Objective To collect and summarize the best evidence on screening and assessment of fall risk for community residing older adults. Methods Such databases and websites as Cochrane Library, JBI, EMbase, CINAHL, UpToDate, PubMed, Medlive, National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE), National Guideline Clearinghouse (NGC) ,CNKI, Wanfang, and WHO, etc., were searched systematically to retrieve evidence on the screening and assessment of falls risk for community residing older adults published from January 2010 through January 2021, including guidelines, systematic reviews, meta-analysis, evidence summary and expert consensus reports, etc. The literature quality was independently evaluated by 4 researchers, and the literature that met the quality standard was picked for data extraction based on the judgment of professionals. Results A total of 11 publications were included, including 7 guidelines, 1 expert consensus reports, 2 systematic reviews, 1 evidence summary report. Totally, 9 pieces of best evidence on screening and assessment of fall risk for community residing older adults, were extracted. Conclusion The best evidence summary provides an evidence-based basis for improving the accuracy of fall risk screening of community residing older adults. Medical staff should take community environment, and the characteristics of the elderly into consideration, and reasonably use the evidence to help identify the fall risk of the community residing older adults.