Lake Worth is a community of 182,600 in Palm Beach County · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in Lake Worth?
Property crime in Lake Worth sits near the national middle: an A-, safer than the neighborhoods where 54% of Americans live. Theft makes up 65% 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 843 of 1,000About as much property crime as the typical US neighborhoodi What this means
54% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Lake Worth as a whole, and 46% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Lake Worth scores 843.
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 Lake Worth, FL at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Lake Worth, 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 Lake Worth
One part of Lake Worth stands out for vehicle theft. Car thefts in Lake Worth Heights & North Lake Worth, in northeast Lake Worth, run at more than triple the rate in the rest of the city.
Burglaries and acts of vandalism both run low. In Lake Worth, each runs at less than half the US rate: 0.89 burglaries and 2.1 acts of vandalism a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.4 and 5.5 nationally.
Where property crime is lowest and highest in Lake Worth
Low property crime is the norm across Lake Worth: 97% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and the rest in areas graded C. Property crime grades across Lake Worth run from A+ to C.
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A or B 97%C 3%
Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
1Lake Charleston, Smith Dairy West & Winston Trails, southwestCar thefts run at a small fraction of the rate in the rest of Lake Worth.A+924
2Barclay at Poinciana Place, Palm Beach Ranchettes & Gardens of Willow Bend, northwestThefts run about 30% lower here than in the rest of Lake Worth.A890
3Fountains of Palm Beach, Wycliffe & Lucerne Lakes, westCar thefts run at less than half the rate in the rest of Lake Worth.A881
4Hypoluxo Haverhill, Worthington & Freedom Village Lakeside, southBurglaries run about 30% lower here than in the rest of Lake Worth.A858
5Emerald Lake-Miami, centralCar thefts run at about double the rate in the rest of Lake Worth.A-782
6Kenwood, Lago Lucerne & Lake Echo, northCar thefts run at about triple the rate in the rest of Lake Worth.B+719
7Lake Worth Heights & North Lake Worth, northeastThefts run about 80% higher here than in the rest of Lake Worth.B687
Neighborhood areas of Lake Worth, 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 Lake Worth
CrimeGrade™ estimates Lake Worth has about 12 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 50% less than the US as a whole and 36% 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 Lake Worth, about 65% 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 Lake Worth and nearby cities
Lake Worth has less property crime than 6 of its 8 nearest cities; only Cypress Quarters and Atlantis have less.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Lake Worth. 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, Lake Worth is safer than 81% of them.
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, two set Lake Worth apart: it has 19 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole, and 7.0 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally. Places like that tend to report less theft; here theft sits near the national middle.
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft.19 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Lower than for 88% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.7.0 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Lower than for 81% 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. 75% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (21 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 64% 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
Residents in dense blocksBlocks of 10,000 or more people per square mile. Dense neighborhoods tend to report more car theft.33% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 71% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.1.2 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 70% 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 Lake Worth
Property crime costs Lake Worth about $15 million a year, or $81 per resident and about $238 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
$1.5 million
$8
Theft
$7.3 million
$40
Vehicle theft
$3.3 million
$18
Arson
$140,000
$1
Vandalism
$2.7 million
$15
Total
$15 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. Lake Worth is the other kind of example: few people work in, shop in or visit it, so its crime per resident looks lower than its CrimeGrade™ suggests.
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.
