In 2025, Tallahassee police reported 1,302 violent crimes (629 per 100,000 residents), including 20 murders, 214 robberies and 919 aggravated assaults, according to FBI data. Vehicle-theft counts reported to the FBI look incomplete, so property-crime totals are not shown.
Population covered: 206,918. Violent-crime rate rank: 3 of 19 large Florida cities on this site (1 = highest rate). Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer, agency FL0370300, January–December 2025.
Vehicle-theft counts reported to the FBI look incomplete, so property-crime totals are not shown.
| City | Violent / 100k | Violent | Murders | Property / 100k | Map |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Lauderdale | 673 | 1,286 | 12 | 3,279 | Totals |
| Gainesville | 634 | 953 | 3 | – | Live |
| Tallahassee | 629 | 1,302 | 20 | – | Totals |
| Jacksonville | 518 | 5,231 | 80 | 2,165 | Totals |
| West Palm Beach | 493 | 643 | 11 | – | Totals |
| St. Petersburg | 492 | 1,325 | 9 | 2,016 | Totals |
| Fort Myers | 444 | 459 | 3 | – | Totals |
| Lakeland | 370 | 473 | 5 | – | Totals |
| Miami Gardens | 359 | 421 | 11 | 1,744 | Totals |
| Miami | 358 | 1,787 | 26 | 2,236 | Totals |
| Tampa | 333 | 1,405 | 17 | 985 | Totals |
| Palm Bay | 275 | 407 | 5 | – | Totals |
| Clearwater | 254 | 296 | 1 | 1,417 | Totals |
| Hialeah | 173 | 412 | 3 | – | Totals |
| Port St. Lucie | 128 | 349 | 4 | – | Totals |
| Miramar | 121 | 175 | 2 | 583 | Totals |
| Coral Springs | 119 | 168 | 2 | – | Totals |
| Boca Raton | 113 | 117 | 1 | – | Totals |
| Pembroke Pines | 42 | 76 | 1 | 686 | Totals |
| Orlando | – | – | – | – | Totals |
| Cape Coral | – | – | – | – | Totals |
| Hollywood | – | – | – | – | Totals |
| Pompano Beach | – | – | – | – | Totals |
| Davie | – | – | – | – | Totals |
| Deltona | – | – | – | – | Totals |
Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer agency counts for 2025 (all 12 months reported unless noted), retrieved October 7, 2026. Rates use the population the FBI lists for each police agency.
Tallahassee's violent-crime rate of 629 per 100,000 people in 2025 was 3 times the Florida rate (210) and 2 times the U.S. rate (320). That works out to one reported violent crime for every 159 residents, or about 25 a week.
Among the 362 cities with full-year FBI numbers on CityCrimeMap, Tallahassee ranks 93rd for violent crime, in the higher half, and 69th for murder (20 murders, 9.7 per 100,000).
Aggravated assaults made up 71% of Tallahassee's violent crimes and robberies 16%, close to the national robbery share of 15%.
Tallahassee's property-crime total for 2025 is incomplete in the FBI system, so property rates are left out here.
The closest city we cover is Gainesville, 126 miles southeast; its violent-crime rate (634) is about even with Tallahassee's.
Out-of-state cities near Tallahassee's size (206,918 residents): Rochester, NY at 572 violent crimes per 100,000 and Little Rock, AR at 1,485.
By the FBI's 2025 numbers, Tallahassee had 629 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, 3 times the statewide 210. It is 3rd highest of the 19 Florida cities on this site; Fort Lauderdale is highest at 673. A city-wide rate does not tell you about a single block.
Tallahassee police reported 20 murders for 2025, a rate of 9.7 per 100,000 residents. The Florida rate was 2.5 and the national rate 4.1.
214 robberies in 2025, 103 per 100,000 residents, 3.7 times the Florida rate of 28.