Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Delray Beach reports more crime per resident than 76% of U.S. towns
On crimes reported to the FBI by Delray 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 Delray Beach
1 of the 2 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 3 Florida towns on Delray Beach’s borders, 2 have a Safety Grade: Boca Raton (C+), Boynton Beach (C−). Highland Beach has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. Neighbors ↓
Reported crime is rising
Crime reported per resident rose 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 Delray 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; violent crime is the closer of the two to typical. Its violent rate (3.2) 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 rising
Reported crime per resident rose 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 | Delray Beach property | Rest of Florida property | Delray Beach violent | Rest of Florida violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 14.9 | 19.3 | 2.5 | 3.6 |
| 2024 | 26.3 | 18.3 | 4.2 | 3.5 |
| 2025 | 17.7 | 14.3 | 2.9 | 3.0 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
For every 1,000 residents, about 18 property crimes reported
And about 3 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
Delray Beach’s police reported 660 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 3.2 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 | Delray Beach | Rest of Florida | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2.5 | 3.6 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
1,460 crimes reported in 2025
204 violent and 1,256 property, as reported to the FBI by Delray 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.
35 people died in crashes on Delray Beach’s roads in 2019–2023
Delray Beach had 33 fatal crashes in five years, in which 35 people died; 7 were pedestrians and 2 were cyclists. 10 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 10.3 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, about the same as 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.
Delray Beach and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delray Beach | C− | 3.2 | 19.6 |
| Boca Raton | C+ | 1.5 | 16.2 |
| Boynton Beach | C− | 3.4 | 18.7 |
| Highland Beach | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Highland Beach has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025.
Florida towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delray Beach | C− | 3.2 | 19.6 |
| St. Cloud | B | 1.6 | 7.9 |
| Palm Beach Gardens | B− | 0.9 | 15.4 |
| Apopka | C− | 4.2 | 22.1 |
| Sanford | D | 5.6 | 23.2 |
| Ocala | D | 4.7 | 28.2 |
The five graded Florida towns closest to Delray Beach’s population (69,809), by grade.
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 Delray 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 Delray Beach’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (71,000 in 2025); our figure for Delray Beach is 69,809 (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 Delray Beach
Is Delray Beach, FL safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Delray 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 3.2 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 Delray Beach?
3.2 violent and 19.6 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 Delray Beach?
Reported crime per resident rose from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings.
How many homicides were there in Delray Beach in 2025?
Delray Beach’s police reported 2 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 2.8 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Delray Beach safer than Boca Raton?
Boca Raton reports less crime per resident than Delray Beach: Boca Raton grades C+ for safety and Delray Beach C−. Boca Raton’s police reported 1.5 violent and 16.2 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Delray Beach?
Delray Beach’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Delray Beach”. 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.