{"id":264581,"date":"2026-05-09T08:41:27","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T08:41:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/264581\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T08:41:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T08:41:27","slug":"violent-crime-incident-numbers-remain-elevated-tallahassee-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/264581\/","title":{"rendered":"Violent Crime Incident Numbers Remain Elevated \u2013 Tallahassee Reports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                        <img width=\"884\" height=\"570\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Crimetape1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/>                                            <\/p>\n<p>TPD crime incident numbers for April 2026 are in. The numbers show that year-to-date (YTD) property crime and violent crime incidents are up 19.87% when compared to YTD numbers in April 2025. The broader 12-month trends show that violent crime incidents are trending up while property crimes remain steady after a major decline in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The YTD Numbers<\/p>\n<p>The incident data -tabulated by TR \u2013 show that YTD property crime incidents were up 12.0% and YTD violent crime incidents are up 33.7% through April when compared to one year ago.<\/p>\n<p>Property crimes encompass burglaries, thefts, and incidents of vandalism. Violent incidents include aggravated assaults, armed robberies, and physical altercations.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Crime-Apr-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"613\" height=\"232\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Crime-Apr-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-244896\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A look at specific crimes reveals the increase in property crime was driven by increases in residential (25.4%) and commercial burglaries (89.6%). The Auto Burglary &amp; Theft category \u2013 which accounts for approximately 55% of all property crimes \u2013 is down 7.2%.<\/p>\n<p>The violent crime data shows that robbery incidents were up 32.2% while assault &amp; battery incidents were up 24.5%.<\/p>\n<p>12-Month Trends<\/p>\n<p>The chart below shows the 12-month trends of property and violent crime incidents from January 2023 through April 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Property crime incidents began to decline in December 2024 and reached a 3-year low in October 2025. For a brief period, the change in property crime has remained flat. However, over the last three months these crimes have started to increase.<\/p>\n<p>Violent crime incidents peaked in October 2023 and reached a 3-year low in June 2025. Since then, violent crime incidents have been trending up.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Crime-Apr-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1011\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Crime-Apr-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-244898\" style=\"width:726px;height:auto\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>                        <img alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1778316087_464_a3a0aa1abb3a437c31d2fcb36e3daa871ab962337aec6126509e2dc7f6bf9bd1.jpeg\"  class=\"avatar avatar-80 photo\" height=\"80\" width=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/>                    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TPD crime incident numbers for April 2026 are in. The numbers show that year-to-date (YTD) property crime and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":33664,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[232,234,233],"class_list":["post-264581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee-headlines","tag-tallahassee-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264581","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=264581"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264581\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=264581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=264581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=264581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}