Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2024
Riviera Beach, FL Crime Grade
How Riviera 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
10/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Florida
10/10
vs. Florida cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2024, the violent crime rate in Riviera Beach, FL was 943.1 per 100,000 residents (368 incidents over a population of 39,021). That puts Riviera Beach Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 253% above the Florida statewide rate of 267.4.
That ranks Riviera Beach #3,668 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 3% of them, and #157 of 163 in Florida. Violent crime is down 2% year over year and down 4% over the last five years.
Riviera Beach, FL crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (10/10)
- Florida Grade
- F (10/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 943.1 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,668 of 3,771
- FL rank
- #157 of 163
- Safer than
- 3% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 2%
- 5-year change
- down 4%
- Population
- 39,021
- Reporting agency
- Riviera Beach Police Department
- Data year
- 2024 · FBI UCR
Reported by Riviera Beach Police Department (FBI ORI FL0500700) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Riviera Beach, FL
Also known as
- Riviera
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. Riviera Beach (red), Florida (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Riviera 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 | 984.9(346) | 1195.6(428) | 894.8(345) | 966.0(374) | 943.1(368) |
| Murder | 19.9(7) | 44.7(16) | 28.5(11) | 20.7(8) | 17.9(7) |
| Rape | 56.9(20) | 64.2(23) | 59.7(23) | 69.7(27) | 61.5(24) |
| Robbery | 202.1(71) | 176.0(63) | 121.9(47) | 131.7(51) | 158.9(62) |
| Aggravated assault | 705.9(248) | 910.7(326) | 684.8(264) | 743.9(288) | 704.7(275) |
| Property crime | 4193.0(1,473) | 3304.7(1,183) | 2980.2(1,149) | 3006.5(1,164) | 3651.9(1,425) |
| Burglary | 529.5(186) | 421.8(151) | 428.0(165) | 436.5(169) | 671.4(262) |
| Larceny | 3247.9(1,141) | 2539.2(909) | 2261.8(872) | 2195.5(850) | 2560.2(999) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 395.7(139) | 318.5(114) | 285.3(110) | 369.4(143) | 399.8(156) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Riviera 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 Riviera 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 Riviera Beach calculated?
- Riviera 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 Riviera 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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