Kelsey City City Hall · Photo: Ebyabe · CC BY-SA 3.0Lake Park reports more crime per resident than 98% of U.S. towns
The rate the grade counts dropped 23% from 2023 to 2025. Still, each year brought 5.6 violent crimes and 60.1 incidents of property crime for every 1,000 residents (3.4 and 17.2 in the rest of Florida). Measured on crimes Lake Park’s police reported between 2023 and 2025, it earns a Safety Grade of D−: #126 of 128 graded towns in Florida. Its 3 neighbors with figures all record less crime per resident.
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 Lake Park
3 of the 3 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 3 Florida towns on Lake Park’s borders, 3 have a Safety Grade: North Palm Beach (A−), Palm Beach Gardens (B−), Riviera Beach (D−). 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 Lake Park’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.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Lake Park property | Rest of Florida property | Lake Park violent | Rest of Florida violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 60.6 | 22.0 | 6.6 | 4.4 |
| 2023 | 63.6 | 19.2 | 6.0 | 3.6 |
| 2024 | 68.6 | 18.3 | 5.8 | 3.5 |
| 2025 | 48.3 | 14.3 | 5.1 | 3.0 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against the rest of Florida.
Crime in Lake Park per 1,000 residents
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.
And about 5 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Lake Park | Rest of Florida | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 6.6 | 4.4 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 6.0 | 3.6 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 5.8 | 3.5 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 5.1 | 3.0 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Lake Park’s police reported 153 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 5.6 per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.4 in the rest of Florida and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
492 crimes reported in 2025
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
47 violent and 445 property, as reported to the FBI by Lake Park’s police.
Four people died in crashes on Lake Park’s roads in 2019–2023
Lake Park had 4 fatal crashes in five years, in which four people died; 1 was a pedestrian and 1 was a cyclist.
That is about what is typical for Florida towns of 5,000–25,000 people: at their median rate (11.0 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Lake Park’s size would see about 5 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Lake Park’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.
Lake Park and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Park | D− | 5.6 | 60.1 |
| Palm Beach Gardens | B− | 0.9 | 15.4 |
| Riviera Beach | D− | 9.0 | 30.7 |
| North Palm Beach | A− | 0.9 | 5.1 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Florida towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Park | D− | 5.6 | 60.1 |
| Indian Harbour Beach | B+ | 1.5 | 5.1 |
| Westlake | B | 0.8 | 10.5 |
| Palm Beach | B− | 1.3 | 13.0 |
| Orange Park | B− | 2.7 | 7.4 |
| St. Pete Beach | C | 2.4 | 20.1 |
The five graded Florida towns closest to Lake Park’s population (9,125), by grade.
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 Lake Park. 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 Lake Park’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (9,221 in 2025); our figure for Lake Park is 9,125 (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 Lake Park
Is Lake Park, FL safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Lake Park reports more crime per resident than 98% of U.S. towns, a D− Safety Grade and #126 of 128 in Florida. Its police reported 5.6 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 Lake Park?
5.6 violent and 60.1 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 Lake Park safer than Palm Beach Gardens?
Palm Beach Gardens reports less crime per resident than Lake Park: Palm Beach Gardens grades B− for safety and Lake Park D−. Palm Beach Gardens’s police reported 0.9 violent and 15.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Lake Park?
Lake Park’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Lake Park”. 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.