Four months into 2025, crime incident data published daily by the Tallahassee Police Department shows that total crime incidents have declined by 37.2% when compared to incident data from January thru April in 2024. The drop was driven by a 40.6% decline in property crime.
However, auto thefts and auto burglaries increased dramatically – approximately 30% – in April when compared to monthly incidents reported from January thru March, Despite the increase, the incident categories remain down year-to-date when compared to 2024.
The Numbers
The incident data -tabulated by TR – show that property crime incidents are down 40.6% and violent crime incidents are down 30.1% during the 4-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 59.3 decrease in commercial burglaries and a 38.5% decrease in residential burglaries. The Auto Burglary & Theft category – which accounts for approximately 55% of all property crimes – was down 36.8%.
The violent crime data shows that robbery incidents were down 28.9%, while assault & battery incidents were down 30.7%.

Fatal Shootings
Fatal shootings in 2025 are down when compared to 2024. During the first four months of 2024 there were 11 fatal shootings compared to 8 fatal shootings during the same 4-month period in 2025.