Tallahassee’s Crime Rate Hits National News and the Florida Gubernatorial Campaign
FloridaPolitics.com, a statewide news blog, published a report today about the potential impact of the high crime rate in Tallahassee on the…
Crime Rate
Mid-Year Data Shows Violent Crime Down 12.7%, Property Crime Up 12.0%
According to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, mid-year data for 2016 shows that crimes increased by 9.5% in Leon County when…
TPD Report Shows Drop in Violent Crime, Increase in Property Crime
Six months into 2016, the City of Tallahassee released crime statistics that show violent crime decreased by 13.4% when compared to the…
Tallahassee Through the Eyes of a Cop
TALLAHASSEE – After nearly 30 years patrolling the Tallahassee streets, Mike Blackburn has a unique perspective on the city and how it…
City Commission Candidate Calls Crime a “Public Health Issue”
By Karen Murphy Tallahassee City Commission Seat 1 candidate Dr. Bruce Strouble Jr. recently addressed one of the hottest local issues of…
Sheriff Candidate McNeil Concerned About the Lack of Outrage Over Leon County Crime Rate
Sheriff candidate Walt McNeil held a press conference today to comment on the newly released crime data by FDLE showing Leon County…
City Incidents Keeps Leon County Ranked #1 in Florida Crime Rate, Arrests Decline
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement released crime data for 2015 and Leon County leads the state of Florida in crime rate…
Mid-year Data Shows 15% Increase in Violent Crime for Leon County in 2015
According to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, mid-year data for 2015 shows that crime increased in Leon County when compared to…
Data Shows City Crime Rate Began to Increase in 2006
The latest FDLE report on crime in the state of Florida found that Leon County was ranked number one in crimes per…
Propelled by City Incidents, Leon County Leads Florida in Crime Rate
While crime in Florida was at a 44-year low in 2014, the crime rate in Leon County increased from 4,720 crimes per…