Tallahassee Crime Incidents Down 11.1% in 2024, Fatal Shootings Remain Up

Four months into 2024, the number of crime incidents reported by the Tallahassee Police Department are down when compared to 2023.

TPD Incidents

The daily TPD incident reports indicate that the total number of incidents through April 30 are down 11.1% when compared to the same period in 2023.

TR’s last report indicated the total number of crime incidents was down 9.3% year-to-date.

The numbers show that property crime incidents are down 11.8% and violent crime incidents are down 9.7%.

Property crimes encompass burglaries, thefts, incidents of vandalism, and violent offenses, including aggravated assaults, armed robberies, and physical altercations.

The decrease in property crimes is being driven by the decline in the number of Auto Burglaries and Thefts. Through April 30, 2023 there were 549 of these type incidents compared to 462 during the same period in 2024.

Residential Burglaries were down 6.5% while Commercial Burglaries were down 4.1%.

Robbery incidents were down 15.3%, while Assault & Battery incidents were down 7.5%.

Fatal Shootings

During the period, there have been eleven fatal shootings in 2024, compared to three fatal shooting deaths in 2023.

However, while the first four months of 2023 resulted in three fatal shootings, the rate of fatal shootings increased dramatically in 2023 from May 1 through December 31, with 21 fatal shootings.

TR will continue to provide an update to the crime incident report.