R9 U Criminal Homeless in MB (2)Criminal Homeless in Miami
Beach
An Ongoing and Persistent Challenge
‘I’m with Hamas,’ says
man accused of
threatening to bomb
Jewish School in Miami
Beach, according to
police
October 18, 2023
Jewish School, Miami Beach
Man accused of
punching 73-year-old
tourist in Miami
Beach, threatening
bystanders with a
knife
100 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach
October 23, 2023
Man accused of
buying teen alcohol,
raping her in Miami
Beach
Starbucks, Miami Beach
November 16, 2023
Man arrested in
connection with tip jar
theft at Miami Beach
business
March 28, 2024
3915 Alton Rd, Miami Beach
Police arrest 39-year-
old man accused of
exposing self to 7-
year-old girl in Miami
Beach
Lincoln Road, Miami Beach
April 11, 2024
Man arrested in Miami
Beach crime spree,
accused of holding
commissioner Joe
Magazine at gunpoint
6000 Collins Ave, Miami Beach
April 11, 2024
Trans Woman
Murdered While
Sleeping Outside
Miami City Ballet
2200 Liberty Ave, Miami Beach
April 21, 2024
Man charged in
attack on woman in
Miami Beach weeks
after arrest in
robbery attempt
1500 Collins Ave, Miami Beach
May 1, 2024
Man, 34, accused of
stabbing friend while
they watched soccer
game in Miami Beach
7600 block of Collins Avenue, Miami
Beach
June 2, 2024
Two Homeless males
involved in verbal
altercation leads to
one getting stabbed
in the abdomen.
1400 block of Collins Ave, Miami
Beach
June 10, 2024
Source: MBPD Incident Report
Woman was fatally
beaten in South
Beach over a
snatched necklace,
police say. One jailed
Ocean Dr & 5th St, Miami Beach
July 1, 2024
July 20, 2024
Miami Beach rapist is
Illinois sexual predator
who failed to register
then sexually assaulted
women rollerblading
down the beach walk
23rd St Miami Beach
Homeless individual
showering in the
public beach showers
completely nude in
view of the public
14th Street Beachwalk, Miami Beach
July 27, 2024
Source: MBPD Incident Report
Man beats Miami
Beach hotel
employee, threatens
to rape her
1732 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach
July 22, 2024
Man accused of
homophobic beating
on South Beach:
‘Nothing short of hate
and violence’
Lummus Park, Miami Beach
September 19, 2024
Man accused of
attacking, raping
woman walking near
Lincoln Road in
Miami Beach
Lincoln Rd & Michigan, Miami Beach
October 14, 2024
Police: Video shows
man stabbing couple
after argument near
Miami Beach cafe
Ocean Drive & 8th St, Miami Beach
December 17, 2024
Bond denied for man
charged with sexually
battering tourist in
Miami Beach
Unknown Hostel, Miami Beach
February 22, 2025
Police: Woman’s night
out with people she
trusted turns into
nightmare with stranger
in South Beach
1235 Washington Ave, Miami Beach
March 5, 2025
Homeless man
accused of spitting
on, chasing business
owner with pipe in
Miami Beach
1390 Ocean Dr, Miami Beach
May 20, 2025
Video shows man
cops say inserted self
into South Beach
street fight, stabbed
victim breaking it up
Collins Ave & 9th St, Miami Beach
May 23, 2025
Man accused of hitting
82-year-old with tequila
bottle screamed he was
‘going to kill the
lesbians, gays,’ caregiver
says
South Pointe Park, Miami Beach
May 28, 2025
May 28, 2025
Statistics
●Jan. 1, 2025 to June 17, 2025 –total of 2,441 arrests; 1,028 (42%)
of those individuals identified as homeless (source: MBPD)
●Jan. 1, 2024 to Nov. 13, 2024 –Homeless defendants in Miami
Beach faced 191 charges for violent crimes.
○That’s more than one violent crime every other day.
○Approx 40% of all arrests in 2024 were homeless individuals.○Source: Miami Herald (In Miami Beach, more than 40% of people arrested in
2024 were homeless –1/17/2025)
●In the January 2025 Point-in-Time (PIT) Census, Miami Beach
reported an unsheltered homeless population of 106.
●Beach towns like Miami Beach attract a transient criminal homeless
population.