Per resident, Royal Palm Beach records about as much crime as the typical place among U.S. towns
Out of every 1,000 residents, 1.9 violent crimes and 13.0 incidents of property crime are reported annually, against 3.4 and 17.3 in the rest of Florida. What’s more, the rate the grade counts dropped 27% from 2023 to 2025. All told, Royal Palm Beach grades B− for safety (#52 of 128 graded towns in Florida): close to the middle of U.S. towns, on crimes its police reported 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 Royal Palm Beach
1 of the 1 graded towns next door reports less crime
Of the 3 Florida towns on Royal Palm Beach’s borders, 1 have a Safety Grade: Wellington (B). Loxahatchee Groves has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. The Acreage is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own. Neighbors ↓
Among Florida towns, closer to the middle
Florida’s cities and towns report less crime than most states’, so Royal Palm Beach’s place among its own towns differs from its national one: it reports less crime than 59% of the 128 Florida towns we grade, against 45% 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 Royal Palm 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; violent crime is the closer of the two to typical. Its violent rate (1.9) is below the FBI’s national estimate (3.6) but higher than in most individual towns: the national figure is weighted by people, and the grade counts towns. Its property rate (13.0) 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 | Royal Palm Beach property | Rest of Florida property | Royal Palm Beach violent | Rest of Florida violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 12.9 | 22.2 | 2.1 | 4.5 |
| 2023 | 14.2 | 19.3 | 2.3 | 3.6 |
| 2024 | 14.8 | 18.4 | 1.6 | 3.5 |
| 2025 | 10.4 | 14.3 | 1.7 | 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, 2022–2025, against the rest of Florida.
Violent crime, by year and by type
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| Year | Royal Palm Beach | Rest of Florida | U.S. (FBI national estimate) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2.1 | 4.5 | 4.0 |
| 2023 | 2.3 | 3.6 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 1.6 | 3.5 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 1.7 | 3.0 | 3.3 |
Violent crimes per 1,000 residents
By type 2023–2025, counts
Royal Palm Beach’s police reported 228 violent crimes to the FBI over 2023–2025, about 1.9 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 Royal Palm 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 2 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
515 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.
73 violent and 442 property, as reported to the FBI by Royal Palm Beach’s police.
15 people died in crashes on Royal Palm Beach’s roads in 2019–2023
Royal Palm Beach had 14 fatal crashes in five years, in which 15 people died; 5 were pedestrians.
That is 7.4 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, below 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.
Royal Palm Beach and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Palm Beach | B− | 1.9 | 13.0 |
| Loxahatchee Groves | — | — | — |
| Wellington | B | 1.2 | 8.7 |
| The Acreage | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Loxahatchee Groves has no FBI figures of its own for 2023–2025. The Acreage is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own.
Florida towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Palm Beach | B− | 1.9 | 13.0 |
| Oviedo | B+ | 1.1 | 5.8 |
| Cutler Bay | B− | 1.4 | 13.9 |
| Greenacres | C+ | 2.4 | 12.1 |
| Aventura | C− | 1.3 | 36.0 |
| Lake Worth Beach | D | 8.4 | 25.8 |
The five graded Florida towns closest to Royal Palm Beach’s population (42,477), 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 Royal Palm 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 Royal Palm Beach’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (42,582 in 2025); our figure for Royal Palm Beach is 42,477 (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 Royal Palm Beach
Is Royal Palm Beach, FL safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Royal Palm Beach reports more crime per resident than 55% of U.S. towns, a B− Safety Grade and #52 of 128 in Florida. Its police reported 1.9 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 Royal Palm Beach?
1.9 violent and 13.0 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 Royal Palm Beach in 2025?
Royal Palm Beach’s police reported 1 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 2.3 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Is Royal Palm Beach safer than Wellington?
Wellington reports less crime per resident than Royal Palm Beach: Wellington grades B for safety and Royal Palm Beach B−. Wellington’s police reported 1.2 violent and 8.7 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Who polices Royal Palm Beach?
Royal Palm Beach’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Royal Palm 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.