Delray Beach is a city of 124,000 in Palm Beach County · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in Delray Beach?
Property crime in Delray Beach sits near the national middle: an A-, safer than the neighborhoods where 52% of Americans live. Theft makes up 74% 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 834 of 1,000About as much property crime as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
52% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Delray Beach as a whole, and 48% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Delray Beach scores 834.
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 Delray Beach, FL at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Delray Beach, 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 Delray Beach
Car thefts run high in Old School Square. In this part of east Delray Beach, they run at more than triple the rate in the rest of Delray Beach.
Thefts run high for a city with an A for property crime. Delray Beach has 15.1 thefts a year per 1,000 residents; for the typical resident of a US city graded A for property crime, the figure is 8.1.
Burglaries and acts of vandalism both run low. In Delray Beach, each runs at about half the US rate: 1.3 burglaries and 2.6 acts of vandalism a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.4 and 5.5 nationally.
Where property crime is lowest and highest in Delray Beach
Low property crime is the norm across Delray Beach: 93% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and the rest in areas graded C. Property crime grades across Delray Beach run from A+ to C-.
93%
A or B 93%C 7%
Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
1Palm Greens at Villa del Ray & Polo Trace, northwestThefts run at about half the rate in the rest of Delray Beach.A920
2Gleneagles, Kings Point Flanders & Addison Reserve, southwestCar thefts run at a small fraction of the rate in the rest of Delray Beach.A919
3Emerald Pointe & Huntington Pointe North, westCar thefts run at less than half the rate in the rest of Delray Beach.A919
4Pine Trail, Chatelaine & Sabal Lakes, northThefts run about 40% higher here than in the rest of Delray Beach.A-799
5Village at Delray, Delray Beach Highlands & Hammock Reserve, southCar thefts run at about double the rate in the rest of Delray Beach.B+765
6Allamanda Gardens, centralCar thefts run at more than double the rate in the rest of Delray Beach.B+757
7Old School Square, eastBurglaries run at about double the rate in the rest of Delray Beach.B639
Neighborhood areas of Delray Beach, 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.
Is property crime going up in Delray Beach?
Reported property crime in Delray Beach has fallen 27% since 2019. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 35 to 25 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime rose 76%.
Property crime, change since 2019
Delray BeachUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Delray Beach. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Delray Beach
Property, US
2016
+21%
+15%
2017
+8%
+12%
2018
+5%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
+4%
-8%
2021
-9%
-10%
2022
-30%
-6%
2023
-58%
-7%
2024
-27%
-15%
Property crime rates and types in Delray Beach
CrimeGrade™ estimates Delray Beach has about 21 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 14% less than the US as a whole and close to 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 Delray Beach, about 74% of the total, followed by vandalism and vehicle theft.
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.
Property crime in Delray Beach and nearby cities
Of the 7 cities closest to Delray Beach, 5 have less property crime. Cypress Quarters and Boca Raton have the least.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Delray Beach. 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, Delray Beach is safer than 71% of them.
Empty homes, shops and walkability in Delray Beach
Delray Beach looks like a typical city on the traits that tend to go with property crime.
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.9.4% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 83% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.13.3 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 78% 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. 79% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (20 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 59% 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 74% of US city residents
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Delray Beach: D+ (21 of 100).under 1 trip an hourUS: noneLower than for 66% 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 Delray Beach
Property crime costs Delray Beach about $16 million a year, or $132 per resident and about $263 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
$1.4 million
$11
Theft
$9.6 million
$78
Vehicle theft
$3.0 million
$24
Arson
$110,000
$1
Vandalism
$2.3 million
$18
Total
$16 million
$132
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.
