The Nationwide Incident-Primarily based Reporting System for crime statistics collected by the Florida Division of Regulation Enforcement confirmed a lower in crime final yr for the Monroe County Sheriff’s Workplace.
Particularly, total crime was down by 13% with 1,665 total crimes being reported in 2023 and 1,448 reported in 2024. A few of the important drops included aggravated assault — which dropped from 134 in 2023 to 93 in 2024 — and easy battery. There have been 389 reported batteries in 2023 and 323 in 2024. There was additionally a lower in narcotics violations — from 309 in 2023 to 260 in 2024.
“This total lower in crime is a powerful testomony to the exhausting work put in by the women and men of the Monroe County Sheriff’s Workplace, our robust working relationships with all regulation enforcement on the native, state, and federal ranges, and people irreplaceable neighborhood partnerships with our superb residents who I contemplate an extension of the sheriff’s workplace and with out whom none of this is able to be attainable,” mentioned Sheriff Rick Ramsay.
For extra data on crime information go to www.fdle.state.fl.us.
Key West
A breakdown of crime statistics in Key West for 2024 exhibits that violent crime is down 25% in comparison with the earlier yr. General, the crime price dropped 10.5% from 2023.
The Key West Police Division mentioned it’s notably pleased with an total 53.3% clearance price. The clearance price for the division – the speed at which crimes are solved – has elevated considerably and is properly above the state common of round 25%.
The clearance price for violent crimes in 2024 was 73%. Throughout 2024, there have been 412 violent crimes and 301 of them have been cleared, both by arrest or exceptionally cleared, which happens when victims decline to press costs, prosecutors decline to pursue a conviction or the suspect dies. Mainly, exceptionally cleared signifies that a case went away via no fault or choice of the police.
Annually the Key West Police Division stories its crime statistics to the state and nationwide databases known as NIBRS/FIBRS. These nationwide and statewide reporting methods have been launched in 2021 and permit communities throughout the nation to trace and examine crime information.
“I need to commend the devoted women and men of the Key West Police Division for an impressive job fixing crimes,” mentioned Chief Sean Brandenburg. “Our relationship with the neighborhood has helped construct a stable bond between the officers and residents. This neighborhood policing performs an enormous position in our persevering with success in fixing crime on the island.”
