Tequesta, FL Crime Statistics For 2025

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Updated: 2025-10-24

Crime Rate In Tequesta, FL Summary

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

  • There were 35 total crimes committed in Tequesta in the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 571.1 total crimes per 100K people in Tequesta.
  • The overall crime rate in Tequesta is -73.05% below the national average.
  • Tequesta ranks #12 safest out of 160 cities in Florida.
  • Tequesta ranks #2,555 safest out of 9,896 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 per capita comparisons and isn't meant to convey that 100,000+ people live in a location.

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Tequesta Vs Florida And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Tequesta is 571.1 per 100,000 people. That's -73.05% lower than the national rate of 2,119.2 per 100,000 people and -66.15% lower than the Florida total crime rate of 1,687.5 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Tequesta
/ 100k People
Florida
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 35 571.1 1,687.5 2,119.2
Murder 0 0.0 3.9 5.0
Robbery 0 0.0 38.2 61.0
Aggravated Assault 7 114.2 197.1 256.0
Violent Crime 7 114.2 267.1 359.0
Burglary 1 16.3 152.5 229.0
Larceny 27 440.6 1,144.9 1,272.0
Car Theft 0 0.0 123.0 259.0
Property Crime 28 456.9 1,420.4 1,760.0

Tequesta Crime Compared To Florida Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Florida.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2024.

Violent Crime Rates In Tequesta

7
Violent Crimes
114.2
Violent Crimes / 100k People
-68.18%
Below The National Average
  • There were 7 violent crimes in Tequesta in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Tequesta is 114.2 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 875.4 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Tequesta each year. That compares to a 1 in 374.4 chance statewide.
  • That's -68.18% lower than the national rate of 359.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -57.23% lower than the Florida violent crime rate of 267.1 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Tequesta

28
Property Crimes
456.9
Property Crimes / 100k People
-74.04%
Below The National Average
  • There were 28 property crimes in Tequesta in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Tequesta is 456.9 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 218.9 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Tequesta each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's -74.04% lower than the national rate of 1,760.0 per 100,000 people.
  • And -67.83% lower than the Florida property crime rate of 1,420.4 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Tequesta

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
West Palm Beach, FL 126,427 3,431 2,713.8 2,138.0 575.8
Jupiter, FL 67,054 784 1,169.2 1,045.4 123.8
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 58,629 1,064 1,814.8 1,703.9 110.9
Royal Palm Beach, FL 39,654 649 1,636.7 1,477.8 158.9
Riviera Beach, FL 39,021 1,785 4,574.5 3,631.4 943.1
Stuart, FL 20,109 494 2,456.6 2,148.3 308.3
North Palm Beach, FL 13,082 83 634.5 550.4 84.1
Juno Beach, FL 3,868 30 775.6 698.0 77.6

Tequesta SnackAbility

9
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
8/10
Housing
9
Affordability
3
Diversity
6
Safety
9.5
Amenities
8.5
Education
9
Commute
8.5
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