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Key West, FL · the CityFunIndex

Safety in Key West

Key West ranks T#47 of 134 US cities for staying safe, with a safety score of 65 — Fun. That puts it in the 66th percentile nationally and T#3 of 7 in Florida.

safety score
65
Fun
National rank
T#47 of 134
In Florida
T#3 of 7
Percentile
66th

The typical city scores 50 for staying safe; Key West sits 15 points above the median.

How safety is measured

Reported violent and property crime rates.

The safety score is the flip side of our crime measure — 100 minus the raw crime score — so a city with less of it scores higher.

Data sources: FBI Crime Data Explorer and city open-data crime portals.

Full methodology → Glossary The raw measurement is part of the Data plan →

Ranked around Key West

  1. #45 Arlington, TX 67
  2. #46 Boston, MA 66
  3. T#47 Key West, FL — this page 65
  4. #49 Sioux Falls, SD 64
  5. #50 Hartford, CT 63

See the full leaderboard — The safest cities in America →

Top US cities for staying safe

  1. #1 Jackson, WY 100
  2. #2 Gilbert, AZ 99
  3. T#3 Boise, ID 98
  4. T#3 Santa Clarita, CA 98
  5. #5 Irvine, CA 97

More about Key West

Key West scores 71 overall (Very Fun) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: