What is the crime rate in South Bay, FL?

In 2025, the South Bay Police Department reported 31 violent crimes and 50 property crimes to the FBI.

That is 596 violent and 961 property crimes per 100,000 of the 5,202 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: 596
Property per 100,000: 961
Violent crimes: 31
Property crimes: 50

Crime reported by the South Bay 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	48	980	115	2,348	4,897
2024	49	1,002	106	2,167	4,891
2025	31	596	50	961	5,202

Violent crimes reported went from 48 in 2023 to 31 in 2025.

Property crimes reported went from 115 in 2023 to 50 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.

South Bay against Florida and the nation

Crimes per 100,000 residents, 2025
	Violent crime	Property crime
South Bay	596	961
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 South Bay, 2025

Each place’s own police department; rates per 100,000 residents served
Place	Distance	Violent per 100,000	Property per 100,000
South Bay	—	596	961
Belle Glade	4.3 mi	1,090	1,495
Clewiston	13 mi	93	186
Westlake	27 mi	81	680
Wellington	29 mi	90	743
Royal Palm Beach	31 mi	171	1,040
Palm Beach Gardens	37 mi	71	1,153
Greenacres	37 mi	196	899
West Palm Beach	38 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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