Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Boynton Beach reports more crime per resident than 76% of U.S. towns
On crimes reported to the FBI by Boynton Beach’s police in 2023–2025, it grades C− for safety: #84 of 128 graded towns in Florida.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of FL” is every other Florida city and town in the FBI’s tables; the U.S. figure is the FBI’s national estimate as published, averaged over the three years. The FBI publishes no national homicide or robbery rate in our data, so those compare with all U.S. cities and towns in its tables.
What stands out about safety in Boynton Beach
Boynton Beach reports less crime than every graded town next door
Of the 4 Florida towns on Boynton Beach’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Delray Beach (C−). Hypoluxo has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Ocean Ridge reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2024 but not 2025. San Castle is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own. Neighbors ↓
Reported crime is falling
Crime reported per resident fell from 2023 to 2025 by more than ordinary year-to-year swings, on the grade’s own score. Trend ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Boynton Beach’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Both violent and property crime are higher than in most U.S. towns; property crime is the closer of the two to typical. Its violent rate (3.4) is below the FBI’s national estimate (3.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Reported crime is falling
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2023–2025, against the rest of Florida.
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| Year | Boynton Beach property | Rest of Florida property | Boynton Beach violent | Rest of Florida violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 24.4 | 19.2 | 4.4 | 3.6 |
| 2024 | 22.8 | 18.3 | 4.2 | 3.5 |
| 2025 | 9.1 | 14.4 | 1.8 | 3.0 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
For every 1,000 residents, about 9 property crimes reported
And about 2 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
Violent crime, by year and by type
Boynton Beach’s police reported 846 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 3.4 per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.4 in the rest of Florida and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
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| Year | Boynton Beach | Rest of Florida | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.8 | 3.0 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
912 crimes reported in 2025
147 violent and 765 property, as reported to the FBI by Boynton Beach’s police.
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total. 2025 figures come from FBI Crime Data Explorer, which publishes violent crime, homicides, robberies and property crime only.
59 people died in crashes on Boynton Beach’s roads in 2019–2023
Boynton Beach had 58 fatal crashes in five years, in which 59 people died; 13 were pedestrians and 1 was a cyclist. 18 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 14.5 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, above the median for Florida towns of 25,000–100,000 people (9.7, 147 towns).
Deaths are counted where the crash happened, not where the people lived: a highway through town adds through-traffic deaths, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Town rates sit below state and U.S. rates because a third of fatal crashes happen outside any town. Road safety is described here and is not part of the Safety Grade. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023.
Boynton Beach and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boynton Beach | C− | 3.4 | 18.7 |
| Hypoluxo | — | — | — |
| Ocean Ridge | — | — | — |
| Delray Beach | C− | 3.2 | 19.6 |
| San Castle | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Hypoluxo has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Ocean Ridge reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2024 but not 2025. San Castle is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many crimes are never reported to police.
- One number for all of Boynton Beach. A citywide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of the city to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Boynton Beach’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (83,766 in 2025); our figure for Boynton Beach is 82,396 (2025 Census estimate).
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.
How the grade is calculated, for every town: How TownRatings grades safety →
Questions about safety in Boynton Beach
Is Boynton Beach, FL safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Boynton Beach reports more crime per resident than 76% of U.S. towns, a C− Safety Grade and #84 of 128 in Florida. Its police reported 3.4 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.4 in the rest of Florida and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Boynton Beach?
3.4 violent and 18.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Florida reports 3.4 and 17.2; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
Is crime going up or down in Boynton Beach?
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
How many homicides were there in Boynton Beach in 2025?
Boynton Beach’s police reported 7 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 8.4 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Boynton Beach safer than Delray Beach?
Delray Beach reports more crime per resident than Boynton Beach: Delray Beach grades C− for safety and Boynton Beach C−. Delray Beach’s police reported 3.2 violent and 19.6 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Boynton Beach?
Boynton Beach’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Boynton Beach Police Department”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Road deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.