Royal Palm Beach, FL carries a PlainCrime B safety grade with violent crime 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.
The verdict
Royal Palm Beach earns a B safety grade: violent crime runs 55% below the U.S. average, placing it close to the national middle for violent crime.
B
PlainCrime safety grade
-55%
violent crime vs. U.S. average
55th
percentile of 7,769 U.S. cities
1,477.8
property crimes per 100K
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.
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
Property crime rate (2024)
1,477.8/100K↑4.1%vs 2023
Royal Palm Beach violent crime rate trend
Secondary series · fell · 2020-2024 · FBI UCR
Violent crime rate (2024)
158.9/100K↓31.9%vs 2023
Year
Coverage
Population
Violent Rate
Property Rate
Total Crimes
2020
Comparable
41,142
206.6
1548.3
722
2021
Insufficient reporting
41,576
-
-
-
2022
Comparable
38,988
210.3
1303
590
2023
Comparable
39,392
233.5
1419.1
651
2024
Comparable
39,654
158.9
1477.8
649
How Royal Palm Beach sits among FL peers
Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program · split lines are the U.S. national averages
Reporting Agency
Royal Palm Beach Police Department Summary Reporting (SRS)
Royal Palm Beach's crime figures on this page originate from Royal Palm Beach Police Department's submission to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program.
This agency reports via the traditional Summary Reporting System (SRS): aggregate monthly offense counts rather than incident-level detail.
Similar-Size Cities in Florida
Crime rates read differently at different scales, so these are the Florida cities closest to Royal Palm Beach in population. Their populations run from 36,646 to 43,290, against 39,654 here. Or use our
side-by-side compare tool
to benchmark two cities directly.
These Florida cities report the closest violent-crime rates to Royal Palm Beach's 158.9/100K (same FBI UCR vintage rules; size peers above are excluded so the two lists stay distinct).
Royal Palm Beach has a violent crime rate of 158.9 per 100,000 residents and a property crime rate of 1477.8 per 100,000, based on 2024 FBI UCR data.
Is Royal Palm Beach, FL safe? ▼
Royal Palm Beach receives a safety grade of B (Above Average), with a safety score of 71/100. The violent crime rate is 55% below the national average and 24% below the Florida average.
What is the population of Royal Palm Beach, FL? ▼
The reporting population for Royal Palm Beach is 39,654 as of 2024.
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.
How do Royal Palm Beach's reported offenses compare with its population? ▼
In 2024, Royal Palm Beach recorded about one reported offense per 61 residents and one reported violent offense per 629 residents. These ratios count reported offenses, not distinct victims, and are not a person's probability of victimization.
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.