Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2024
Boca Raton, FL Crime Grade
How Boca Raton grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of Florida — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
5/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Florida
4/10
vs. Florida cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2024, the violent crime rate in Boca Raton, FL was 172.0 per 100,000 residents (173 incidents over a population of 100,557). That puts Boca Raton Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 36% below the Florida statewide rate of 267.4.
That ranks Boca Raton #1,837 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 51% of them, and #62 of 163 in Florida. Violent crime is up 1% year over year and down 6% over the last five years.
Boca Raton, FL crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- B (5/10)
- Florida Grade
- B (4/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 172.0 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,837 of 3,771
- FL rank
- #62 of 163
- Safer than
- 51% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- up 1%
- 5-year change
- down 6%
- Population
- 100,557
- Reporting agency
- Boca Raton Police Department
- Data year
- 2024 · FBI UCR
Reported by Boca Raton Police Department (FBI ORI FL0500200) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Boca Raton, FL
Also known as
- Bocaraton
- Boca Ratone
Name history sourced from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) — public-domain federal geographic-names data.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Boca Raton (red), Florida (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Boca Raton vs. U.S., 2024 — by offense
Rates per 100,000 residents for each offense category.
Full data, last 5 years
Rates per 100,000 residents. Raw counts in parentheses.
| Offense | 2019 | 2020 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 183.9(186) | 202.8(206) | 188.8(180) | 170.0(169) | 172.0(173) |
| Murder | 3.0(3) | 2.0(2) | 1.0(1) | 1.0(1) | 3.0(3) |
| Rape | 35.6(36) | 34.5(35) | 35.7(34) | 30.2(30) | 34.8(35) |
| Robbery | 62.3(63) | 66.0(67) | 39.9(38) | 34.2(34) | 33.8(34) |
| Aggravated assault | 83.0(84) | 100.4(102) | 112.2(107) | 104.6(104) | 100.4(101) |
| Property crime | 2163.8(2,189) | 1968.8(2,000) | 1788.4(1,705) | 1931.7(1,920) | 1676.7(1,686) |
| Burglary | 241.2(244) | 188.0(191) | 99.6(95) | 134.8(134) | 152.2(153) |
| Larceny | 1748.7(1,769) | 1548.5(1,573) | 1686.7(1,608) | 1793.9(1,783) | 1425.1(1,433) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 168.0(170) | 228.4(232) | 1.0(1) | 3.0(3) | 98.5(99) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Boca Raton, FL Crime Grade?
- FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- What metric does the Boca Raton Crime Grade use?
- Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- How is the national decile for Boca Raton calculated?
- Boca Raton's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- How is the Florida state decile calculated?
- Same calculation restricted to Florida cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- How do decile scores convert to a letter grade?
- 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- How often is the Boca Raton Crime Grade refreshed?
- Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- What are the limits of this Crime Grade?
- The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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