2021 FLORIDA CRIME RATE DROPPED FOR RECORD 50-YEAR LOW
According to the Annual Uniform Crime Report, the 2021 Florida crime rate is down to a 50-year low. Covering the calendar year of 2021, the report shows Florida’s total crime volume dropped 8.3 percent, with 38.524 fewer reported index crimes compared to 2020.
Domestic violence along with violent and property crimes also decreased in 2021. The summary-based crime stats can be found online at www.fdle.state.fl.us/CJAB/UCR/Annual-Reports.
239 Florida law enforcement agencies submitted summary-based crime stats covering 57.5% of the population. Data received was combined into a statewide aggregate covering the entire population of Florida and compared to 2020 annual figures to determine statewide trends for 2021. Not all agencies submitted summary-based crime statistics because they are transitioning to the Florida Incident-Based Reporting System (FIBRS).
Around 30 agencies have already transitioned into incident-based uniform crime reporting with around 140 still in the process. Agencies can backfill data from previous reporting periods as they fully transition. Florida incident-based crime statistics will be posted near the end of 2022.
Incident-based crime statistics provide more robust and dynamic crime reporting. FIBRS collects 56 more offense categories than summary-based reporting, including more detailed victim, offender, arrestee and property data on each crime occurrence. This expanded set of data can be used by law enforcement agencies to target their resources more effectively, by governments to guide policy and by researchers and the public working to understand crime in Florida. Incident-based crime stats will be published quarterly, with the next report published on February 28, 2023.
FDLE began tracking crime statistics in 1971. For more information about the transition from summary to incident-based crime reporting, see:
For further information about the 2021 Florida Crime Rate, contact the FDLE Office for Public Information at (850) 410-7001.
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