One day after lauding the actions of Mayor Andrew Gillum’s handling of the crime problem in Tallahassee, Leon County Sheriff Walt McNeil revised his remarks. In a statement released by the Gillum campaign and picked up by the Tampa Bay Times, McNeil said, “Under Mayor Andrew Gillum’s leadership, violent crime is down 24 percent, and […]
A review of FDLE crime date shows that during 2017 there was 9.0 murders in the city of Tallahassee for every 100,000 residents. Tallahassee finished the year with 17 murders. The graph below shows that this murder rate ranked third when compared to the 10 largest cities in Florida. Jacksonville (12.2) and Tampa (10.5) were […]
From 2009 to 2013, public documents show that when gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum served on the Tallahassee City Commission, the Tallahassee City Commission repeatedly ignored pleas from law enforcement for help with a festering crime problem. Gillum served as a city commissioner from 2003 to 2014 and was elected mayor in 2014. Documents also show […]
According to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, mid-year data for 2017 shows that crime decreased by 9.4% in Leon County when compared to the same time period during 2016. The overall decrease was driven by a 11.9% decrease in property crimes like burglary and larceny. The number of motor vehicle thefts fell from 598 […]
TALLAHASSEE— Gainesville and Alachua law enforcement tout a careful balance of community policing, joint cooperation and enforcement for their success in managing crime in their community. A recent article by Tallahassee Reports highlighted the stark differences the between crime statistics for Alachua County and Leon County, two very similar counties with similar demographics and challenges, […]
Per Mayor Andrew Gillum’s request, Tallahassee Police Chief DeLeo made a presentation to the city commission on Wednesday and addressed a number of law enforcement issues. The presentation was requested after the release of UCR data that showed Leon county had the highest per-capita crime rate in the state of Florida for the third year […]
Often times people dismiss crime statistic comparisons involving Leon county because Tallahassee is a major college town. The argument is that characteristics of a college town can sometimes skew comparisons because of the presence of so many college students. In fact, recently Florida State University Criminology Professor, Brian Stults, told the Tallahassee Democrat that the […]
The recent release of the 2016 crime statistics revealed that Leon county’s crime rate was once again number one in the state of Florida. However, a statistic buried in the reams of data that escaped media scrutiny was the fact that Leon county was last in the number of cases cleared. Based on FDLE documentation, […]
According to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, mid-year data for 2016 shows that crimes increased by 9.5% in Leon County when compared to the same time period during 2015. However, violent crime was down. Leon county led the state in per capita crime in 2014 and 2015. See our previous report here. For Leon […]
By Karen Murphy Tallahassee City Commission Seat 1 candidate Dr. Bruce Strouble Jr. recently addressed one of the hottest local issues of the political season, violent crime, saying it should be treated as a “public health issue.” He called for revitalization of poverty-stricken neighborhoods as a tactic for reducing crime in this city which holds […]