Violent Crime Incidents Down 28%, Property Crime Incidents Up 5.2%

Tallahassee Police Department crime incident data over the last four weeks shows a 28.1% drop in violent crime incidents when compared to the same period in 2023. The data also shows a 5.2 % increase in property crime incidents.

The combined numbers show an 8.0% drop in total crime incidents in 2024 during the last four-week period when compared to 2023.

TR’s last report on the year-to-date comparison of crime incidents revealed a 6.5% decrease in total crime incidents with violent crime incidents down 11.0% and property crime incidents down 4.2%.

TR’s next year-to-date comparison will be released in the first week of September.

Recent Crime Incident Trends

Over the last four weeks, violent crime incidents have dropped 28.1%. The decline is driven by a 21.0% decrease in assault related incidents and a 30.8% decrease in robbery incidents.

The 5.2% increase in property crimes is the result of an increase residential (11.8%) and commercial burglaries (23.5%).