Riviera Beach is a city of 38,400 in Palm Beach County · Updated November 2026
How common is property crime in Riviera Beach?
Property crime is high in Riviera Beach: a B-, with more property crime than the neighborhoods where 76% of Americans live. Theft makes up 63% of it. Burglary, the crime most likely to reach into a home, grades C-, and vehicle theft grades B.
B-
Property crime CrimeGrade™
Safety score 567 of 1,000More property crime than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
24% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more property crime than Riviera Beach as a whole, and 76% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a property crime safety score of 823, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Riviera Beach scores 567.
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 Riviera Beach, FL at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Riviera 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 Riviera Beach
Burglary stands out among cities graded B for property crime. For the typical resident of a US city graded B for property crime, the figure is 2.7 burglaries a year per 1,000 residents; Riviera Beach has 6.8.
Car thefts run high in Thousand Oaks & Dunbar Terrace. In this part of north Riviera Beach, they run at more than double the rate in the rest of Riviera Beach.
Where property crime is lowest and highest in Riviera Beach
Property crime changes a lot from one part of Riviera Beach to the next: 40% of residents live in areas graded A or B, while 42% live in areas graded D or F. Property crime grades across Riviera Beach run from A to F.
40%18%42%
A or B 40%C 18%D or F 42%
Share of residents, by the property crime CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
1Woodbine, northwestBurglaries run at about half the rate in the rest of Riviera Beach.B+746
2Yacht Harbor Estates, northeastBurglaries run at less than half the rate in the rest of Riviera Beach.B691
3North County, southwestCar thefts run at about half the rate in the rest of Riviera Beach.B662
4Monroe Heights & Lewis Terminals, centralBurglaries run about 50% higher here than in the rest of Riviera Beach.C414
5Northview, eastCar thefts run about 80% higher here than in the rest of Riviera Beach.C405
6Thousand Oaks & Dunbar Terrace, northThefts run at more than double the rate in the rest of Riviera Beach.D+234
Neighborhood areas of Riviera 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 Riviera Beach?
Reported property crime in Riviera Beach has fallen 13% since 2019. Burglaries, thefts and vehicle thefts went from about 41 to 36 a year per 1,000 residents (US: 18). In 2024 alone, property crime rose 21%.
Property crime, change since 2019
Riviera BeachUnited States
Source: crime reports to the FBI from the police department that serves Riviera Beach. The charts follow crimes per resident.
Data table
Year
Property, Riviera Beach
Property, US
2016
-6%
+15%
2017
-2%
+12%
2018
-7%
+4%
2019
+0%
+0%
2020
-24%
-8%
2021
-38%
-10%
2022
-28%
-6%
2023
-28%
-7%
2024
-14%
-15%
Property crime rates and types in Riviera Beach
CrimeGrade™ estimates Riviera Beach has about 42 reported property crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 77% more than the US as a whole and more than double the rate for 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 Riviera Beach, about 63% of the total, followed by burglary and vandalism.
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.
The Riviera Beach Police Department reports to the FBI in a format that leaves out vandalism, so CrimeGrade™ makes its own vandalism estimate.
Select a crime's name to see its map above. CrimeGrade™ business reports map each crime at about 66-meter detail.
Property crime in Riviera Beach and nearby cities
Riviera Beach has the most property crime of its 9 nearest cities.
Nearest first, with each place's distance from Riviera 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, Riviera Beach has more property crime than 92% of them.
Night lighting, empty homes and walkability in Riviera Beach
Among the traits that tend to go with property crime, two set Riviera Beach apart: it has 10.3% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally, and 66 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole. Places like that tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson, and burglary and vandalism run high here.
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 92% of US city residents
Empty homesSeasonal and vacation homes are left out. Places with many empty homes tend to report more burglary, vandalism and arson.10.3% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 87% 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. 77% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.D+ (24 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 70% of US city residents
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Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Riviera Beach: C- (26 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 84% of US city residents
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft.66 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 83% 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.39% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 75% 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 Riviera Beach
Property crime costs Riviera Beach about $11 million a year, or $297 per resident and about $806 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
$2.4 million
$61
Theft
$5.2 million
$135
Vehicle theft
$2.4 million
$63
Arson
$160,000
$4
Vandalism
$1.3 million
$33
Total
$11 million
$297
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.
