Crime incident data published daily by the Tallahassee Police Department shows that total crime incidents have declined by 22.6% in 2025 when compared to incident data from 2024. The drop was driven by a 28.3% in property crime. Violent crime incidents were down 8.9%.
Despite the decline, over the last four months of 2025 violent crime incidents related to assaults were up 55.8% when compared to the same period in 2024. During this period in 2024 there were 192 reported assaults, compared to 299 assaults in 2025.
The Numbers
The incident data -tabulated by TR – show that in 2025 property crime incidents are down 28.3% and violent crime incidents are down 8.9% compared to 2024.
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 33.3% decrease in commercial burglaries and a 30.6% decrease the Auto Burglary & Theft category – which accounts for approximately 55% of all property crime.
The violent crime data shows that robbery incidents were down 11.7% while assault & battery incidents were down 6.0%.
Fatal Shootings
During 2025, there were 18 fatal shootings in 2025, compared to 26 fatal shooting deaths in 2024. The annual rate of shooting deaths has been trending down since May 2024 when the number of deaths reached 32.
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I also live in the NE part of town. I have not noticed much crime in this area, and avoid the south side of town after dark whenever possible.
I wonder if the reduction in the number of crimes is due to an actual reduction in crime, or if it is related to officers and departments recording crimes as non-crimes or refusing to record records of crimes, as has been alleged in several large cities.
Another possibility is related to the FBI. The FBI used to require law enforcement agencies to report their crime statistics. That stopped a few years ago. Now the reporting of statistics is optional. Anyone with a brain understands that reporting statistics costs money, so most law enforcement agencies either stopped reporting, or reduced their reporting. This is likely the reason behind the drop in crime, as folks do not know about it if it is not reported.
Great work TPD and LCSO. We appreciate the work you do!
To address JOn’s comment Is the City generally safer?
I really don’t know the answer to that question. I hope so!
I live in the NE Tallahassee, and I rarely venture south of Midtown…why…because I never felt safe there without my (permitted) firearm.
Maybe the situation has changed, and I can patronize local businesses after sundown.
So what if it goes back up to 32? I dont accept as positive, percentage changes in crime over short periods. They go up and down which means no real change. Is the city generally safer? I dont think anyone would say that.