Palm Bay, FL Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Palm Bay, FL Summary

Crime in Palm Bay research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Palm Bay over the past eight years using the FBI crime explorer. Based on the most recently available data released October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Palm Bay:

  • There were 2,098 total crimes committed in Palm Bay the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,794.7 total crimes per 100K people in Palm Bay.
  • The overall crime rate in Palm Bay is -22.78% below the national average.
  • Palm Bay ranks #127 safest out of 292 cities in Florida.
  • Palm Bay ranks #6,082 safest out of 9,869 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as doing per capita comparisons and isn't conveying that there are 100,000+ people in a location.

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Palm Bay Vs Florida And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Palm Bay is 1,794.7 per 100,000 people. That's -22.78% lower than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and -16.64% lower than the Florida total crime rate of 2,153.0 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Palm Bay
/ 100k People
Florida
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 2,098 1,794.7 2,153.0 2,324.2
Murder 3 2.6 5.9 6.3
Robbery 39 33.4 62.2 66.1
Aggravated Assault 227 194.2 280.1 268.2
Violent Crime 328 280.6 383.6 369.8
Burglary 241 206.2 240.6 269.8
Larceny 1,380 1,180.5 1,352.7 1,401.9
Car Theft 149 127.5 176.1 282.7
Property Crime 1,770 1,514.2 1,769.4 1,954.4

Palm Bay Crime Compared To Florida Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Florida.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2022.

Violent Crime Rates In Palm Bay

328
Violent Crimes
280.6
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-24.12%
Below The National Average
  • There were 328 violent crimes in Palm Bay in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Palm Bay is 280.6 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 356.4 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Palm Bay each year. That compares to a 1 in 260.7 chance statewide.
  • That's -24.12% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -26.85% lower than the Florida violent crime rate of 383.6 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Palm Bay

1,770
Property Crimes
1,514.2
Property Crimes / 100k People
-22.53%
Below The National Average
  • There were 1,770 property crimes in Palm Bay in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Palm Bay is 1,514.2 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 66.0 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Palm Bay each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -22.53% lower than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And -14.43% lower than the Florida property crime rate of 1,769.4 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Palm Bay

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Melbourne, FL 83,806 3,288 3,923.3 3,020.1 903.3
West Melbourne, FL 29,221 459 1,570.8 1,338.1 232.7
Sebastian, FL 26,258 256 974.9 910.2 64.7
Satellite Beach, FL 11,288 110 974.5 868.2 106.3
Indian Harbour Beach, FL 8,950 76 849.2 759.8 89.4
Melbourne Beach, FL 3,231 27 835.7 773.8 61.9
Indialantic, FL 2,929 49 1,672.9 1,502.2 170.7

Palm Bay SnackAbility

6
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
6/10
Housing
8
Affordability
5
Diversity
9
Safety
6
Amenities
8.5
Education
6
Commute
6
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