JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – After years of concerning homicide totals, Jacksonville is seeing a markedly different trend in 2026, with the city on pace to record its fewest homicides in years at the halfway point of the year, according to News4JAX data.
The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office had investigated 27 homicides to date in 2026, nearly half the 48 cases recorded by this time last year, the data show.
Sheriff T.K. Waters said the decline suggests the agency’s crime-reduction strategies are working. “I like to believe that our community sees the genuine care that we have for the city, the answering of questions when they have questions, and actually responding to the issues that we hear,” Waters said…