Nine months into 2025, crime incident data published daily by the Tallahassee Police Department shows that total crime incidents have declined by 29.7% when compared to incident data from January thru September in 2024. The drop was driven by a 48.5% decline in commercial burglaries and a 33.4% decline auto related crime incidents.
Despite the year-to-date declines, over the last three months violent crime incidents related to assaults are up when compared to the same type of incidents reported from January to June. From January to June there were a monthly average of 52.3 assault related incidents reported. From July through September that number is up to 65.3 per month, a 25% increase.
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