City Incidents Keeps Leon County Ranked #1 in Florida Crime Rate, Arrests Decline

By Staff on June 5, 2016 Exclusive, Local, Media Gallery

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement released crime data for 2015 and Leon County leads the state of Florida in crime rate for the second year in a row. The crime rate per 100,000 residents increased by 5.7% over 2014 numbers. The crime rate in the state of Florida fell by 3.1% and also fell in […]

Data Shows City Crime Rate Began to Increase in 2006

By Staff on June 1, 2015 City, Exclusive

The latest FDLE report on crime in the state of Florida found that Leon County was ranked number one in crimes per 100,000 residents for 2014. Tallahassee Reports investigated the numbers and found that incidents in the City of Tallahassee was the cause for the number one ranking. Without the city numbers, the county jurisdiction […]