Palmetto Bay, FL is close to the national middle for violent crime, and earns a B PlainCrime safety grade, where violent crime runs 58% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Palmetto Bay, FL shows violent crime at 148.5 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 2,016.9 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 58% below the U.S. average. PlainCrime assigns grade B from those rates. Figures are voluntary agency submissions joined to population denominators; incomplete coverage can move the number.
B safety grade
148.5/100K violent
2016.9/100K property
-58% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Palmetto Bay, FL
Comparable rate records
Palmetto Bay's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Florida cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Palmetto Bay's 148.5 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Cutler Bay (147.8), South Pasadena (151.9), Clewiston (152.5), Indian Harbour Beach (144.1). These are same-year agency submissions that pass the same completeness screen, not a claim that the cities have identical conditions. They make the cohort position above checkable against named records instead of a generic state average.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window higher
Across 5 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 121.7 per 100,000 in 2020 to 148.5 in 2024 (+22.0%). The highest observed value was 177.7 in 2023 and the lowest 70.0 in 2021. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Offense mix
The reported mix leans further toward property offenses than the state cohort
Violent offenses are 6.9% of the 525 Part I offenses reported in Palmetto Bay for 2024, against a median of 13.5% across comparable Florida cities — a gap of 6.6 points. Offense mix is shaped by which agencies report and how incidents are classified as well as by the underlying offenses, so it describes the reported record rather than a settled difference in conditions.
Position in the state cohort
Palmetto Bay sits mid-pack among comparable Florida cities
At 148.5 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Palmetto Bay ranks 78 of 126 — above 48 of the 125 other Florida cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is -27.3% against the cohort median of 204.3. Cities that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.
Property counts dominate Palmetto Bay's FBI UCR Table 8 municipal row. Per-100,000 rates use the reporting-year population on that row; cities that fail the completeness test stay out of rate rankings. A citywide figure rarely describes any single neighbourhood inside the municipal boundary.
Mid-size municipal totals above are reported offenses, not safety advice for any single block. Reporting completeness still varies by year and agency.
Palmetto Bay's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 8.3 Census sq mi, Palmetto Bay logged 59 property and 4.3 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Palmetto Bay's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (82% of 525 offenses; mix index 6,881).
Violent offenses are only 7% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (8.3 sq mi); mix index is HHI x 10,000 on the offense-type shares above. Distinct from the per-100K rates in the hero.
Violent rate moved most (2023→2024)
Violent Crime Rate
-16.4%
177.7 → 148.5/100K
Property Crime Rate
+4.1%
1938.3 → 2016.9/100K
Property offenses lead Palmetto Bay's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs FL
Property Crime
489
2016.9
1030
Larceny-Theft
433
1785.9
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
33
136.1
-
Burglary
23
94.9
-
Arson
1
4.1
-
Violent Crime
36
148.5
210.3
Aggravated Assault
20
82.5
-
Robbery
12
49.5
-
Rape
4
16.5
-
Murder
0
0
-
Palmetto Bay Crime Trend (2020-2024)
Palmetto Bay property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 5 comparable years · FBI UCR
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averagesRead the chart as a list
Palmetto Bay: 149 violent, 2017 property per 100,000 (grade B)
Key West: 352 violent, 2259 property per 100,000 (grade C)
Tarpon Springs: 237 violent, 1554 property per 100,000 (grade B)
Hialeah Gardens: 63 violent, 1020 property per 100,000 (grade A)
Tavares: 64 violent, 243 property per 100,000 (grade A+)
Sunny Isles Beach: 133 violent, 1195 property per 100,000 (grade A)
Auburndale: 217 violent, 2118 property per 100,000 (grade B)
Temple Terrace: 418 violent, 1652 property per 100,000 (grade C)
Lynn Haven: 142 violent, 643 property per 100,000 (grade A)
Palmetto Bay Police Department
Reporting agency for Palmetto Bay NIBRS-participating
Palmetto Bay Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Palmetto Bay's 525 reported offenses (5-year span 2020-2024).
This agency reports via NIBRS, the incident-based system that captures more detail per offense (multiple crimes per incident, victim/offender data) than the older summary counts.
Similar-Size Cities in Florida
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Palmetto Bay at 148.5/100K violent and 2,016.9/100K property - matched below outside Florida (≥10k pop, latest UCR vintage; not the in-state lists above).
In 2024, Palmetto Bay reported 36 violent crimes and 489 property crimes, for a total of 525 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Palmetto Bay?
From 2023 to 2024, Palmetto Bay's violent crime rate decreased by 16.4%, and the property crime rate increased by 4.1%.
What is the most common crime in Palmetto Bay?
The most common crime type in Palmetto Bay is larceny-theft, accounting for 82.5% of all reported crimes (433 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Palmetto Bay figures are FBI UCR CIUS Table 8 (vintage 2024), population-adjusted per 100,000.
Denominators are the reporting-year population on the municipal row. Incomplete years are dropped from rankings. Confirm at FBI Crime Data Explorer and Census.gov QuickFacts.
Disclaimer (mid-size municipal): figures are informational, not advice. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program is the source. Consult a professional before decisions.
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program CIUS Table 8 municipal crime rates · 2024 Palmetto Bay, FL rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.