Palm Springs, FL Crime Statistics For 2023

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Updated: 2023-10-25

Crime Rate In Palm Springs, FL Summary

Crime in Palm Springs research summary. HomeSnacks has been using Saturday Night Science to report crime data in Palm Springs over the past eight years using the FBI crime explorer. Based on the most recently available data released October 17, 2023, we found the following about crime in Palm Springs:

  • There were 1,072 total crimes committed in Palm Springs the last reporting year.
  • On a rate basis, there were 4,212.0 total crimes per 100K people in Palm Springs.
  • The overall crime rate in Palm Springs is 81.22% above the national average.
  • Palm Springs ranks #264 safest out of 292 cities in Florida.
  • Palm Springs ranks #9,082 safest out of 9,869 cities in the United States.

Because the crime rate is so low in America, we use "per 100,000 people" to make the number a bit easier to compare across locations visually. It's mathematically the same as doing per capita comparisons and isn't conveying that there are 100,000+ people in a location.

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Palm Springs Vs Florida And National Crime Rates

According to the most recent data from the FBI, the total crime rate in Palm Springs is 4,212.0 per 100,000 people. That's 81.22% higher than the national rate of 2,324.2 per 100,000 people and 95.63% higher than the Florida total crime rate of 2,153.0 per 100,000 people.

Statistic Count
Raw
Palm Springs
/ 100k People
Florida
/ 100k People
National
/ 100k People
Total Crimes Per 100K 1,072 4,212.0 2,153.0 2,324.2
Murder 0 0.0 5.9 6.3
Robbery 34 133.6 62.2 66.1
Aggravated Assault 249 978.4 280.1 268.2
Violent Crime 288 1,131.6 383.6 369.8
Burglary 257 1,009.8 240.6 269.8
Larceny 442 1,736.7 1,352.7 1,401.9
Car Theft 85 334.0 176.1 282.7
Property Crime 784 3,080.4 1,769.4 1,954.4

Palm Springs Crime Compared To Florida Averages

Each category of crime indexed to the worst per capita in Florida.
Data Source -- FBI UCR 2022.

Violent Crime Rates In Palm Springs

288
Violent Crimes
1,131.6
Violent Crimes / 100k People
206.00%
Above The National Average
  • There were 288 violent crimes in Palm Springs in the last reporting year.
  • The violent crime rate in Palm Springs is 1,131.6 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 88.4 chance of being the victim of a violent crime in Palm Springs each year. That compares to a 1 in 260.7 chance statewide.
  • That's 206.00% higher than the national rate of 369.8 per 100,000 people.
  • 194.99% higher than the Florida violent crime rate of 383.6 per 100,000 people.

Property Crime Rates In Palm Springs

784
Property Crimes
3,080.4
Property Crimes / 100k People
57.62%
Above The National Average
  • There were 784 property crimes in Palm Springs in the last reporting year.
  • The property crime rate in Palm Springs is 3,080.4 per 100,000 people.
  • You have a 1 in 32.5 chance of being the victim of a property crime in Palm Springs each year. That compares to a 1 in 0.0 chance nationally.
  • That's 57.62% higher than the national rate of 1,954.4 per 100,000 people.
  • And 74.09% higher than the Florida property crime rate of 1,769.4 per 100,000 people.

Crime In Cities Around Palm Springs

City Population Count
Raw
Total Crime
/ 100k People
Property Crime
/ 100k People
Violent Crime
/ 100k People
Boca Raton, FL 101,583 2,202 2,167.7 1,964.9 202.8
Boynton Beach, FL 79,913 2,317 2,899.4 2,244.9 654.5
Jupiter, FL 67,054 784 1,169.2 1,045.4 123.8
Wellington, FL 61,119 683 1,117.5 988.2 129.3
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 58,629 1,064 1,814.8 1,703.9 110.9
Lake Worth, FL 39,844 1,183 2,969.1 2,276.4 692.7
Royal Palm Beach, FL 38,988 585 1,500.5 1,290.1 210.3
North Palm Beach, FL 13,255 101 762.0 671.4 90.5
Lantana, FL 12,825 512 3,992.2 3,321.6 670.6
Lake Clarke Shores, FL 3,653 39 1,067.6 958.1 109.5

Palm Springs SnackAbility

6
/10
Overall SnackAbility
Jobs
6/10
Housing
8
Affordability
5
Diversity
9
Safety
3
Amenities
9.5
Education
5
Commute
6
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