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West Palm Beach Police Department

City agencyFL0500800NIBRS since 2021LEMAS 2020

Palm Beach County, Florida

Serves ~130,449 residents · UCR reported

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Crime & staffing trends

Reported offenses by year

Summary Reporting System counts from the FBI Crime Data Explorer.

Staffing by year

Police employment counts reported to the FBI UCR program.

NIBRS incident detail

NIBRS victims by offense · Jan 2021Dec 2024

Incident-based victim counts reported through NIBRS, from the FBI Crime Data Explorer.

Robbery: victim & offender age · 436 victims, 415 offenders
Victim sex
Male290 (67%)
Female146 (33%)
Victim race
White282 (66%)
Black or African American146 (34%)
Asian2 (0%)
Weapons involved
Personal Weapons198 (50%)
Handgun77 (19%)
Knife/Cutting Instrument33 (8%)
None31 (8%)
Firearm18 (5%)
Blunt Object11 (3%)

Top 6 of 12 categories shown.

Incident location
Highway/Road/Alley/Street/Sidewalk183 (38%)
Residence/Home59 (12%)
Parking/Drop Lot/Garage53 (11%)
Convenience Store36 (7%)
Grocery/Supermarket20 (4%)
Hotel/Motel/Etc.17 (4%)

Top 6 of 25 categories shown.

Victim–offender relationship
Relationship Unknown91 (54%)
Stranger45 (26%)
Boyfriend/Girlfriend11 (6%)
Otherwise Known9 (5%)
Acquaintance9 (5%)
Friend3 (2%)

Top 6 of 8 categories shown.

Co-occurring offenses
Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property9 (25%)
Simple Assault5 (14%)
Weapon Law Violations4 (11%)
Kidnapping/Abduction4 (11%)
Drug Equipment Violations3 (8%)
Rape3 (8%)

Top 6 of 13 categories shown.

Open data

wpbgis3 datasets · arcgis

Staffing

LEMAS 2020 survey
Full-time sworn
288
Part-time sworn
0
Full-time civilian
97
Part-time civilian
0
Total FT employees
385
Population served
112,782
Operating budget
$63,389,109
Body-worn cameras: yesCommunity policing plan: no

Source: BJS LEMAS 2020 (ICPSR) · all waves 1987–2020

Earlier LEMAS surveys
WaveFT swornFT civilianBudget
201325589$51,364,849
2007310117$43,000,000
2003274104$35,800,756
2000255116$30,500,000
1999247102
1997241115
1993226101
1990219103

Staffing as reported in each BJS LEMAS survey wave; wave links go to the ICPSR study pages.

FBI police employment
Sworn officers (2025)
295
Civilians (2025)
108

Reported annually to the FBI UCR program; full history charted above.

Open data

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