County crime profile · 2024 · very large county · property-led
Palm Beach County, FL
At 1,492,191 residents, Palm Beach County is a very large county in Florida. FBI UCR county totals below are read before any per-100,000 rate (Census denominator when matched).
Palm Beach County, FL reported 86 violent crimes per 100,000 in FBI UCR 2024
According to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2024, Palm Beach County, FL agencies reported 1,288 violent and 5,926 property offenses. That equals about 86 violent and 397 property crimes per 100,000 using a verified Census population join. Table 10 coverage is a voluntary subset of U.S. counties.
2024 UCR year
1,288 violent offenses
86/100K violent rate
What the 2024 FBI UCR record shows for Palm Beach County, FL
Position in the state cohort
Palm Beach County reported a lower violent-crime rate than most comparable Florida counties
At 86.3 reported violent offenses per 100,000 residents in 2024, Palm Beach County ranks 30 of 37 — above 7 of the 36 other Florida counties whose 2024 submission passes this site’s completeness test and carries a matched Census denominator. That is -45.0% against the cohort median of 156.9. Counties that did not report, or that reported implausibly low totals, are excluded from this cohort rather than counted as low-crime.
2020–2024 direction
The reported violent-crime rate ended the window lower
Across 4 comparable reporting years, the rate moved from 96.4 per 100,000 in 2020 to 86.3 in 2024 (-10.4%). The highest observed value was 97.3 in 2022 and the lowest 86.3 in 2024. Years whose submission failed the completeness test are left out of this comparison rather than plotted as change.
On a very large county row, county figures aggregate every participating agency inside the county. Participation is voluntary. Per-100,000 rates use a separately matched 2020 U.S. Census county population, never a Table 10 field; unmatched counties stay count-only. A large county line encloses very different communities.
Crime Breakdown (2024) · property-led · very large county
Category
Count
Property Crime
5,926
Burglary
542
Larceny-Theft
4,744
Motor Vehicle Theft
640
Arson
25
Violent Crime
1,288
Murder
9
Rape
173
Robbery
173
Aggravated Assault
933
Reporting Agency
Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office Summary Reporting (SRS)
Palm Beach County's crime figures on this page originate from Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office'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 Counties in Florida
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Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, Crime in the United States (CIUS) Table 10.
FBI Table 10 supplies county offense counts but no resident population. Where this page shows a per-100,000 rate, the denominator is a separately matched 2020 U.S. Census Bureau county population; unmatched county rows remain count-only. Statewide comparisons draw on the state UCR program. Verify with FBI.gov UCR and Census.gov QuickFacts.