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Escambia County Semi-Annual Crime Stats: Most Crimes Down
August 16, 2013
Violent crimes are down, but murders are up, according to the latest crime data from the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office.
Thursday, the Sheriff’s Office released their semi-annual Uniform Crime Reporting statistics for the first half of 2013. The numbers show overall violent crimes, including robbery and rape, in Escambia County decreased by 14.7 percent for the first half of 2013 compared to 2012. But, with five murders in the first half of 2012 and nine between January and June of 2013, the murder rate in Escambia County was up 80 percent.
The overall crime rate dropped by 8.7 percent during the same period.
The total number of property crimes were down 6.8 percent. The value of property stolen during the first half of 2013 in Escambia County was $7.28 million, down 8.6 from the same period last year.
The offense clearance rate — the number of crimes solved — increased 23.2 percent.
“Our heartfelt thanks go out to the men and women of the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office and the citizens for their partnership. You are making a difference,” Escambia County Sheriff David Morgan said.
The crime data released Thursday will be submitted to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. FDLE will release a statewide crime data report in November.
To see the full Escambia County indexed crimes report, click here.
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7 Responses to “Escambia County Semi-Annual Crime Stats: Most Crimes Down”
Glad some crimes are down, and good job LEOS! Keep it up and start more neighborhood watch groups to help!
These stats are a total lie! The way he comes up with them is because the majority of the time when you call to report a crime, you are told….and I quote…”there’s nothing we can do”. They then leave and the call is coded out and it is never counted. This has happened to me personally and I continuously hear others who got the same response when a crime has clearly occurred. This is a game he is playing and it is ruining this county. Don’t bother to call the ECSO because they will not do anything and the criminals know it! They have been given free reign to do as they please with no consequences! I worked at the SO and there was a time when the officers took pride in there job and wanted to make this a safe place to live, crimes were solved even without the cooperation of the surrounding citizens, the sheriff was available to the public and did not make jokes about victims to distract the attention from his poor performance, law enforcement officers were who you called and trusted to help you and enforce the law. That is no longer the case. Your stats, David Morgan are a bunch of crap!
Roberta Flack…Killing me softly….
If you kill them with kindness is it still a violent act?
Depends on how one murders someone…
I guess!
come on Don you know murder is a violent act but the vast majority of violent acts are not murders
“Violent crimes are down, but murders are up”
whew….good to know murder is not a violent crime,we can all feel safer!!