With a crime rate of 64 per one thousand residents, Lake Worth has one of the highest crime rates in America compared to all communities of all sizes - from the smallest towns to the very largest cities. One's chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime here is one in 16. Within Florida, more than 96% of the communities have a lower crime rate than Lake Worth. In fact, after researching dangerous places to live, Statistics prove Lake Worth to be one of the top 100 most dangerous cities in the U.S.A.

Separately, it is always interesting and important to compare a city's crime rate with those of similarly sized communities - a fair comparison as larger cities tend to have more crime. With a population of 37,812, Lake Worth has a combined rate of violent and property crime that is very high compared to other places of similar population size. Regardless of whether Lake Worth does well or poorly compared to all other cities and towns in the US of all sizes, compared to places with a similar population, it fares badly. Few other communities of this size have a crime rate as high as Lake Worth.