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Safety in Ocean Ridge · Not graded

Crime reported in Ocean Ridge, FL

Ocean Ridge’s police reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2024 but not 2025, so there is no Safety Grade: the grade needs all three years, 2023–2025.

Violent crimes
0
reported to the FBI, 2024
Property crimes
15
reported to the FBI, 2024
Nearest graded town
2 mi
Boynton Beach (C−)
1,000 neighbors · one year

For every 1,000 residents, about 8 property crimes reported

And no violent crimes, in 2024. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.

Property crime (8.1)Violent crime (0)Everyone else

Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2024

Ocean Ridge0.0
Rest of FL3.5
U.S. (FBI)3.6

Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2024

Ocean Ridge8.1
Rest of FL18.4
U.S. (FBI)17.7

Crimes reported to police in 2024 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.

By year

The years Ocean Ridge’s police reported

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.

Show as a table
YearOcean RidgeRest of FloridaOcean RidgeRest of Florida
20229.922.12.24.4
202314.719.20.53.6
20248.118.40.03.5
2025not reported14.3not reported3.0

Crimes per 1,000 residents

What gets reported

15 crimes reported in 2024

0 violent and 15 property, as reported to the FBI by Ocean Ridge’s police.

2024 offenses reported

Larceny / theft11
Burglary2
Vehicle theft2
Aggravated assault0
Robbery0
Rape0
Homicide0
Arson0
0
violent crimes
15
property crimes

Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.

Nearest with figures

The nearest Florida towns with a Safety Grade

Each town’s own police figures, per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.

TownGradeDistanceViolentProperty
Boynton BeachC−2 mi3.418.7
South Palm BeachA4 mi0.25.7
Delray BeachC−6 mi3.219.6
Lake Worth BeachD6 mi8.425.8
GreenacresC+9 mi2.412.1
Palm BeachB−11 mi1.313.0

Straight-line distance from the center of Ocean Ridge. Nearby towns can differ a lot from Ocean Ridge.

On the roads

Two people died in crashes on Ocean Ridge’s roads in 2019–2023

Ocean Ridge had 2 fatal crashes in five years, in which two people 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 Ocean Ridge’s size would see about 1 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Ocean Ridge’s own rate (26.0) is context, not a ranking.

2
people died in crashes, 2019–2023
0
pedestrians among them
0
cyclists among them
26.0
per 100,000 a year · Florida towns of 2,500–5,000: 10.4

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.

Next door

Ocean Ridge and its neighbors

How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.

A rangeB rangeC rangeD rangeNot graded
TownGradeViolentProperty
Boynton BeachC−3.418.7

Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.

How to read these numbers

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 Ocean Ridge. 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 Ocean Ridge’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
  • Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (1,845 in 2024); our figure for Ocean Ridge is 1,868 (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 Ocean Ridge

Is Ocean Ridge, FL safe?

There is no Safety Grade for Ocean Ridge. Ocean Ridge’s police reported to the FBI for 2023 and 2024 but not 2025, so there is no Safety Grade: the grade needs all three years, 2023–2025. The nearest Florida towns with a grade are Boynton Beach (C−, 2 mi), South Palm Beach (A, 4 mi), Delray Beach (C−, 6 mi).

Who polices Ocean Ridge?

Ocean Ridge’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Ocean Ridge”. 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, 2024, 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.