Palm Bay has a population of 111,275. During the past three years, Palm Bay saw 7,606 arrests. For 2017, the Palm Bay's arrest rate totaled 240.94 per 10,000 residents. This decrease of 23.89% makes Palm Bay lower than the national average of 316.54 per 10,000 residents. From that total, 561 were violent crimes like murder, rape, and robbery. The city of Palm Bay also totaled 2,120 arrests for property crimes during 2017. When compared to Melbourne Beach and Rockledge, Palm Bay is a more dangerous place to live.
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Most of the city arrests fall into 21-30 age group - 36.4%, the least crimes have committed people between 71-80 - 0.4%. When looking at arrest numbers - a great number of arrestees belonged to White race, whilst the least arrests had American Indian race.
Overall, Palm Bay had a higher rate of non-violent crime. For 2017, Palm Bay averaged 561 violent crimes and 2,120 non-violent crimes.
The city of Palm Bay experienced 5,999 violent crimes during 2007-2017. Of that total, 45 were for murder/non-negligent manslaughter. Additionally, 346 was for legacy rape. The robbery total was 743, and the aggravated assault total was 4,865.
It is situated in Brevard county, Florida with a total number of 217 employees - 28 female, 127 male officers and 62 civilians. Palm Bay PD ORI (Originated Agency Identifier) number is FL0051200, it belongs to the South Atlantic division in the South region with a region code of Region III.