Photo: Urbantallahassee · CC BY-SA 4.0Per resident, Tallahassee records more crime than 92% of U.S. towns
The Safety Grade comes out at D, drawn from crimes Tallahassee’s police reported through 2023 to 2025: #117 of 128 graded towns in Florida, and #239 of 325 U.S. cities over 100,000. Even so, the rate the grade counts dropped 12% from 2023 to 2025. Violence and property crime split as 7.2 violent crimes and 25.9 incidents of property crime per 1,000 residents a year, beside 3.2 and 17.0 in the rest of Florida. Violent crime here is higher than in 95% of U.S. towns; property crime, higher than in 87%.
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. “Rest of FL” is every other Florida city and town in the FBI’s tables; the U.S. figure is the FBI’s national estimate as published, averaged over the three years. The FBI publishes no national homicide or robbery rate in our data, so those compare with all U.S. cities and towns in its tables.
What stands out about safety in Tallahassee
Homicides: above U.S. cities overall
Tallahassee’s police reported 20 homicides to the FBI in 2025. Over 2023–2025 that is 9.3 per 100,000 residents a year, 2.0 times the rest of Florida (4.6) and 1.6 times all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables (5.7). Violent crime ↓
Robberies: 2.6 times the rest of Florida
136 robberies per 100,000 residents a year over 2023–2025 (214 reported in 2025), 2.6 times the rest of Florida (52.3) and 1.7 times all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables (79.4). Violent crime ↓
Against other big cities
Among the 325 U.S. cities over 100,000 we grade, Tallahassee reports less crime per resident than 26% (#239). Places like it ↓
A college town
Tallahassee is home to Florida State University, with 37,910 students taking classes on campus (federal college data), and 25% of residents are enrolled in college (Census). Students who live in town count as residents, so they are part of the per-resident rate. How to read it ↓
A job center
Tallahassee has 144,331 jobs based in town for 204,902 residents (Census LEHD), so some reports involve people who work or shop there rather than residents. How to read it ↓
Reported crime is falling
Crime reported per resident fell from 2023 to 2025 by more than ordinary year-to-year swings, on the grade’s own score. Trend ↓
Written from the FBI data on this page. Figures are crimes reported to police, not convictions.
What’s behind Tallahassee’s grade
Property crimes plus four times violent crimes reported to the FBI per resident, 2023–2025, on a national curve. Both violent and property crime are higher than in most U.S. towns; property crime is the closer of the two to typical.
Crime in Tallahassee per 1,000 residents
Violent crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Property crime per 1,000 residents, 2025
Crimes reported to police in 2025 per resident; one person can be the victim of more than one, and some reports involve visitors.
And about 6 violent crimes, in 2025. Below are 1,000 dots, one per resident; each colored dot is one reported crime.
Reported crime per resident, 2023 to 2025
Show as a table
| Year | Tallahassee property | Rest of Florida property | Tallahassee violent | Rest of Florida violent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 25.6 | 19.0 | 8.5 | 3.4 |
| 2024 | 28.5 | 18.0 | 6.8 | 3.4 |
| 2025 | 23.6 | 14.0 | 6.3 | 2.9 |
Crimes per 1,000 residents
Reported crime per resident fell from 2023 to 2025, by more than ordinary year-to-year swings. Per 1,000 residents, 2023–2025, against the rest of Florida.
Homicides and robberies
Show as a table
| Year | Tallahassee | Rest of Florida | U.S. cities (FBI tables) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 10.3 | 5.6 | 6.8 |
| 2024 | 7.9 | 5.0 | 5.7 |
| 2025 | 9.7 | 3.3 | 4.6 |
Homicides per 100,000 residents
Show as a table
| Year | Tallahassee | Rest of Florida | U.S. cities (FBI tables) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 175 | 57.9 | 90.6 |
| 2024 | 132 | 54.9 | 81.9 |
| 2025 | 103 | 44.9 | 66.0 |
Robberies per 100,000 residents
Tallahassee’s police reported 20 homicides, 214 robberies and 1,300 violent crimes in all to the FBI in 2025. By year, against the rest of Florida and all U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables.
6,191 crimes reported in 2025
2025 offenses reported
Offenses reported to police, not convictions. FBI Uniform Crime Reporting. The last row is counted outside the property total.
1,300 violent and 4,891 property, as reported to the FBI by Tallahassee’s police.
106 people died in crashes on Tallahassee’s roads in 2019–2023
Tallahassee had 100 fatal crashes in five years, in which 106 people died; 34 were pedestrians and 5 were cyclists. 7 died in crashes on an Interstate.
That is 10.5 deaths per 100,000 residents a year, below the median for Florida towns of 100,000+ people (13.1, 27 towns).
Deaths are counted where the crash happened, not where the people lived: a highway through town adds through-traffic deaths, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Town rates sit below state and U.S. rates because a third of fatal crashes happen outside any town. Road safety is described here and is not part of the Safety Grade. Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023.
Tallahassee and its neighbors
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tallahassee | D | 7.2 | 25.9 |
| Bradfordville | — | — | — |
Crimes reported to the FBI per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025. Bradfordville is an unincorporated community (a census-designated place) with no police department of its own.
Florida towns of a similar size
| Town | Grade | Violent | Property |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tallahassee | D | 7.2 | 25.9 |
| Palm Bay | C+ | 3.1 | 9.5 |
| Hialeah | C+ | 1.8 | 16.1 |
| St. Petersburg | D | 5.6 | 23.8 |
| Gainesville | D | 7.0 | 25.9 |
| Fort Lauderdale | D− | 6.9 | 39.8 |
The five graded Florida towns closest to Tallahassee’s population (204,902), by grade.
How reported crime compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- It’s reported crime. Only incidents reported to and recorded by police appear here. Many crimes are never reported to police.
- One number for all of Tallahassee. A citywide rate doesn’t show where incidents happen, and that can differ a lot from one part of the city to another.
- Visitors count too. Incidents involving people who work, shop or visit are counted against Tallahassee’s residents, which raises the per-resident rate.
- Whose population. Rates use the FBI’s population for the department (206,918 in 2025); our figure for Tallahassee is 204,902 (2025 Census estimate).
- Gaps are real gaps. A missing year means the department didn’t report a full year, not that nothing happened.
How the grade is calculated, for every town: How TownRatings grades safety →
Questions about safety in Tallahassee
Is Tallahassee, FL safe?
On crimes reported to the FBI in 2023–2025, Tallahassee reports more crime per resident than 92% of U.S. towns, a D Safety Grade and #117 of 128 in Florida. Its police reported 7.2 violent crimes per 1,000 residents a year, against 3.2 in the rest of Florida and the FBI’s national estimate of 3.6.
What is the crime rate in Tallahassee?
7.2 violent and 25.9 property crimes per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025, as reported to the FBI. The rest of Florida reports 3.2 and 17.0; the FBI’s national estimate is 3.6 and 17.6.
How many homicides were there in Tallahassee in 2025?
Tallahassee’s police reported 20 homicides to the FBI for 2025, 9.7 per 100,000 residents. Across U.S. cities and towns in the FBI’s tables the 2025 figure was 4.6.
Who polices Tallahassee?
Tallahassee’s own police department, which reports to the FBI as “Tallahassee”. Its figures are the ones on this page.
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Crime: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Crime Data Explorer: offenses known to law enforcement by city, 2025, and state and national rates. Counts are crimes reported to police, not convictions. The Safety Grade is our own summary of that data, not an official rating. Road deaths: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2019–2023. This isn’t an official statement of public safety. In an emergency, call 911.