Msn.com recently rated us the #6 safest place to live in the US.
Best Places 2019 Rank: 59
Metro Area Population: 652,256
Median Home Price: $171,967
Median Annual Salary: $40,560
Violent Crime Rate: 285.1
Property Crime Rate: 1,960.1
Lakeland had 13,312 property crimes reported in 2017, according to FBI data, which makes the property crime rate for the metro area just 1,960.1 per 100,000 people.