Crime in Florida

Crime in Florida refers to crime occurring within the U.S. State of Florida.

Crime Statistics

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class="wikitable" ! colspan="10" \|Crime in Florida (2010–2019){{Cite web \|title=Florida Crime Rates 1960 - 2019 \|url=https://www.disastercenter.com/crime/flcrime.htm \|access-date=2023-05-12 \|website=www.disastercenter.com}}
rowspan="2" \|Year ! rowspan="2" \|Population ! rowspan="2" \|Total ! colspan="4" \|Violent ! colspan="3" \|Property
Murder !Rape !Robbery !Aggravated assault !Burglary !Larceny-Theft !Vehicle Theft
2010 \|18,838,613 \|771,004 \|987 \|5,373 \|26,086 \|69,523 \|169,119 \|458,454 \|41,462
2011 \|19,082,262 \|769,398 \|984 \|5,273 \|25,622 \|66,319 \|170,171 \|461,408 \|39,621
2012 \|19,320,749 \|727,075 \|1,009 \|5,260 \|23,889 \|63,929 \|153,563 \|442,095 \|37,330
2013 \|19,600,311 \|699,163 \|972 \|4,765 \|23,200 \|61,054 \|138,915 \|433,344 \|34,911
2014 \|19,905,569 \|675,119 \|982 \|5,038 \|21,621 \|61,610 \|121,379 \|426,197 \|36,198
2015 \|20,244,914 \|663,895 \|1,041 \|5,396 \|21,137 \|63,895 \|109,268 \|420,341 \|40,661
2016 \|20,612,439 \|642,512 \|1,111 \|5,528 \|20,175 \|59,816 \|100,325 \|410,352 \|43,135
2017 \|20,976,812 \|612,731 \|1,057 \|7,936 \|18,597 \|58,016 \|88,835 \|395,375 \|42,915
2018 \|21,244,317 \|567,997 \|1,107 \|8,438 \|16,884 \|55,551 \|71,933 \|372,919 \|41,165
2019 \|21,477,737 \|542,116 \|1,122 \|8,456 \|16,217 \|55,475 \|63,396 \|358,402 \|39,048

class="wikitable"

! colspan="10" |Crime in Florida (2010–2019){{Cite web |title=Florida Crime Rates 1960 - 2019 |url=https://www.disastercenter.com/crime/flcrime.htm |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=www.disastercenter.com}}

rowspan="2" |Year

! rowspan="2" |Population

! rowspan="2" |Total

! colspan="4" |Violent

! colspan="3" |Property

Murder

!Rape

!Robbery

!Aggravated assault

!Burglary

!Larceny-Theft

!Vehicle Theft

2010

|18,838,613

|771,004

|987

|5,373

|26,086

|69,523

|169,119

|458,454

|41,462

2011

|19,082,262

|769,398

|984

|5,273

|25,622

|66,319

|170,171

|461,408

|39,621

2012

|19,320,749

|727,075

|1,009

|5,260

|23,889

|63,929

|153,563

|442,095

|37,330

2013

|19,600,311

|699,163

|972

|4,765

|23,200

|61,054

|138,915

|433,344

|34,911

2014

|19,905,569

|675,119

|982

|5,038

|21,621

|61,610

|121,379

|426,197

|36,198

2015

|20,244,914

|663,895

|1,041

|5,396

|21,137

|63,895

|109,268

|420,341

|40,661

2016

|20,612,439

|642,512

|1,111

|5,528

|20,175

|59,816

|100,325

|410,352

|43,135

2017

|20,976,812

|612,731

|1,057

|7,936

|18,597

|58,016

|88,835

|395,375

|42,915

2018

|21,244,317

|567,997

|1,107

|8,438

|16,884

|55,551

|71,933

|372,919

|41,165

2019

|21,477,737

|542,116

|1,122

|8,456

|16,217

|55,475

|63,396

|358,402

|39,048

Policing

In 2018, Florida had 373 state and local law enforcement agencies. Those agencies employed a total of 85,234 staff. Of the total staff, 47,177 were sworn officers (defined as those with general arrest powers). In 2018, Florida had 222 police officers per 100,000 residents.{{Cite web |title=U.S. Department of Justice, Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies, 2008, p.15 |url=http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/pub/pdf/csllea08.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121010224733/http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/pub/pdf/csllea08.pdf |archive-date=2012-10-10 |access-date=2012-11-25}}

Capital punishment laws

Capital punishment is applied in Florida.{{Cite web |title=Facts about capital punishment - the death penalty |url=http://www.religioustolerance.org/execut3.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220409043139/http://www.religioustolerance.org/execut3.htm |archive-date=April 9, 2022 |website=religioustolerance.org}} In 1995, the legislature modified Chapter 921 to provide that felons should serve at least 85% of their sentence.{{Cite news |last=Knapp |first=Andrew |date=16 October 2010 |title=Crime rate decreases 5.5% |pages=1B |publisher=Florida Today |location=Melbourne, Florida |url=http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20101016/NEWS01/10160312/1006/Crime+rate+decreases+5.5+percent |url-status=dead |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714194652/http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20101016/NEWS01/10160312/1006/Crime+rate+decreases+5.5+percent |archive-date=14 July 2014}}{{Cite web |date= |title=The 2022 Florida Statutes (including 2022 Special Session A and 2023 Special Session B) |url=http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&Search_String=&URL=0900-0999/0921/Sections/0921.002.html |access-date=May 13, 2023 |website=Florida Legislature}}

Crime in Florida

Crime Statistics

Policing

Capital punishment laws

See also

References

Further reading