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Crime Map, Crime Rate and Safest ZIP Codes in Delray Beach, FL
Explore neighborhood Safety Scores in Delray Beach, compare its ZIP codes, and find wider county context.
Explore neighborhood Safety Scores around Delray Beach. The map can include areas outside the city limits.
Is Delray Beach, FL safe?
Delray Beach, Florida has a CrimeScore Safety Score of 39 out of 100, grade D, below the Florida statewide score of 53. An estimated 21% of its residents live in neighborhoods graded A or B, compared with 45% statewide. Its 3 ZIP codes range from 31 to 46, so the answer depends on the neighborhood. Safety Scores are modeled estimates, not official crime rates.
- Safety Score
- 39 / 100
- Residents in A or B neighborhoods
- 21%
- Residents in D or F neighborhoods
- 60%
- Scored neighborhoods
- 55
How Delray Beach compares
Delray Beach scores 14 points below the Florida statewide score of 53. Both scores average neighborhood scores weighted by population, so they compare directly.
Delray Beach lies in Palm Beach County, which has a county Safety Score of 47, grade C.
County Safety Scores describe whole counties and are measured differently, so they are not an average of the neighborhoods inside Delray Beach.
Neighborhoods inside Delray Beach
55 scored neighborhoods (Census block groups) with residents lie at least partly inside Delray Beach, 52 of them mostly inside it. Among those 52, the lowest scores 3, the highest 89, and the middle 80% range from 10 to 88.
ZIP code Safety Scores in Delray Beach, FL
Showing all 3 ZIP profiles
Higher scores indicate safer modeled conditions. Scored areas are Census block groups, not a coverage percentage.
Closest cities in Florida
- Boynton Beach Safety Score 44 · grade C · 5.5 miles
- Boca Raton Safety Score 54 · grade C · 5.9 miles
- Lantana Safety Score 45 · grade C · 9.0 miles
- Deerfield Beach Safety Score 43 · grade C · 11 miles
- Lake Worth Beach Safety Score 26 · grade D · 11 miles
Distances are measured between the population-weighted centers of each city's scored neighborhoods.
About Delray Beach
Delray Beach has an estimated 70,140 residents (2024 Census estimate) and 15.9 square miles of land inside its 2020 city limits. Its city score combines 55 scored Census block groups that lie at least partly within those limits.
How this page is built
A ZIP code is listed here when most of its land is inside the city limits. ZIPs that mainly lie outside the city appear on their county pages. The city score is not an average of the listed ZIP scores.
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