Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
West Palm Beach, FL Crime Grade
How West 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
9/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Florida
8/10
vs. Florida cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in West Palm Beach, FL was 489.1 per 100,000 residents (638 incidents over a population of 130,449). That puts West Palm Beach 50% above the U.S. rate of 325.3 and 91% above the Florida statewide rate of 256.6.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. West Palm Beach (red), Florida (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
West Palm Beach 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 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 781.2(891) | 788.0(925) | 707.4(868) | 575.8(728) | 489.1(638) |
| Murder | 16.7(19) | 21.3(25) | 11.4(14) | 8.7(11) | 8.4(11) |
| Rape | 81.5(93) | 79.2(93) | 67.6(83) | 59.3(75) | 54.4(71) |
| Robbery | 173.6(198) | 166.1(195) | 154.0(189) | 159.0(201) | 84.3(110) |
| Aggravated assault | 509.4(581) | 521.3(612) | 474.3(582) | 348.8(441) | 341.9(446) |
| Property crime | 2097.2(2,392) | 2628.8(3,086) | 2682.2(3,291) | 2162.5(2,734) | 1487.2(1,940) |
| Burglary | 218.3(249) | 368.0(432) | 374.1(459) | 310.9(393) | 189.3(247) |
| Larceny | 1868.4(2,131) | 2250.6(2,642) | 2273.9(2,790) | 1810.5(2,289) | 1273.3(1,661) |
| Motor vehicle theft | 0.0(0) | 4.3(5) | 18.7(23) | 28.5(36) | 16.1(21) |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- Metric: Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- National decile: West Palm Beach's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- State decile: Same calculation restricted to Florida cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- Letter grade: 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- Refresh: Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- Limits: The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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