The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Palm Springs, FL
Palm Springs is a village of 26,200 in Palm Beach County · Updated November 2026
Is Palm Springs, FL safe?
Crime in Palm Springs is moderate, with an overall CrimeGrade™ of B+. Most US neighborhoods have little crime: 67% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime than Palm Springs. Violent and property crime both grade B+ here. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Palm Springs run from A- to C+, so check the map or the safest and least safe neighborhoods below.
B+
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 726 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
33% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Palm Springs as a whole, and 67% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Palm Springs scores 726.
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 Palm Springs, FL at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Palm Springs, 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 Palm Springs
Thefts run high in Village Green. In this part of west Palm Springs, they run at more than double the rate in the rest of Palm Springs.
One weak spot: burglary. It grades B- in Palm Springs, worse than in the neighborhoods where 89% of Americans live, against B+ for property crime as a whole.
The safest and most dangerous neighborhoods in Palm Springs
Most of Palm Springs grades well: 90% of residents live in areas graded A or B, and the rest in areas graded C. Grades across Palm Springs run from A- to C+; 5% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
90%10%
A or B 90%C 10%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
1Woodhaven, northwestBurglaries run about 30% lower here than in the rest of Palm Springs.B671
2Lakewood Gardens South, southBurglaries run about 70% higher here than in the rest of Palm Springs.B657
3Village Green, westBurglaries run about 30% lower here than in the rest of Palm Springs.B649
4Lake Echo & Mango Heights, southeastThefts run about 80% higher here than in the rest of Palm Springs.B-591
Neighborhood areas of Palm Springs, 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 Palm Springs
CrimeGrade™ estimates Palm Springs has about 44 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 17% more than the US as a whole and 43% more 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 makes up about 47% of crime reported in Palm Springs. Assault is less common but 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.
How Palm Springs compares with nearby cities
Of the 7 cities closest to Palm Springs, 4 have less crime. Atlantis and Lake Clarke Shores have the least.
Two things set Palm Springs apart: it has 126 jobs for every 100 residents, against 45 for the US as a whole, and 17.6 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally. Places like that tend to report more theft and robbery, and they run high here.
JobsJobs draw daytime crowds. Places with many jobs tend to report more theft and robbery.126 for every 100 residentsUS: 45Higher than for 98% of US city residents
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.17.6 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 93% 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. 50% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.C (38 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 87% 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 92% of US city residents
Transit serviceBuses and trains an hour at the evening rush. Places with busy transit tend to report more theft and robbery. BestNeighborhood's Transit Grade for Palm Springs: C- (28 of 100).NoneUS: noneLower than for 84% of US city residents
Parking lotsBig lots at stores, offices and apartment complexes. Places with more lot space tend to report more theft.0.8 spaces per residentUS: 2.0Lower than for 83% 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 Palm Springs
Counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, crime costs Palm Springs about $1,350 a year per household, 12% more than the US figure of $1,205.
Cost of crime per resident, per year
Counting the pain and suffering of victims, which comes almost entirely from violent crime, the full cost comes to about $47 million a year, or $1,792 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$2.6 million
$98
Rape
$440,000
$17
Robbery
$640,000
$24
Assault
$4.8 million
$184
Burglary
$1.0 million
$40
Theft
$2.7 million
$105
Vehicle theft
$970,000
$37
Arson
$16,000
$1
Vandalism
$530,000
$20
Total
$14 million
$526
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 Palm Springs 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 Palm Springs, FL average a SchoolGrade of D-: 41% of students test proficient, against 30% projected for schools like them. Overall, they meet expectations. See schools in Palm Springs on SchoolGrade
