Palm Beach, FL Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Palm Beach, FL Summary

Crime in Palm Beach research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Palm Beach 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 Beach:

  • There were 131 total crimes committed in Palm Beach the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 1,473.4 total crimes per 100K people in Palm Beach.
  • The overall crime rate in Palm Beach is -36.61% below the national average.
  • Palm Beach ranks #104 safest out of 292 cities in Florida.
  • Palm Beach ranks #5,234 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 Beach Vs Florida And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Palm Beach is 1,473.4 per 100,000 people. That's -36.61% lower than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and -31.57% lower than the Florida total crime rate of 2,153.0 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Palm Beach
/ 100k People
Florida
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 131 1,473.4 2,153.0 2,324.2
Murder 0 0.0 5.9 6.3
Robbery 1 11.2 62.2 66.1
Aggravated Assault 2 22.5 280.1 268.2
Violent Crime 3 33.7 383.6 369.8
Burglary 20 224.9 240.6 269.8
Larceny 84 944.8 1,352.7 1,401.9
Car Theft 24 269.9 176.1 282.7
Property Crime 128 1,439.7 1,769.4 1,954.4

Palm Beach 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 Beach

3
Violent Crimes
33.7
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-90.88%
Below The National Average
  • There were 3 violent crimes in Palm Beach in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Palm Beach is 33.7 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 2,963.7 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Palm Beach each year. That compares to a 1 in 260.7 chance statewide.
  • That's -90.88% lower than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • -91.20% lower than the Florida violent crime rate of 383.6 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Palm Beach

128
Property Crimes
1,439.7
Property Crimes / 100k People
-26.34%
Below The National Average
  • There were 128 property crimes in Palm Beach in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Palm Beach is 1,439.7 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 69.5 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Palm Beach each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -26.34% lower than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And -18.64% lower than the Florida property crime rate of 1,769.4 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Palm Beach

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Boynton Beach, FL 79,913 2,317 2,899.4 2,244.9 654.5
Jupiter, FL 67,054 784 1,169.2 1,045.4 123.8
Wellington, FL 61,119 683 1,117.5 988.2 129.3
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 58,629 1,064 1,814.8 1,703.9 110.9
Lake Worth, FL 39,844 1,183 2,969.1 2,276.4 692.7
Royal Palm Beach, FL 38,988 585 1,500.5 1,290.1 210.3
Palm Springs, FL 25,451 1,072 4,212.0 3,080.4 1,131.6
North Palm Beach, FL 13,255 101 762.0 671.4 90.5
Lantana, FL 12,825 512 3,992.2 3,321.6 670.6
Lake Clarke Shores, FL 3,653 39 1,067.6 958.1 109.5

Palm Beach SnackAbility

9.5
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
9/10
Housing
10
Affordability
7
Diversity
4
Safety
8.5
Amenities
8.5
Education
9
Commute
8.5
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