The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Boca Raton, FL
Boca Raton is a city of 245,400 in Palm Beach County · Updated November 2026
Is Boca Raton, FL safe?
Yes. Crime is low across most of the US, and lower still in Boca Raton: an overall CrimeGrade™ of A, safer than the neighborhoods where 68% of Americans live. Violent and property crime both grade A here. Its neighborhoods are much alike, from A+ to A-; see the map and the safest and least safe neighborhoods below.
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Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 905 of 1,000Safer than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
68% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Boca Raton as a whole, and 32% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Boca Raton scores 905.
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 crime than most US neighborhoods.
How to read the map: each area's color compares its crime with the people, homes and cars there, on one national scale, from green for the least crime 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 in Boca Raton
One part of Boca Raton stands out for vehicle theft. Car thefts in Windwood, Chatham Hills & Mizner Park, in east Boca Raton, run at about double the rate in the rest of the city.
Aggravated assaults and robberies both run low. In Boca Raton, each runs at less than half the US rate: 0.85 aggravated assaults and 0.21 robberies a year per 1,000 residents, against 2.6 and 0.62 nationally.
How neighborhoods in Boca Raton compare
Every part of Boca Raton where people live grades A or B on the national scale. Grades across Boca Raton run from A+ to A-; 94% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
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A or B 100%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
1Whisper Trace & St Andrews Hills, northCar thefts run at less than half the rate in the rest of Boca Raton.A+932
2Century Village West & Whisper Walk, northwestCar thefts run at less than half the rate in the rest of Boca Raton.A+928
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.A917
5Bramalea, Boca Raton Square & Boca Hamlet, southCar thefts run about 60% higher here than in the rest of Boca Raton.A887
6Boca Teeca, Hidden Valley & Villa Rica, northeastBurglaries run about 70% higher here than in the rest of Boca Raton.A882
7Estoville & Palmetto Park, southeastCar thefts run at about double the rate in the rest of Boca Raton.A878
8Sandalfoot Cove & Country Park at Boca Raton, southwestThefts run about 90% higher here than in the rest of Boca Raton.A877
9Windwood, Chatham Hills & Mizner Park, eastBurglaries run at about double the rate in the rest of Boca Raton.A866
Neighborhood areas of Boca Raton, ranked by overall 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.
Crime rates and types in Boca Raton
CrimeGrade™ estimates Boca Raton has about 19 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 50% less than the US as a whole and 39% less than Florida.
Overall crime
Violent crime
Property crime
Reported crimes a year, per 1,000 residents. These figures include simple assaults and vandalism, which the FBI's violent and property crime rates leave out.
Theft is the most common crime in Boca Raton, about 47% of everything reported, but assault costs more, because each one does more harm.
Each CrimeGrade™ compares a crime with what it affects: people for assaults and robbery, homes for burglary, parked cars for vehicle theft. 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 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. Thefts from cars happen most often in parking lots and garages: 47% of them, against 31% 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)
Robbery
Homes (31%)
Afternoon (noon to 6 pm)
Aggravated assault
Homes (42%)
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.
How Boca Raton compares with nearby cities
Boca Raton has less crime than 7 of its 9 nearest cities; only Parkland and Hillsboro Beach have less.
One thing 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 and robbery.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 and assault. 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 robbery and 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 crime costs Boca Raton
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Boca Raton about $465 a year per household, 61% less than the US figure of $1,205. The total is about $45 million a year.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost rises to about $128 million a year, or $521 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$5.8 million
$24
Rape
$3.9 million
$16
Robbery
$1.6 million
$6
Assault
$14 million
$58
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
$45 million
$185
How CrimeGrade™ works
A CrimeGrade™ shows how much crime an area has compared with the rest of the country, from A+ for the least crime to F for the most. Every neighborhood in the US is graded on the same scale, so a B in Boca Raton means the same as a B anywhere else.
CrimeGrade™ starts from the crimes people report to police and measures each kind of crime against what it affects: people for assaults, homes for burglaries, parked cars for car thefts.
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.
Schools in Boca Raton, FL average a SchoolGrade of A-: 66% of students test proficient, against 55% projected for schools like them. Overall, they exceed expectations. See schools in Boca Raton on SchoolGrade
