West Palm Beach, FL crime rate
In 2025 the West Palm Beach Police Department reported 492.9 violent crimes and 1,497.1 property crimes per 100,000 residents it covers. The FBI's estimates for Florida and the US for the same year are beside each number.
Data as of 2025 (FBI), checked October 30, 2026. How we got these numbers
Data notes.
- Motor vehicle theft, 2025: possibly incomplete. 21 reported; 4 of 12 months zero (Jan, Feb, Mar, Jun) while other offenses were reported in those months; 2024: 36 reported. The count is shown; its rate is not compared.
- Motor vehicle theft, 2023: possibly incomplete. 23 reported; 3 of 12 months zero (Feb, Mar, Apr) while other offenses were reported in those months; 2024: 36 reported. The count is shown; its rate is not compared.
- Motor vehicle theft, 2022: possibly incomplete. 5 reported; 10 of 12 months zero (Jan, Feb, Mar, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Dec) while other offenses were reported in those months; 2024: 36 reported. The count is shown; its rate is not compared.
- Arson, 2022: unusual change, check the source. 2021: 12, 2022: 7, 2023: 19 (under 60% of both neighbouring years). Changes to and from 2022 are not shown.
- Motor vehicle theft, 2021: possibly incomplete. 0 reported; 12 of 12 months zero (Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec) while other offenses were reported in those months; 2024: 36 reported. The count is shown; its rate is not compared.
How does West Palm Beach compare with Florida and the US?
Arson has no FBI state or US estimate, so its row shows West Palm Beach only.
What offenses were reported in West Palm Beach, 2025?
| Offense | Reported | Per 100k | Florida | US | vs 2024 | vs 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | ||||||
| Violent crime | 643 | 492.9 | 260.9 | 327.6 | down 14.2% | down 36.9% |
| Murder | 11 | 8.4 | 3.2 | 4.1 | down 3.4% | down 49.7% |
| Rape | 72 | 55.2 | 27.2 | 36.1 | down 6.9% | down 32.3% |
| Robbery | 112 | 85.9 | 36.5 | 49.4 | down 45.7% | down 50.5% |
| Aggravated assault | 448 | 343.4 | 193.9 | 238.0 | down 1.3% | down 32.6% |
| Property crime | ||||||
| Property crime | 1,953 | 1,497.1 | 1,176.1 | 1,534.8 | down 30.8% | down 28.6% |
| Burglary | 249 | 190.9 | 130.1 | 193.6 | down 38.4% | down 12.6% |
| Larceny-theft | 1,672 | 1,281.7 | 975.1 | 1,144.1 | down 29.2% | down 31.4% |
| Motor vehicle theft | 21 | 70.9 | 197.0 | See data note | See data note | |
| Arson | 11 | 8.4 | Not estimated | Not estimated | down 33.9% | down 20.0% |
Reported = offenses known to the West Palm Beach Police Department and sent to the FBI. Florida and US are FBI estimates for the same year. Changes compare rates of full years only.
Violent crime rate, 2021 to 2025
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| Year | West Palm Beach | United States | Florida |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 781.2 | 387.0 | 337.3 |
| 2022 | 788.0 | 388.7 | 292.9 |
| 2023 | 709.1 | 379.5 | 292.7 |
| 2024 | 574.2 | 362.9 | 275.2 |
| 2025 | 492.9 | 327.6 | 260.9 |
Property crime rate, 2021 to 2025
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| Year | West Palm Beach | United States | Florida |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2,097.2 | 1,832.3 | 1,517.6 |
| 2022 | 2,628.8 | 1,973.8 | 1,606.9 |
| 2023 | 2,682.2 | 1,934.1 | 1,510.9 |
| 2024 | 2,162.5 | 1,761.1 | 1,401.8 |
| 2025 | 1,497.1 | 1,534.8 | 1,176.1 |
Is West Palm Beach safe?
We don't rate cities as safe or unsafe. What the FBI's numbers show: in 2025 the violent crime rate the West Palm Beach Police Department reported, 492.9 per 100,000 residents, was higher than Florida's 260.9, and higher than the US rate of 327.6 (FBI estimates). It fell 14.2% from 2024.
What these numbers can't tell you:
- How crime differs between neighborhoods (the FBI publishes agency totals only).
- Crimes nobody reported to the police.
- How many offenses involved visitors and commuters, who are not in the population count.
In 2025, 643 violent crimes were reported to the FBI by West Palm Beach police. That works out to 492.9 per 100,000 residents covered by the West Palm Beach Police Department, 1.9 times the Florida estimate of 260.9 and 1.5 times the US rate of 327.6. Property crime, 1,497.1 per 100,000, was above the state's 1,176.1, and below the national 1,534.8.
Violent crime is down 36.9% from 2021, when the rate was 781.2, and down 14.2% from 2024. Property crime fell 30.8% in the last year and 28.6% from 2021. Robbery fell the most of the violent offenses in both spans, 45.7% from 2024 and 50.5% from 2021, to 85.9 per 100,000.
There were 11 homicides in 2025, a rate of 8.4 per 100,000 and 2.0 times the US rate. Aggravated assault made up 70% of violent crime and was 32.6% below its 2021 rate. Larceny-theft was 86% of property crime and fell 29.2% from 2024.
Motor vehicle theft counts for 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2025 are flagged as possibly incomplete, with months sent as zero, and the 2022 arson count is flagged as an unusual change; none of these is used here. The FBI received 12 months of data from the department in each of the 5 years shown, through NIBRS since 2021. The Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office reports separately, so its cases are not included.
Written from the numbers on this page. Every figure and every comparison is checked against the stored FBI data before publishing.
Police employees, 2025: 3.09 per 1,000 residents (295 officers, 108 civilians), FBI Crime Data Explorer. Shown as context, not as a measure of crime.
Other Florida cities
The nearest Florida cities with a page, in alphabetical order. VC = violent crime per 100,000, 2025.
Sources
- FBI Crime Data Explorer, West Palm Beach Police Department (ORI FL0500800), offenses known to law enforcement and police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026. Crime Data Explorer
- FBI Crime Data Explorer, Florida and United States estimated crime (Summary Reporting System estimates), 2021 to 2025.
- FBI, "UCR Statistics: Their Proper Use" (why we don't rank cities).
Every stored file behind this page (11)
- West Palm Beach Police Department (FL0500800): violent crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_FL0500800_violent_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- West Palm Beach Police Department (FL0500800): murder, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_FL0500800_homicide__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- West Palm Beach Police Department (FL0500800): rape, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_FL0500800_rape__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- West Palm Beach Police Department (FL0500800): robbery, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_FL0500800_robbery__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- West Palm Beach Police Department (FL0500800): aggravated assault, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_FL0500800_aggravated_assault__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- West Palm Beach Police Department (FL0500800): property crime, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_FL0500800_property_crime__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- West Palm Beach Police Department (FL0500800): burglary, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_FL0500800_burglary__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- West Palm Beach Police Department (FL0500800): larceny-theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_FL0500800_larceny__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- West Palm Beach Police Department (FL0500800): motor vehicle theft, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_FL0500800_motor_vehicle_theft__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- West Palm Beach Police Department (FL0500800): arson, offenses known to law enforcement, January 2021 to December 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/summarized_agency_FL0500800_arson__from-01-2021-to-12-2025.json)
- West Palm Beach Police Department (FL0500800): police employees, 2021 to 2025, fetched Oct 29, 2026 (var/raw/cde/pe_agency_FL0500800__from-2021-to-2025.json)