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Crime In Florida, Escambia County Down For First Half Of 2013
November 21, 2013
Crime was generally down during the first half of 2013 in Florida and Escambia County when compared to the first half of 2012, according to the 2013 Semi-Annual Uniform Crime Report released Wednesday by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.
During the report period, murders were up by one in Escambia County from 10 in 2012 to nine in 2013. Nine of those 10 murders were in the jurisdiction of the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office; one was in the Pensacola Police Department jurisdiction.
Most other major crimes were down in Escambia County during the first half of this year as compared to the first half of 2012:
- Forcible Rape decreased 33% from 126 to 84
- Robberies were almost unchanged with 242 in 2012 and 243 in 2013
- Aggravated Assaults were down 8.5% from 894 to 818
- Burglaries were down 11% from 1,798 to 1,599
- Larceny was down 9% from 5,222 to 4,752
- Vehicle thefts were up 12% from 357 to 400
The overall crime index decreased by 8.7% when comparing the first half of 2012 to the first half of 2013.
Editor’s note: The Escambia County crime stats include crimes reported in the jurisdictions of the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office, Pensacola Police Department, University of West Florida Police Department and Pensacola State College Police Department.
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3 Responses to “Crime In Florida, Escambia County Down For First Half Of 2013”
Wait for the final numbers in June. The 2nd half of the year the county has had somewhere between 15-18 murders since June compared to just 9 in the 1st 6 months of the year. Crime will be up again as it has been every year for the past 6yrs. Remember how the sheriff said during the election year that crime was down then boom the final numbers come out and What do you know , he lied crime was up again. Don’t believe the hype!!!! We live in a crime ridden county.
This is really hard for me to believe!!! Cause almost everyday they have somebody on the front page about a crime. But wait instead the murder rate is probably doubled.
Good job!!! We are seeing more deputies and we appreciate it!