What is the crime rate in Belle Glade, FL?

In 2025, the Belle Glade Police Department reported 191 violent crimes and 262 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 1,090 violent and 1,495 property crimes per 100,000 of the 17,527 residents it serves.

Across Florida the rates were 248 and 1,074.

Nationally they were 330 and 1,552.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Violent per 100,000: 1,090
Property per 100,000: 1,495
Violent crimes: 191
Property crimes: 262

Crime reported by the Belle Glade Police Department, 2023 to 2025

Offenses known to law enforcement, reported to the FBI; rates per 100,000 residents of the area the department serves
Year	Violent crimes	Violent per 100,000	Property crimes	Property per 100,000	Residents served
2023	188	1,119	522	3,106	16,807
2024	224	1,327	451	2,672	16,880
2025	191	1,090	262	1,495	17,527

Violent crimes reported went from 188 in 2023 to 191 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 522 in 2023 to 262 in 2025.

In a small town a handful of incidents moves these numbers a long way, so one year’s change says little on its own.

Belle Glade against Florida and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
Belle Glade	1,090	1,495
Palm Beach County	250	1,050
Florida	248	1,074
United States	330	1,552

These are rates per resident; they are not adjusted for visitors, commuters or the size of the area, which raise or lower a town’s figures without changing anybody’s risk.

Crime reported in places near Belle Glade, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
Belle Glade	—	1,090	1,495
South Bay	4.3 mi	596	961
Clewiston	17 mi	93	186
Westlake	23 mi	81	680
Wellington	25 mi	90	743
Royal Palm Beach	27 mi	171	1,040
Palm Beach Gardens	33 mi	71	1,153
Greenacres	33 mi	196	899
West Palm Beach	33 mi	493	1,497

Neighboring departments count the same offenses the same way, but their areas, populations and visitors differ, so a difference between two towns is a starting point for a question, not an answer.

How to read these numbers

These are offenses known to the police and reported to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program: crimes nobody reported, or that a department did not record, are not in them.

Violent crime is murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault; property crime is burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft and arson.

A department reports the crimes in the area it polices, which can differ from the town’s boundaries, and the FBI estimates the population it serves.

The FBI asks that these figures not be used to rank places or to judge how safe a neighborhood is: crime depends on many local factors, and the counts describe a whole town, not any street or home.

A year is shown only when the department reported all twelve months.

FBI: Uniform Crime Reporting statistics and their proper use

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