Crime & Safety in Palm Beach Gardens
Palm Beach Gardens reads as comparatively safe on the aggregate metrics this research checked, though -- as in any city this size -- safety varies meaningfully by area. No specific neighborhood is named as lower- or higher-graded here, per site policy; check a specific address directly with a crime-mapping tool before deciding.
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Learn moreOverall Crime Rate
Palm Beach Gardens' overall crime rate is cited at 1,814.8 incidents per 100,000 residents, with a violent crime rate specifically of 110.9 per 100,000, per one aggregator's 2026 synthesis. The same source places the city in the 80th percentile for safety nationally -- safer than about 80% of cities checked, less safe than the remaining 20% -- and, considering crime rate alone, describes Palm Beach Gardens as roughly on par with the Florida state average and safer than the national average.
Area-Level Variance Is Real but Not Named Here
One crime-mapping source describes a meaningful range in the estimated chance of being a crime victim across different parts of the city -- from roughly 1 in 43 in some areas to roughly 1 in 102 in others. Per site policy, no specific area is singled out as lower- or higher-graded in this summary; check a specific address directly through a crime-mapping tool (e.g., CrimeGrade.org or NeighborhoodScout) before making a relocation decision tied to a particular property.
Registered Sex Offenders: A Raw Count, No Benchmark
As of January 17, 2026, 18 registered sex offenders were listed as residing in Palm Beach Gardens, per one aggregator. This research pass did not find a reliable per-capita benchmark to compare that count against similarly sized Florida cities, so it is presented here as a raw, dated figure rather than an evaluative one.
Key takeaways
- Palm Beach Gardens' overall crime rate is cited at 1,814.8 per 100,000 residents and violent crime at 110.9 per 100,000, placing the city in the 80th safety percentile nationally per one aggregator -- roughly on par with the Florida state average and safer than the national average by that measure.
- Area-level variance is real (an estimated 1-in-43 to 1-in-102 range in crime-victimization likelihood across different parts of the city, per one source) but no specific area is named as lower- or higher-graded here, per site policy.
- As of January 17, 2026, 18 registered sex offenders were listed as residing in the city -- a raw count presented without a comparable per-capita benchmark, since none was found in this research pass.
- Check a specific address directly through a crime-mapping tool before making a relocation decision tied to a particular property or neighborhood.
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