The Safest and Most Dangerous Places in Pompano Beach, FL
Pompano Beach is a city of 114,400 in Broward County · Updated November 2026
Is Pompano Beach, FL safe?
With an overall CrimeGrade™ of B, Pompano Beach has moderate crime by national standards. Most US neighborhoods have less: 75% of Americans live in neighborhoods with less crime. Property crime grades better than violent crime here, B against B-. What matters most is the neighborhood: grades within Pompano Beach run from A to F, so check the map or the safest and least safe neighborhoods below.
B
Overall CrimeGrade™
Safety score 623 of 1,000Less safe than most US neighborhoodsi What this means
25% of Americans live in neighborhoods with more crime than Pompano Beach as a whole, and 75% in neighborhoods with less. The typical US neighborhood has a safety score of 838, a CrimeGrade™ of A-. Pompano Beach scores 623.
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 Pompano Beach, FL at ISP Reports.
Who this page is for: homeowners and renters in Pompano 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 in Pompano Beach
Robberies run high for a B-graded city. Pompano Beach has 1.6 robberies a year per 1,000 residents; for the typical resident of a B-graded US city, the figure is 0.63.
One part of Pompano Beach stands out for aggravated assault. Aggravated assaults in Golden Farms, in west Pompano Beach, run at more than double the rate in the rest of the city.
The safest and most dangerous neighborhoods in Pompano Beach
In Pompano Beach, 64% of residents live in areas graded A or B, 17% in areas graded C and 19% in areas graded D or F. Grades across Pompano Beach run from A to F; 6% of residents live in areas with less crime than the typical US neighborhood.
64%17%19%
A or B 64%C 17%D or F 19%
Share of residents, by the overall CrimeGrade™ of the area they live in.
1Bay Colony, southeastAggravated assaults run at less than half the rate in the rest of Pompano Beach.A-810
2Fairview & Arvida Pompano Park, southwestBurglaries run about 40% lower here than in the rest of Pompano Beach.B+717
3Blue Lake-Miami & Morningstar Lake, northwestThefts run at less than half the rate in the rest of Pompano Beach.B678
4Cypress Plaza, southThefts run about 40% higher here than in the rest of Pompano Beach.B632
5Golden Farms, westRobberies run at about double the rate in the rest of Pompano Beach.C-324
Neighborhood areas of Pompano Beach, 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 Pompano Beach
CrimeGrade™ estimates Pompano Beach has about 50 reported crimes a year for every 1,000 residents, 34% more than the US as a whole and 63% 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 Pompano Beach. 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.
The Pompano Beach Police Department sent the FBI no usable 2024 counts of reported rape, robbery, aggravated assault, simple assault, burglary, theft and vehicle theft, so CrimeGrade™ built the figures from the department's own reports for recent years, brought up to 2024. The 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.
How Pompano Beach compares with nearby cities
Pompano Beach has more crime than 8 of its 9 nearest cities. Hillsboro Beach and Lighthouse Point have the least crime nearby.
Shops, empty homes and walkability in Pompano Beach
Two things set Pompano Beach apart: it has 17.5 stores and restaurants for every 1,000 residents, against 10.5 nationally, and 10.9% of its homes standing empty, against 7.1% nationally. Places like that tend to report more theft, and it runs high here.
Stores and restaurantsShops and restaurants draw crowds and parked cars. Places with many stores tend to report more theft.17.5 per 1,000 residentsUS: 10.5Higher than for 93% 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.10.9% of homesUS: 7.1%Higher than for 89% 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. 51% of residents here live in car-dependent areas.C (34 of 100)US: 21Higher than for 84% 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 80% 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.43% of residentsUS: 24%Higher than for 79% 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 Pompano Beach: C- (28 of 100).7 trips an hourUS: noneHigher than for 76% 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 Pompano Beach
Crime costs Pompano Beach about $1,508 a year per household, counting police, courts and prisons as well as victims' losses, 25% more than the US figure of $1,205. The total is about $73 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 $257 million a year, or $2,243 per resident.
How the cost breaks down
Crime
Cost a year
Per resident
Murder
$18 million
$156
Rape
$3.4 million
$30
Robbery
$5.7 million
$50
Assault
$20 million
$178
Burglary
$3.5 million
$31
Theft
$14 million
$119
Vehicle theft
$5.1 million
$45
Arson
$160,000
$1
Vandalism
$3.4 million
$30
Total
$73 million
$639
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 Pompano Beach 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 Pompano Beach, FL average a SchoolGrade of C+: 55% of students test proficient, against 37% projected for schools like them. Overall, they greatly exceed expectations. See schools in Pompano Beach on SchoolGrade
