Through October, crime incident data published daily by the Tallahassee Police Department shows that total crime incidents have declined by 31.7% when compared to incident data from January thru October in 2024. The drop was driven by a 43.5% decline in commercial burglaries and a 34.3% decline auto related crime incidents.
Despite the year-to-date declines, over the last four 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 October that number is up to 70.5 per month, a 35% increase.
The YTD Numbers…