Three months into 2025, crime incident data published daily by the Tallahassee Police Department shows that total crime incidents have declined by 41.3% when compared to incident data from January thru March 2024. The drop was driven by a 45.1% decline in property crime.
The report comes after total crime incidents in 2024 declined by 9.2% when compared to incident data from 2023. The 2024 drop was driven by a 20.1% decline in violent crime.
The Numbers
The incident data -tabulated by TR – show that property crime incidents are down 45.1% and violent crime incidents are down 33.4% during the 3-month period.
Property crimes encompass burglaries, thefts, and incidents of vandalism. Violent incidents include aggravated assaults, armed robberies, and physical altercations.
A look at specific crimes (see table below) reveals the decrease in property crime was driven by a 64.6 decrease in commercial burglaries and a 42.4% decrease in residential burglaries. The Auto Burglary & Theft category – which accounts for approximately 55% of all property crimes – was down 41.1%.
The violent crime data shows that robbery incidents were down 39.1%, while assault & battery incidents were down 31.9%.
Fatal Shootings
Fatal shootings in 2025 are down when compared to 2024. During the first three months of 2024 there were 9 fatal shootings compared to 5 fatal shootings during the same 3-month period in 2025.
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