West Palm Beach has a population of 109,459. During the past three years, West Palm Beach saw 18,751 arrests. For 2017, the West Palm Beach's arrest rate totaled 564.69 per 10,000 residents. This increase of 78.39% makes West Palm Beach higher than the national average of 316.54 per 10,000 residents. From that total, 906 were violent crimes like murder, rape, and robbery. The city of West Palm Beach also totaled 5,275 arrests for property crimes during 2017. When compared to Boca Raton and Boynton Beach, West Palm Beach is a more dangerous place to live.
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Most of the city arrests fall into 21-30 age group - 38.9%, the least crimes have committed people between 81-90 - 0.1%. When looking at arrest numbers - a great number of arrestees belonged to White race, whilst the least arrests had Hispanic race.
Overall, West Palm Beach had a higher rate of non-violent crime. For 2017, West Palm Beach averaged 906 violent crimes and 5,275 non-violent crimes.
The city of West Palm Beach experienced 9,743 violent crimes during 2007-2017. Of that total, 186 were for murder/non-negligent manslaughter. Additionally, 521 was for legacy rape. The robbery total was 3,768, and the aggravated assault total was 5,268.
It is situated in Palm Beach county, Florida with a total number of 255 employees - 39 female, 127 male officers and 89 civilians. West Palm Beach PD ORI (Originated Agency Identifier) number is FL0500800, it belongs to the South Atlantic division in the South region with a region code of Region III.