Boca Raton is a city of 245,400 in Palm Beach County · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in Boca Raton?
Boca Raton earns an A for property crime, safer than the neighborhoods where 68% of Americans live. Theft makes up 69% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades A, and vehicle theft grades A+.
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Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 898 of 1,000Less property crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
68% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Boca Raton as a whole, and 32% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Boca Raton scores 898.
Crime is concentrated in a small share of places, so most neighborhoods score high on the 0 to 1,000 scale. That is why a score in the 800s can still mean more property crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its property crime with the homes, parked cars and people there, on one national scale, from green for the least to red for the most. Each area gets its own color, so a busy shopping center can show red while the homes beside it stay green. The interactive maps load faster on a strong connection. Compare high speed internet in Boca Raton, FL at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Boca Raton, and anyone thinking about buying or renting a home there.
Business and enterprise customers: this free map shows neighborhood areas. CrimeGrade™ business reports map crime at about 66-meter detail and estimate it for one address and type of business. See business reports
What stands out about property crime in Boca Raton
Car thefts run high in Windwood, Chatham Hills & Mizner Park. In this part of east Boca Raton, they run at about double the rate in the rest of Boca Raton.
Burglaries and acts of vandalism both run low. In Boca Raton, each runs at less than half the US rate: 0.95 burglaries and 2.2 acts of vandalism a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.4 and 5.5 nationally.
Where property crime is lowest and highest in Boca Raton
Every part of Boca Raton where people live grades A or B for property crime on the national scale. Property crime grades across Boca Raton run from A+ to B+.
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Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
1Century Village West & Whisper Walk, northwestCar thefts run at less than half the rate in the rest of Boca Raton.A+931
2Whisper Trace & St Andrews Hills, northCar thefts run at less than half the rate in the rest of Boca Raton.A+929
3Mission Bay, Mizner Pointe of Boca Via Ancho & Boca Isles South, westCar thefts run at about half the rate in the rest of Boca Raton.A+928
4Lake Floresta Park, Pinelands East & Country Club Village, centralBurglaries run about 50% higher here than in the rest of Boca Raton.A895
5Boca Teeca, Hidden Valley & Villa Rica, northeastBurglaries run about 70% higher here than in the rest of Boca Raton.A884
6Bramalea, Boca Raton Square & Boca Hamlet, southCar thefts run about 60% higher here than in the rest of Boca Raton.A873
7Sandalfoot Cove & Country Park at Boca Raton, southwestThefts run about 90% higher here than in the rest of Boca Raton.A854
8Estoville & Palmetto Park, southeastCar thefts run at about double the rate in the rest of Boca Raton.A850
9Windwood, Chatham Hills & Mizner Park, eastBurglaries run at about double the rate in the rest of Boca Raton.A848
Neighborhood areas of Boca Raton, ranked by property crime CrimeGrade™; beside each grade is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer). Each one combines several of the smaller areas on the map.
Property crime rates and types in Boca Raton
CrimeGrade™ estimates Boca Raton has about 13 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 47% less than the US as a whole and 32% less than Florida.
All property crime
Burglary
Vehicle theft
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. Property crime here includes vandalism, which the FBI's property crime rate leaves out.
Theft is the most common property crime in Boca Raton, about 69% of the total, followed by vandalism and burglary.
Each CrimeGrade™ here compares a property crime with what it affects: homes for burglary and arson, parked cars for vehicle theft, people and parking for theft, homes and businesses for vandalism. Rates count crimes per 1,000 residents.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
Where and when property crime happens in Boca Raton
Boca Raton has its own police department, and these figures come from its reports, 2022 to 2024.
In Boca Raton, 48% of burglaries hit homes, against 57% nationally. Car thefts happen most often at homes: 41% of them, against 33% nationally.
Crime
Most often at
Busiest time
Burglary
Homes (48%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Car theft
Homes (41%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Theft from cars
Parking lots and garages (47%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Vandalism
Other places (29%)
Evening (6 pm to midnight)
Shares of the crimes reported to police, 2022 to 2024. Reports with no time recorded are left out of the times.
Property crime in Boca Raton and nearby cities
Boca Raton has less property crime than 7 of its 9 nearest cities; only Parkland and Hillsboro Beach have less.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Boca Raton. Beside each property crime CrimeGrade™ is its safety score, from 0 to 1,000 (higher is safer).
Compared with cities of similar size and density, Boca Raton is safer than 96% of them.
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, one sets Boca Raton apart: it has 15.0 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally. Places like that tend to report more theft, yet theft runs lower here than that would suggest.
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.15.0 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 87% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft.59 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 75% of US city residents
Walk GradeBestNeighborhood's grade for getting through daily life on foot, traced along real walking routes to shops, schools and parks. Walkable places tend to report more theft. 83% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D (17 of 100)US: 21Lower than for 53% of US city residents
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Lit at nightSatellite images show which neighborhoods are lit at night, a sign of busy streets and businesses. Brightly lit places tend to report more theft and vandalism.100% where people liveUS: 78%Higher than for 73% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.1.4 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 60% of US city residents
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more car theft.20% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 57% of US city residents
These traits tend to go with more or less crime; none of them causes it on its own. Sources: Census job counts and housing figures, OpenStreetMap and Overture business listings, CrimeGrade™ parking estimates, NASA night-light imagery, US Forest Service tree cover, EPA transit data and BestNeighborhood's Walk Grade.
What property crime costs Boca Raton
Property crime costs Boca Raton about $20 million a year, or $81 per resident and about $204 per household: the value of what is stolen or damaged, plus the police, courts and prisons that respond.
Cost of property crime per resident, per year
How the cost breaks down
Pain and suffering add little to the cost of property crime, so this is close to its full cost.
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Burglary
$2.1 million
$9
Theft
$11 million
$45
Vehicle theft
$2.9 million
$12
Arson
$110,000
under $1
Vandalism
$3.8 million
$16
Total
$20 million
$81
How CrimeGrade™ works
The property crime CrimeGrade™ covers burglary, theft, car theft, arson and vandalism, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most, on one scale for the whole country.
It weighs each property crime against what it affects: homes for burglary and arson, parked cars for car theft, and the people and parking around stores for theft.
The rates on this page count crimes for every 1,000 people who live here, the way police departments report them.
Comparisons with US neighborhoods use the Census Bureau's block groups, small areas of about 1,400 residents, and count the people who live in each. The figures count crimes reported to police; many crimes, shoplifting above all, never are. Behind the grades, CrimeGrade™ tested 21,607 factors from 125 data families. For business owners, paid CrimeGrade™ location reports estimate crime at a single address for each type of business.
Where the numbers come from
Crime reports that police departments file with the FBI
State crime records and city crime data, where they are published
Published research on what crime costs victims and communities
These are estimates of reported crime for whole areas, not a record of what happened on any one street. CrimeGrade™ updates them once a year and provides them free and without guarantee. Check local sources before you rely on them for a decision.
