In 2025, Boca Raton police reported 117 violent crimes (113 per 100,000 residents), including 1 murders, 26 robberies and 64 aggravated assaults, according to FBI data. Vehicle-theft counts reported to the FBI look incomplete, so property-crime totals are not shown.
Population covered: 103,261. Violent-crime rate rank: 18 of 19 large Florida cities on this site (1 = highest rate). Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer, agency FL0500200, January–December 2025.
Vehicle-theft counts reported to the FBI look incomplete, so property-crime totals are not shown.
| City | Violent / 100k | Violent | Murders | Property / 100k | Map |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Lauderdale | 673 | 1,286 | 12 | 3,279 | Totals |
| Gainesville | 634 | 953 | 3 | – | Live |
| Tallahassee | 629 | 1,302 | 20 | – | Totals |
| Jacksonville | 518 | 5,231 | 80 | 2,165 | Totals |
| West Palm Beach | 493 | 643 | 11 | – | Totals |
| St. Petersburg | 492 | 1,325 | 9 | 2,016 | Totals |
| Fort Myers | 444 | 459 | 3 | – | Totals |
| Lakeland | 370 | 473 | 5 | – | Totals |
| Miami Gardens | 359 | 421 | 11 | 1,744 | Totals |
| Miami | 358 | 1,787 | 26 | 2,236 | Totals |
| Tampa | 333 | 1,405 | 17 | 985 | Totals |
| Palm Bay | 275 | 407 | 5 | – | Totals |
| Clearwater | 254 | 296 | 1 | 1,417 | Totals |
| Hialeah | 173 | 412 | 3 | – | Totals |
| Port St. Lucie | 128 | 349 | 4 | – | Totals |
| Miramar | 121 | 175 | 2 | 583 | Totals |
| Coral Springs | 119 | 168 | 2 | – | Totals |
| Boca Raton | 113 | 117 | 1 | – | Totals |
| Pembroke Pines | 42 | 76 | 1 | 686 | Totals |
| Orlando | – | – | – | – | Totals |
| Cape Coral | – | – | – | – | Totals |
| Hollywood | – | – | – | – | Totals |
| Pompano Beach | – | – | – | – | Totals |
| Davie | – | – | – | – | Totals |
| Deltona | – | – | – | – | Totals |
Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer agency counts for 2025 (all 12 months reported unless noted), retrieved October 7, 2026. Rates use the population the FBI lists for each police agency.
Boca Raton's violent-crime rate of 113 per 100,000 people in 2025 was 46% lower than the Florida rate (210) and less than half the U.S. rate (320). That works out to one reported violent crime for every 883 residents, or about 2.3 a week.
Among the 362 cities with full-year FBI numbers on CityCrimeMap, Boca Raton ranks 347th for violent crime, in the lower half, and 299th for murder (1 murder, 1 per 100,000).
Aggravated assaults made up 55% of Boca Raton's violent crimes and robberies 22%, a bigger robbery share than the 15% seen nationally.
Boca Raton's property-crime total for 2025 is incomplete in the FBI system, so property rates are left out here.
The closest city we cover is Coral Springs, 12 miles southwest; its violent-crime rate (119) is about even with Boca Raton's.
Out-of-state cities near Boca Raton's size (103,261 residents): El Monte, CA at 409 violent crimes per 100,000 and Quincy, MA at 302.
By the FBI's 2025 numbers, Boca Raton had 113 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, 46% lower than the statewide 210. It is 18th highest of the 19 Florida cities on this site; Fort Lauderdale is highest at 673. A city-wide rate does not tell you about a single block.
Boca Raton police reported 1 murder for 2025, a rate of 1 per 100,000 residents. The Florida rate was 2.5 and the national rate 4.1.
26 robberies in 2025, 25 per 100,000 residents, 10% lower than the Florida rate of 28.