Seaboard Airline Railroad Station · Photo: Jhw57 · CC BY-SA 3.0Recorded crime per resident in Palm Beach Gardens fell 36% from 2023 to 2025
It has less violent crime than 72% of U.S. towns, but less property crime than only 34%. For every 1,000 residents, 0.9 violent crime and 15.4 incidents of property crime were logged a year; in the rest of Florida, the figures are 3.4 and 17.3. Overall, it grades B− for safety (#49 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 Palm Beach Gardens
1 of the 4 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 8 Florida towns on Palm Beach Gardens’ borders, 4 have a Safety Grade: North Palm Beach (A−), West Palm Beach (D), Riviera Beach (D−), Lake Park (D−). Cabana Colony, Juno Ridge, The Acreage and Jupiter Farms are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own. Neighbors ↓
Among Florida towns, closer to the middle
Florida’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Palm Beach Gardens’ place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 62% of the 128 Florida towns we grade, against 49% nationally. Safety Grade ↓
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 Palm Beach Gardens’ grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Violent crime holds Palm Beach Gardens’ grade up; property crime pulls it down. Its property rate (15.4) is below the FBI’s national estimate (17.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Palm Beach Gardens property | Rest of Florida property | Palm Beach Gardens violent | Rest of Florida violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 18.1 | 19.3 | 0.9 | 3.6 |
| 2024 | 17.0 | 18.4 | 1.0 | 3.5 |
| 2025 | 11.4 | 14.3 | 0.7 | 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, 2023–2025, against the rest of Florida.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Palm Beach Gardens | Rest of Florida | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.9 | 3.6 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.0 | 3.5 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 0.7 | 3.0 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Palm Beach Gardens’ police reported 165 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 0.9 per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.4 in the rest of Florida and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Crime in Palm Beach Gardens 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 1 violent crime, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
778 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.
46 violent and 732 property, as reported to the FBI by Palm Beach Gardens’ police.
35 people died in crashes on Palm Beach Gardens’s roads in 2019–2023
Palm Beach Gardens had 34 fatal crashes in five years, in which 35 people died; 9 were pedestrians. 9 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 11.5 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.
Palm Beach Gardens and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palm Beach Gardens | B− | 0.9 | 15.4 |
| Cabana Colony | — | — | — |
| North Palm Beach | A− | 0.9 | 5.1 |
| Juno Ridge | — | — | — |
| Lake Park | D− | 5.6 | 60.1 |
| West Palm Beach | D | 5.9 | 19.7 |
| The Acreage | — | — | — |
| Riviera Beach | D− | 9.0 | 30.7 |
| Jupiter Farms | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Cabana Colony, Juno Ridge, The Acreage and Jupiter Farms are unincorporated communities (census-designated places) with no police department of their own.
Florida towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palm Beach Gardens | B− | 0.9 | 15.4 |
| Jupiter | A | 0.7 | 3.7 |
| Wellington | B | 1.2 | 8.7 |
| Winter Haven | C | 2.8 | 15.7 |
| Apopka | C− | 4.2 | 22.1 |
| Sanford | D | 5.6 | 23.2 |
The five graded Florida towns closest to Palm Beach Gardens’ population (63,883), 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 Palm Beach Gardens. 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 Palm Beach Gardens’ residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (64,337 in 2025); our figure for Palm Beach Gardens is 63,883 (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 Palm Beach Gardens
Is Palm Beach Gardens, FL safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Palm Beach Gardens reports more crime per resident than 51% of U.S. towns, a B− Safety Grade and #49 of 128 in Florida. Its police reported 0.9 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 Palm Beach Gardens?
0.9 violent and 15.4 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Florida reports 3.4 and 17.3; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
How many homicides were there in Palm Beach Gardens in 2025?
Palm Beach Gardens’s police reported 2 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 3.1 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Palm Beach Gardens safer than North Palm Beach?
North Palm Beach reports less crime per resident than Palm Beach Gardens: North Palm Beach grades A− for safety and Palm Beach Gardens B−. North Palm Beach’s police reported 0.9 violent and 5.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Palm Beach Gardens?
Palm Beach Gardens’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Palm Beach Gardens”. 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.