Photo: formulanone from Huntsville, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0Recorded crime per resident is higher in Riviera Beach than in 96% of U.S. towns
The Safety Grade comes out at D−, drawn from crimes Riviera Beach’s police reported through 2023 to 2025: #123 of 128 graded towns in Florida. Add to that, it has more violent crime than 97% of U.S. towns, and more property crime than 91%. Year on year, 9.0 violent crimes and 30.7 incidents of property crime occur per 1,000 residents, compared with 3.3 and 17.2 in the rest of Florida. The graded rate fell 14% from 2023 to 2025.
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 Riviera Beach
5 of the 6 graded towns next door report less crime
Of the 6 Florida towns on Riviera Beach’s borders, 6 have a Safety Grade: North Palm Beach (A−), Palm Beach (B−), Palm Beach Gardens (B−), Palm Beach Shores (C−), West Palm Beach (D), Lake Park (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 Riviera 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; property crime is the closer of the two to typical.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Riviera Beach | Rest of Florida | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 8.9 | 4.4 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 9.7 | 3.6 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 9.4 | 3.5 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 8.0 | 3.0 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Riviera Beach’s police reported 1,064 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 9.0 per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.3 in the rest of Florida and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
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| Year | Riviera Beach property | Rest of Florida property | Riviera Beach violent | Rest of Florida violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 29.8 | 22.1 | 8.9 | 4.4 |
| 2023 | 30.0 | 19.2 | 9.7 | 3.6 |
| 2024 | 36.3 | 18.3 | 9.4 | 3.5 |
| 2025 | 26.0 | 14.2 | 8.0 | 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 Riviera Beach 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 8 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
1,365 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.
322 violent and 1,043 property, as reported to the FBI by Riviera Beach’s police.
25 people died in crashes on Riviera Beach’s roads in 2019–2023
Riviera Beach had 23 fatal crashes in five years, in which 25 people died; 12 were pedestrians. 2 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 12.9 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.
Riviera Beach and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riviera Beach | D− | 9.0 | 30.7 |
| West Palm Beach | D | 5.9 | 19.7 |
| Lake Park | D− | 5.6 | 60.1 |
| North Palm Beach | A− | 0.9 | 5.1 |
| Palm Beach Shores | C− | 2.7 | 23.7 |
| Palm Beach Gardens | B− | 0.9 | 15.4 |
| Palm Beach | B− | 1.3 | 13.0 |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Florida towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riviera Beach | D− | 9.0 | 30.7 |
| Oviedo | B+ | 1.1 | 5.8 |
| Royal Palm Beach | B− | 1.9 | 13.0 |
| Leesburg | C− | 3.4 | 19.2 |
| Aventura | C− | 1.3 | 36.0 |
| Panama City | D | 5.6 | 20.1 |
The five graded Florida towns closest to Riviera Beach’s population (39,357), 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 Riviera 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 Riviera Beach’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (40,139 in 2025); our figure for Riviera Beach is 39,357 (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 Riviera Beach
Is Riviera Beach, FL safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Riviera Beach reports more crime per resident than 96% of U.S. towns, a D− Safety Grade and #123 of 128 in Florida. Its police reported 9.0 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.3 in the rest of Florida and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Riviera Beach?
9.0 violent and 30.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Florida reports 3.3 and 17.2; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
How many homicides were there in Riviera Beach in 2025?
Riviera Beach’s police reported 6 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 14.9 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Riviera Beach safer than West Palm Beach?
West Palm Beach reports less crime per resident than Riviera Beach: West Palm Beach grades D for safety and Riviera Beach D−. West Palm Beach’s police reported 5.9 violent and 19.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Riviera Beach?
Riviera Beach’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Riviera 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.