Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2024
Boynton Beach, FL Crime Grade
How Boynton Beach 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
9/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Florida
8/10
vs. Florida cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2024, the violent crime rate in Boynton Beach, FL was 416.1 per 100,000 residents (339 incidents over a population of 81,473). That puts Boynton Beach Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 56% above the Florida statewide rate of 267.4.
That ranks Boynton Beach #3,079 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 18% of them, and #121 of 163 in Florida. Violent crime is down 6% year over year and down 42% over the last five years.
Boynton Beach, FL crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (9/10)
- Florida Grade
- D (8/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 416.1 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,079 of 3,771
- FL rank
- #121 of 163
- Safer than
- 18% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 6%
- 5-year change
- down 42%
- Population
- 81,473
- Reporting agency
- Boynton Beach Police Department
- Data year
- 2024 · FBI UCR
Reported by Boynton Beach Police Department (FBI ORI FL0500300) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Boynton Beach, FL
Also known as
- Boynton
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. Boynton Beach (red), Florida (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Boynton Beach 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 | 713.2(566) | 654.5(523) | 16.3(13) | 443.4(359) | 416.1(339) |
| Murder | 5.0(4) | 11.3(9) | 0.0(0) | 6.2(5) | 3.7(3) |
| Rape | 37.8(30) | 25.0(20) | 5.0(4) | 23.5(19) | 35.6(29) |
| Robbery | 151.2(120) | 131.4(105) | 2.5(2) | 72.9(59) | 77.3(63) |
| Aggravated assault | 519.2(412) | 486.8(389) | 8.8(7) | 340.9(276) | 299.5(244) |
| Property crime | 3302.7(2,621) | 2248.7(1,797) | 64.1(51) | 2445.5(1,980) | 2285.4(1,862) |
| Burglary | 320.1(254) | 191.5(153) | 3.8(3) | 172.9(140) | 202.5(165) |
| Larceny | 2705.4(2,147) | 1837.0(1,468) | 57.8(46) | 2061.4(1,669) | 1981.0(1,614) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 273.4(217) | 216.5(173) | 2.5(2) | 207.5(168) | 97.0(79) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Boynton Beach, 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 Boynton Beach 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 Boynton Beach calculated?
- Boynton Beach'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 Boynton Beach 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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