |
| Criminal Mischief | 1,014 | Intentional damage to property |
The four non-crime categories in that table (information reports, lost property, Baker Act and suspicious incidents) add up to 9,938 records, about 29% of the 34,312 total. For comparison, residential burglary accounted for 456 records over the same period.
How to check crime data for a specific Orlando address
- Confirm the jurisdiction. Check the city limits map. Inside the city, use OPD's Case Viewer. Outside it, use the Sheriff's data.
- Pull at least 12 months. A single month is too noisy. Look at the same period in earlier years to see whether counts are rising or falling.
- Filter by case type. Separate non-crime reports from offenses. For a home purchase, residential burglary, vehicle burglary, motor vehicle theft and criminal mischief usually say more about day-to-day life on a street than citywide battery or drug counts.
- Look at where incidents cluster. On the map, check whether reports concentrate at a shopping center, a transit stop or a single apartment complex, or spread across homes. A cluster at a big-box store two blocks away is a different situation from repeated burglaries on your street.
- Compare like with like. Counts are not rates. If you compare two areas, compare areas of similar size and similar land use, and remember that visitors, not residents, account for many incidents in commercial districts.
- Go and look. Visit at night and on a weekend. Talk to neighbors and, where there is one, the HOA manager about recent issues.
What official crime data can't tell you
- Reported is not the same as occurred. Every source here counts incidents reported to or found by police. Some crimes, especially minor thefts, are never reported.
- Classification differs by system. OPD's case types are the department's own categories. FDLE's FIBRS data uses standardized offense definitions. The two will not match line by line, so don't mix figures from them.
- Single points can mislead. A mapped point shows where a case was recorded, not the whole story. If one incident matters to your decision, request the report from OPD's records unit rather than relying on the map.
- Data changes. OPD's layer is updated continuously, so counts you pull later may differ from ours. Note the date whenever you save a figure.
Used carefully, the data helps you ask better questions. It won't hand you a ranking, and nobody honest can. If you are relocating and want a local agent's view of specific streets alongside the numbers, our Orlando relocation guide explains how we can introduce you to one. School zoning is another address-level check worth doing at the same time: see Orlando schools by 2026 state grade.
Common questions
What is the safest neighborhood in Orlando?+
No official source ranks Orlando neighborhoods by safety, and rankings built from raw incident counts ignore population, visitor traffic and the type of incident. A better approach is to check the Orlando Police Department's public Case Viewer for the specific streets you are considering, filter for property crimes such as residential burglary and vehicle burglary, and compare at least 12 months of data.
Where can I see Orlando crime data by address?+
For addresses inside Orlando city limits, use the Orlando Police Department's Case Viewer, linked from the City of Orlando's OPD Records and Open Data page. It maps cases by type and date back to early 2021. For addresses in unincorporated Orange County, check the Orange County Sheriff's Office crime information and calls for service pages instead.
Are all records in Orlando's crime map actual crimes?+
No. OPD's case data includes information reports, lost property, Baker Act examinations and suspicious incident reports. In the 12 months to August 31, 2026, those four categories made up 9,938 of 34,312 records, about 29%. Filter by case type before drawing any conclusion about a street or neighborhood.
Does Orlando Police data cover all Orlando addresses?+
No. OPD covers addresses inside Orlando city limits. An Orlando mailing address does not guarantee a home is inside the city. In unincorporated Orange County, the Orange County Sheriff's Office responds and keeps the records. Check the City of Orlando's city limits map first so you look at the right agency's data.
Sources
- City of Orlando: OPD Records and Open Data
- City of Orlando: OPD Case Viewer dashboard
- City of Orlando GIS: OPD Cases Viewing feature layer (queried September 25, 2026)
- City of Orlando: OPD Case Type Description Table
- City of Orlando Open Data: Orlando City Limits
- FDLE: Florida Incident-Based Reporting System
- FDLE: Uniform Crime Reports
- Orange County Sheriff's Office: Crime Information