In 2025, West Palm Beach police reported 643 violent crimes (493 per 100,000 residents), including 11 murders, 112 robberies and 448 aggravated assaults, according to FBI data. Vehicle-theft counts reported to the FBI look incomplete, so property-crime totals are not shown.
Population covered: 130,449. Violent-crime rate rank: 5 of 19 large Florida cities on this site (1 = highest rate). Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer, agency FL0500800, 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.
West Palm Beach's violent-crime rate of 493 per 100,000 people in 2025 was 2.3 times the Florida rate (210) and 54% higher than the U.S. rate (320). That works out to one reported violent crime for every 203 residents, or about 12.4 a week.
Among the 362 cities with full-year FBI numbers on CityCrimeMap, West Palm Beach ranks 134th for violent crime, in the higher half, and 81st for murder (11 murders, 8.4 per 100,000).
Aggravated assaults made up 70% of West Palm Beach's violent crimes and robberies 17%, close to the national robbery share of 15%.
West Palm Beach'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 Boca Raton, 26 miles south; its violent-crime rate (113) is less than half West Palm Beach's.
Out-of-state cities near West Palm Beach's size (130,449 residents): College Station, TX at 132 violent crimes per 100,000 and Clovis, CA at 261.
By the FBI's 2025 numbers, West Palm Beach had 493 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, 2.3 times the statewide 210. It is 5th 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.
West Palm Beach police reported 11 murders for 2025, a rate of 8.4 per 100,000 residents. The Florida rate was 2.5 and the national rate 4.1.
112 robberies in 2025, 86 per 100,000 residents, 3.1 times the Florida rate of 28.