Pahokee has a population of 6,149. During the past three years, Pahokee saw 881 arrests. For 2017, the Pahokee's arrest rate totaled 496.02 per 10,000 residents. This increase of 56.7% makes Pahokee higher than the national average of 316.54 per 10,000 residents. From that total, 75 were violent crimes like murder, rape, and robbery. The city of Pahokee also totaled 230 arrests for property crimes during 2017. When compared to Boca Raton and Boynton Beach, Pahokee is a more dangerous place to live.
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Most of the city arrests fall into 21-30 age group - 27.8%, the least crimes have committed people between 61-70 - 1.9%. When looking at arrest numbers - a great number of arrestees belonged to Black race, whilst the least arrests had Hispanic race.
Overall, Pahokee had a higher rate of non-violent crime. For 2017, Pahokee averaged 75 violent crimes and 230 non-violent crimes.
The city of Pahokee experienced 901 violent crimes during 2007-2017. Of that total, 9 were for murder/non-negligent manslaughter. Additionally, 45 was for legacy rape. The robbery total was 126, and the aggravated assault total was 721.