Royal Palm Beach, FL is close to the national middle for violent crime, and earns a B PlainCrime safety grade, where violent crime runs 55% below the U.S. average
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Royal Palm Beach, FL shows violent crime at 158.9 per 100,000 residents and property crime at 1,477.8 per 100,000. Violent crime runs 55% 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
158.9/100K violent
1477.8/100K property
-55% vs U.S.
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Royal Palm Beach, FL
Comparable rate records
Royal Palm Beach's closest reported-rate comparisons are in the Florida cohort
The nearest comparable 2024 records to Royal Palm Beach's 158.9 violent-crime rate per 100,000 are Atlantic Beach (160.6), Aventura (164.4), West Melbourne (153.0), Sebastian (153.0). 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 lower
Across 4 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 206.6 per 100,000 in 2020 to 158.9 in 2024 (-23.1%). The highest observed value was 233.5 in 2023 and the lowest 158.9 in 2024. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
Property-offense composition
Larceny-theft dominates the property total more than it does across the cohort
Larceny-theft is 92.5% of reported property offenses in Royal Palm Beach, against a cohort median of 81.5%. The remainder is burglary (21) and motor vehicle theft (23). Composition differences of this size usually track what kinds of places and property are present in a jurisdiction.
Position in the state cohort
Royal Palm Beach sits mid-pack among comparable Florida cities
At 158.9 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Royal Palm Beach ranks 73 of 126 — above 53 of the 125 other Florida cities whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test. That is -22.2% 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.
Offense mix
The reported mix leans further toward property offenses than the state cohort
Violent offenses are 9.7% of the 649 Part I offenses reported in Royal Palm Beach for 2024, against a median of 13.5% across comparable Florida cities — a gap of 3.8 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.
Property counts dominate Royal Palm Beach'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.
Royal Palm Beach's 2024 municipal footprint
Across 11.4 Census sq mi, Royal Palm Beach logged 51.5 property and 5.5 violent offenses per square mile in 2024.
Royal Palm Beach's 2024 book concentrates in larceny-theft (84% of 649 offenses; mix index 7,046).
Violent offenses are only 10% of the municipal total - a property-led book.
Density uses Census Gazetteer land area (11.4 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
-31.9%
233.5 → 158.9/100K
Property Crime Rate
+4.1%
1419.1 → 1477.8/100K
Property offenses lead Royal Palm Beach's 2024 record
Offense
Count
Rate /100K
vs FL
Property Crime
586
1477.8
1030
Larceny-Theft
542
1366.8
-
Motor Vehicle Theft
23
58
-
Burglary
21
53
-
Arson
0
0
-
Violent Crime
63
158.9
210.3
Aggravated Assault
43
108.4
-
Rape
12
30.3
-
Robbery
8
20.2
-
Murder
0
0
-
Royal Palm Beach Crime Trend (2020-2024)
The chart omits 2021 rather than drawing an unsupported zero or partial-coverage dip. The table preserves the year and marks the gap.
Royal Palm Beach property crime rate trend
Lead series · fell across 4 comparable years · FBI UCR
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averagesRead the chart as a list
Royal Palm Beach: 159 violent, 1478 property per 100,000 (grade B)
Riviera Beach: 943 violent, 3631 property per 100,000 (grade F)
Aventura: 164 violent, 4090 property per 100,000 (grade C)
Haines City: 132 violent, 794 property per 100,000 (grade A)
Lake Worth: 731 violent, 2657 property per 100,000 (grade F)
Oviedo: 106 violent, 583 property per 100,000 (grade A)
North Miami Beach: 583 violent, 2913 property per 100,000 (grade F)
Panama City: 650 violent, 2189 property per 100,000 (grade F)
Cutler Bay: 148 violent, 1363 property per 100,000 (grade B)
Royal Palm Beach Police Department
Reporting agency for Royal Palm Beach Summary Reporting (SRS)
Royal Palm Beach Police Department filed the 2024 UCR row behind Royal Palm Beach's 649 reported offenses (4-year span 2020-2024, with internal gaps).
This agency reports via the traditional Summary Reporting System (SRS): aggregate monthly offense counts rather than incident-level detail.
Similar-Size Cities in Florida
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Royal Palm Beach at 158.9/100K violent and 1,477.8/100K property - matched below outside Florida (≥10k pop, latest UCR vintage; not the in-state lists above).
How many crimes were reported in Royal Palm Beach?
In 2024, Royal Palm Beach reported 63 violent crimes and 586 property crimes, for a total of 649 reported offenses.
Is crime increasing or decreasing in Royal Palm Beach?
From 2023 to 2024, Royal Palm Beach's violent crime rate decreased by 31.9%, and the property crime rate increased by 4.1%.
What is the most common crime in Royal Palm Beach?
The most common crime type in Royal Palm Beach is larceny-theft, accounting for 83.5% of all reported crimes (542 incidents in 2024).
Mid-size read: Royal Palm Beach 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 Royal Palm Beach, FL rates use the reporting-year population on the municipal row.