Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Palm Beach Gardens, FL Crime Grade
How Palm Beach Gardens 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
3/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Florida
1/10
vs. Florida cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Palm Beach Gardens, FL was 71.5 per 100,000 residents (46 incidents over a population of 64,337). That puts Palm Beach Gardens Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 72% below the Florida statewide rate of 256.6.
That ranks Palm Beach Gardens #794 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 79% of them, and #17 of 163 in Florida. Violent crime is down 29% year over year and down 36% over the last five years.
Palm Beach Gardens, FL crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- A (3/10)
- Florida Grade
- A (1/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 71.5 / 100k
- National rank
- #794 of 3,771
- FL rank
- #17 of 163
- Safer than
- 79% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 29%
- 5-year change
- down 36%
- Population
- 64,337
- Reporting agency
- Palm Beach Gardens Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Palm Beach Gardens Police Department (FBI ORI FL0502600) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Palm Beach Gardens (red), Florida (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Palm Beach Gardens vs. U.S., 2025 — 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 | 2020 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 110.9(65) | 20.1(12) | 95.6(58) | 100.3(62) | 71.5(46) |
| Murder | 1.7(1) | 0.0(0) | 4.9(3) | 1.6(1) | 3.1(2) |
| Rape | 13.6(8) | 10.1(6) | 14.8(9) | 12.9(8) | 7.8(5) |
| Robbery | 23.9(14) | 5.0(3) | 26.4(16) | 21.0(13) | 9.3(6) |
| Aggravated assault | 71.6(42) | 5.0(3) | 49.5(30) | 64.7(40) | 51.3(33) |
| Property crime | 1707.3(1,001) | 429.2(256) | 1807.1(1,096) | 1708.8(1,056) | 1140.9(734) |
| Burglary | 146.7(86) | 38.6(23) | 97.3(59) | 110.0(68) | 87.0(56) |
| Larceny | 1485.6(871) | 389.0(232) | 1698.3(1,030) | 1589.1(982) | 1049.2(675) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 71.6(42) | 0.0(0) | 8.2(5) | 8.1(5) | 1.6(1) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Palm Beach Gardens, 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 Palm Beach Gardens 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 Palm Beach Gardens calculated?
- Palm Beach Gardens'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 Palm Beach Gardens 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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