{"id":226064,"date":"2026-04-10T09:30:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T09:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/226064\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T09:30:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T09:30:11","slug":"florida-cities-rank-for-safest-cities-for-snowbirds-in-united-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/226064\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida cities rank for safest cities for snowbirds in United States"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Olivia Franklin, Treasure Coast Newspapers<\/p>\n<p>Fri, April 10, 2026 at 9:01 AM UTC<img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1242\" height=\"809\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/292e611f367a338a9cd414ca94e642cd.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re a snowbird looking for a place to move, maybe you should consider moving to Vero Beach or Port St. Lucie.<\/p>\n<p>Vivint, a smart home security company, analyzed 55 cities to find the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vivint.com\/resources\/article\/safest-cities-for-snowbirds-2026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:safest cities for snowbirds;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">safest cities for snowbirds<\/a>. Vero Beach ranked No. 2 and Port St. Lucie ranked No. 3.<\/p>\n<p>The company scored cities based on these criteria:<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Winter overall property crime rate<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Winter overall violent crime rates<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Winter motor vehicle theft rate<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Urgent care accessibility<\/p>\n<p>Why is Vero Beach one of the safest cities for snowbirds in 2026?<\/p>\n<p>The rankings range from 1 to 55, with 1 being the best. Punta Gorda, Vero Beach and Port St. Lucie all tied for the lowest winter motor vehicle theft rate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Winter overall property crime rate: 2<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Winter overall violent crime rates: 4<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Winter motor vehicle theft rate: 1<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Urgent care accessibility: 3<\/p>\n<p>Why is Port St. Lucie one of the safest cities for snowbirds in 2026?<\/p>\n<p>The rankings range from 1 to 55, with 1 being the best. Punta Gorda, Vero Beach and Port St. Lucie all tied for the lowest winter motor vehicle theft rate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Winter overall property crime rate: 1<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Winter overall violent crime rates: 2<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Winter motor vehicle theft rate: 1<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Urgent care accessibility: 50<\/p>\n<p>Port St. Lucie also had the lowest average property crime rate in the winter, 23.7 per 100K residents, according to the study.<\/p>\n<p>Top 10 safest cities for snowbirds in 2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">3: Port St. Lucie, Florida<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcpalm.com\/staff\/74965934007\/olivia-franklin\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Olivia Franklin;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Olivia Franklin<\/a> is TCPalm\u2019s trending reporter. You can contact her at olivia.franklin@tcpalm.com, 317-627-8048 or follow her on X <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Livvvvv_5\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:@Livvvvv_5;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">@Livvvvv_5<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Treasure Coast Newspapers: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcpalm.com\/story\/news\/local\/florida\/2026\/04\/10\/port-st-lucie-county-vero-beach-florida-rank-for-safest-snowbird-cities-in-us-indian-river-county-tc\/89453415007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Port St. Lucie and Vero Beach Florida rank for safest snowbird cities;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Port St. Lucie and Vero Beach Florida rank for safest snowbird cities<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Olivia Franklin, Treasure Coast Newspapers Fri, April 10, 2026 at 9:01 AM UTC If you&#8217;re a snowbird looking&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":226065,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172,101920,1995,676,101921,26929],"class_list":{"0":"post-226064","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-port-st-lucie","8":"tag-port-st-lucie","9":"tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","10":"tag-port-st-lucie-news","11":"tag-property-crime-rate","12":"tag-safest-cities","13":"tag-vero-beach","14":"tag-violent-crime-rates","15":"tag-winter-weather"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226064","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=226064"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226064\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/226065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=226064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=226064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=226064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}