Crime Continues Trending Down, Auto Related Incidents Up in April

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.