Crime reported in Lake Worth Beach
Lake Worth Beach's reported crime rate is well above Florida's. Most reported incidents are property crimes, mainly thefts. 352 violent crimes were reported in 2025.
What stands out about safety in Lake Worth Beach
Six homicides in 2025
Police recorded 6 homicides in 2025, about 14.4 per 100,000 residents. Across the rest of Florida’s cities and towns in the FBI’s tables, the rate was 3.3; nationally it was 4.6. In a city of about 41,700, a few cases move this number a lot from year to year. What gets reported ↓
Violent crime is the weaker number
Violent crime runs 3 times the Florida rate (8.4 vs 2.5 per 1,000), while property crime is about twice the state’s. The numbers ↓
Reported crime runs more than twice the Florida rate
In 2025, Lake Worth Beach reported 30.8 crimes per 1,000 residents, against 13.3 across Florida: 8.4 violent and 22.4 property, per 1,000. The numbers ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, 2022–2025, not convictions.
About 2 theft reports a day
Thefts were 57% of everything reported. Burglaries: 115. Vehicle thefts: 84.
2025 offenses reported
Most reports in most towns are thefts: packages, bikes, things left in unlocked cars. Locking up and a porch light go a long way.
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting.
Not graded yet
A grade needs all of the FBI's latest years (2023–2025). Lake Worth Beach's police department reported only 2023 and 2024 and 2025, so we don't grade it yet. The figures below are still real.
For every 1,000 residents, about 22 property crimes reported
And about 8 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Violent crime per 1,000 residents
Property crime per 1,000 residents
Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
About steady since 2022
Per 1,000 residents, 2022–2025, against Florida.
Show as a table
| Year | Lake Worth Beach property | Florida property | Lake Worth Beach violent | Florida violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22.4 | 10.8 | 8.4 | 2.5 |
| 2024 | 26.6 | 12.6 | 7.3 | 2.6 |
| 2023 | 28.5 | 13.2 | 9.3 | 2.8 |
| 2022 | 22.8 | 14.5 | 6.9 | 3.2 |
Lake Worth Beach and its neighbors
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Worth Beach | — | 8.4 | 22.4 | 2025 |
| Palm Beach | — | 1.5 | 11 | 2025 |
| West Palm Beach | D | 4.9 | 14.8 | 2025 |
Reported crimes per 1,000 residents in each town’s latest year; * = a count, for towns under 1,000 people; — = not graded. No town figures in the FBI’s data: Lake Clarke Shores, Lantana.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many thefts and some assaults are never reported.
- One number for a whole city. A rate for all of Lake Worth Beach doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of town to another.
- Visitors count too. Towns with a campus, highway, beach or shopping center see incidents involving people who don’t live there.
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.
Know who to call, and what the weather can do
For emergencies, the nearest ER, and the storms and floods Lake Worth Beach plans for.
Expected damage is higher than in 60% of U.S. communities. 118 paid flood insurance claims since 1978.
Natural hazards in Lake Worth Beach →Phone numbers come from neighbors and the town’s own site (the Handbook). A number you add goes live once two neighbors confirm it.
Heads-up board
Neighbors looking out for each other in Lake Worth Beach.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Please don’t name or describe individuals. In an emergency, call 911.
Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Natural hazards: FEMA National Risk Index and flood insurance claims. Hospitals: CMS Hospital General Information. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.