Photo: Yanjipy · CC BY-SA 4.0Hillsboro Beach: recorded crime, not graded
The nearest town with a Safety Grade is Lighthouse Point, less than a mile away, graded B−. Hillsboro Beach’s police reported to the FBI for 2023 but not 2024 or 2025, so there is no Safety Grade: the grade needs all three years, 2023–2025. Nearby, 2 communities within 10 miles carry a Safety Grade.
For every 1,000 residents, about 6 property crimes reported
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2023
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2023
Crimes reported to police in 2023 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
And no violent crimes, in 2023. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
The years Hillsboro Beach’s police reported
Show as a table
| Year | Hillsboro Beach | Rest of Florida | Hillsboro Beach | Rest of Florida |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 6.2 | 22.1 | 0.0 | 4.4 |
| 2023 | 6.1 | 19.2 | 0.0 | 3.6 |
| 2024 | not reported | 18.4 | not reported | 3.5 |
| 2025 | not reported | 14.3 | not reported | 3.0 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents, against the rest of Florida. A year the department didn’t report in full is a gap, not a zero.
12 crimes reported in 2023
2023 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
0 violent and 12 property, as reported to the FBI by Hillsboro Beach’s police.
The nearest Florida towns with a Safety Grade
| Town | Grade | Distance | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lighthouse Point | B− | 0 mi | 0.7 | 14.2 |
| Boca Raton | C+ | 7 mi | 1.5 | 16.2 |
| Fort Lauderdale | D− | 10 mi | 6.9 | 39.8 |
| Coral Springs | B | 11 mi | 1.3 | 10.7 |
| Delray Beach | C− | 12 mi | 3.2 | 19.6 |
| Plantation | C | 15 mi | 1.9 | 19.5 |
Straight-line distance from the center of Hillsboro Beach. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Hillsboro Beach.
Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
One person died in crashes on Hillsboro Beach’s roads in 2019–2023
Hillsboro Beach had 1 fatal crash in five years, in which one person died.
That is about what is typical for Florida towns of 2,500–5,000 people: at their median rate (10.4 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Hillsboro Beach’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Hillsboro Beach’s own rate (8.8) is context, not a ranking.
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.
Hillsboro Beach and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lighthouse Point | B− | 0.7 | 14.2 |
| Pompano Beach | — | — | — |
| Deerfield Beach | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Pompano Beach and Deerfield Beach have no FBI figures of their own for 2023–2025.
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
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 Hillsboro Beach. A town-wide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of town to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Hillsboro Beach’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (1,956 in 2023); our figure for Hillsboro Beach is 2,015 (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 Hillsboro Beach
Is Hillsboro Beach, FL safe?
There is no Safety Grade for Hillsboro Beach. The nearest Florida towns with a grade are Lighthouse Point (B−, 0 mi), Boca Raton (C+, 7 mi), Fort Lauderdale (D−, 10 mi).
Who polices Hillsboro Beach?
Hillsboro Beach’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Hillsboro 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, 2023, 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.