FLORIDA.-- A local city is among the most dangerous in the state.
Fort Pierce came in at number 9 on the most dangerous Florida city list according to the F-B-I and the website Homesecurityshield.com. The site says your chance of becoming a victim of a crime in Fort Pierce is 1 in 15.
Sarasota is the only Bay area location to make the list. It came in at number 12.
Lake Worth is at number 14.
And Riviera Beach at 13.
Check out all the other cities listed in the gallery above.
Other cities of interest:
- Opa-locka, Florida has a high crime rate of 108.03 but was excluded from the rankings due its small population size of just 15,792.
- Jacksonville Beach ranked #31 overall and #16 for violent crimes.
- Tallahassee ranked #32 overall and #21 for violent crimes.
- Tampa ranked #68 overall and #40 for violent crimes.
