Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2024
Royal Palm Beach, FL Crime Grade
How Royal Palm 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
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 Royal Palm Beach, FL was 158.9 per 100,000 residents (63 incidents over a population of 39,654). That puts Royal Palm Beach Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 41% below the Florida statewide rate of 267.4.
That ranks Royal Palm Beach #1,705 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 55% of them, and #57 of 163 in Florida. Violent crime is down 32% year over year and up 14% over the last five years.
Royal Palm Beach, FL crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- B (5/10)
- Florida Grade
- B (4/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 158.9 / 100k
- National rank
- #1,705 of 3,771
- FL rank
- #57 of 163
- Safer than
- 55% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 32%
- 5-year change
- up 14%
- Population
- 39,654
- Reporting agency
- Royal Palm Beach Police Department
- Data year
- 2024 · FBI UCR
Reported by Royal Palm Beach Police Department (FBI ORI FL0502800) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Royal Palm Beach (red), Florida (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Royal Palm 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 | 139.7(57) | 206.6(85) | 210.3(82) | 233.5(92) | 158.9(63) |
| Murder | 2.5(1) | 2.4(1) | 0.0(0) | 2.5(1) | 0.0(0) |
| Rape | 17.2(7) | 26.7(11) | 46.2(18) | 25.4(10) | 30.3(12) |
| Robbery | 24.5(10) | 24.3(10) | 15.4(6) | 22.8(9) | 20.2(8) |
| Aggravated assault | 95.6(39) | 153.1(63) | 148.8(58) | 182.8(72) | 108.4(43) |
| Property crime | 1607.8(656) | 1548.3(637) | 1303.0(508) | 1419.1(559) | 1477.8(586) |
| Burglary | 76.0(31) | 80.2(33) | 48.7(19) | 269.1(106) | 53.0(21) |
| Larceny | 1423.9(581) | 1383.0(569) | 1174.7(458) | 1073.8(423) | 1366.8(542) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 105.4(43) | 85.1(35) | 66.7(26) | 73.6(29) | 58.0(23) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Royal Palm 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 Royal Palm 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 Royal Palm Beach calculated?
- Royal Palm 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 Royal Palm 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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