Fort Lauderdale Crime Map

Florida · August 2022 · updated 2026-11-12

August 2022	28 incidents
Full archive	2,388 incidents (2015–2022)

Source: Fort Lauderdale Police Department open data. ⚠ feed frozen since 2022-09-07

About crime in Fort Lauderdale

Latest available snapshot. Fort Lauderdale has 28 incidents for August 2022. Counts reflect the source coverage published for this city.

2022 available coverage category breakdown

Assault	169
Sexual assault	16
Other	9
Homicide	4
Robbery	1

Across 2015–2022, the current archive contains 2,388 incidents for Fort Lauderdale. Missing categories or periods reflect what the source publishes; missing is not zero.

Fort Lauderdale crime overview

Essay updated 2026-11-07 · figures above are from the latest data

TL;DR. Fort Lauderdale police reported 199 incidents in January–September 2022, with data through September 2022. Assault was the most common category with 169 reports, accounting for 84.9% of the total, followed by 16 sexual assaults and 4 homicides. Violent-category incidents totaled 190. Dorsey-Riverbend Hoa recorded 39 incidents, the highest among 12 named neighborhoods, followed by Lauderdale Manors Hoa with 32 reports.

About this data

TheCrimeMaps shows 199 police-reported incidents recorded by the Fort Lauderdale Police Department in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, during January–September 2022. The map plots each incident by location for that nine-month window, with data current through September 2022. The display covers assault, sexual assault, robbery, homicide and other crime types reported in the city during the period.

Of the 199 incidents, 190 involved assault, sexual assault, robbery, shooting or homicide, or 95.5% of the January–September 2022 total. Assault accounted for 169 incidents. Dorsey-Riverbend Hoa recorded 39 incidents, the highest neighborhood count for the period. Across all years in the archive from 2015 to 2022, the source lists 2,388 incidents combined. The remaining January–September 2022 incidents include sexual assault and Other crime types detailed in the category breakdown below.

Recent trend

The archive lists annual counts of 350 in 2015, 283 in 2016, 285 in 2017, 276 in 2018, 275 in 2019, 330 in 2020, 372 in 2021 and 199 in January–September 2022. The source marks each year from 2015 to 2022 as not complete, with 2022 covering 9 months with data through September 2022. Because the 2022 window covers only January through September, the yearly counts are shown as reported without calculating an annual change. The all-years archive total is 2,388 incidents from 2015 to 2022.

Category breakdown

In January–September 2022, Assault was the most reported category with 169 incidents, or 84.9% of the 199 total. Sexual assault followed with 16 incidents, or 8%, and Other accounted for 9 incidents, or 4.5%. Homicide accounted for 4 incidents, or 2%, and Robbery accounted for 1 incident, or 0.5%. Within Other, Other crime accounted for 5 incidents, or 2.5% of the total, and Harassment accounted for 4 incidents, or 2%. The violent-category total for the period was 190 incidents, or 95.5%, covering assault, sexual assault, robbery, shooting and homicide. All counts and percentages are for January–September 2022.

Where incidents concentrate

For January–September 2022, Dorsey-Riverbend Hoa led with 39 incidents, or 19.6% of the 199 total, followed by Lauderdale Manors Hoa with 32 incidents, or 16.1%. Rock Island Neighborhood Assoc and Durrs Homeowners Assoc each recorded 23 incidents, or 11.6%, and South Middle River Civic Assoc recorded 21 incidents, or 10.6%. The source ranks 12 named neighborhoods for the period. The ranking uses named neighborhoods in Fort Lauderdale. Neighborhood counts follow where people live, work and visit, so they are not a risk score. Counts and shares shown here are for January–September 2022 only.

What this means

What stands out is how concentrated January–September 2022 was in one offense and a few places. Assault accounted for 169 of the 199 incidents, or 84.9%, while Sexual assault added 16 incidents, or 8%. Dorsey-Riverbend Hoa reported 39 incidents, or 19.6%, and Lauderdale Manors Hoa reported 32 incidents, or 16.1%. Together with 23 incidents each in Rock Island Neighborhood Assoc and Durrs Homeowners Assoc, showing concentration across those four neighborhoods.

FAQ

How many incidents were reported in Fort Lauderdale in January–September 2022?
Fort Lauderdale recorded 199 police-reported incidents in January–September 2022, which covers 9 months of data and is not a complete year. Of that total, 190 incidents were in violent categories, representing 95.5% of the period total. The archive total across 2015–2022 is 2,388 incidents. All figures reflect reports available through September 2022.

What was the most reported crime category in Fort Lauderdale in January–September 2022?
Assault was the top category in January–September 2022 with 169 reports, or 84.9% of the 199 incidents in that period. Sexual assault followed with 16 reports, at 8%. Other accounted for 9 reports, comprising Other crime with 5 reports and Harassment with 4 reports. Homicide accounted for 4 reports and robbery for 1 report in the same 9-month window.

Has reported crime in Fort Lauderdale gone up or down in recent years?
The archive lists yearly counts of 350 in 2015, 283 in 2016, 285 in 2017, 276 in 2018, 275 in 2019, 330 in 2020, 372 in 2021, and 199 in January–September 2022. Every year in the series is flagged as not complete in the source, with 2022 covering only 9 months with data. Because no two complete years are available for comparison, TheCrimeMaps does not calculate a year-over-year percentage change.

Which neighborhoods in Fort Lauderdale had the most reported incidents in January–September 2022?
Among 12 named neighborhoods, Dorsey-Riverbend Hoa led with 39 incidents, or 19.6% of the January–September 2022 total of 199. Lauderdale Manors Hoa followed with 32 incidents at 16.1%. Rock Island Neighborhood Assoc and Durrs Homeowners Assoc each had 23 incidents at 11.6%, while South Middle River Civic Assoc had 21 incidents at 10.6% and Progresso Village had 15 at 7.5%.

Where does Fort Lauderdale crime data on this page come from?
The figures on this page come from the Fort Lauderdale Police Department, the upstream open-data source cited for Fort Lauderdale. That source accounts for the 199 police-reported incidents shown for January–September 2022, including 169 assault reports and 16 sexual assault reports. The all-years archive total of 2,388 incidents from 2015 to 2022 is also drawn from the same department.

How current is the Fort Lauderdale crime data on this page?
The data on this page is current through September 2022, which is the latest month with data in the source. The headline period of January–September 2022 includes 9 months with data and totals 199 incidents. The archive spans 2015 to 2022 with 2,388 incidents combined, and the 2022 portion of that archive is limited to the same January through September window.

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