Tampa Bay Regional Crime Trends

Local Crime Statistics

The following chart displays crime statistics for Hillsborough and Pinellas Counties. Crime statistics for specific Tampa Bay municipalities can be found in the FDLE report "2002 - Crimes By County & Municipality."

	Hillsborough County 2001	Hillsborough County 2002	Pinellas County 2001	Pinellas County 2002
Population	1,026,906	1,055,617	929,208	933,994
Total Crime Index	74,091	76,215	50,306	50,476
% Index Change	3.7	2.9	1.92	0.3
Murder	58	72	44	45
Forcible Rape	456	494	434	442
Robbery	3,350	3,501	1,865	1,758
Aggravated Assault	7,674	7,657	5,651	5,697
Burglary	12,707	13,476	9,604	9,381
Larceny	38,619	39,488	28,813	29,037
Motor Vehicle Theft	11,227	11,527	3,895	4,116
Crime Rate / 100,000	7,215	7,219	5,413.9	5,404.3
% Rate Change	0.88	0.1	1.07	-0.2
% Cleared	22.4	21.4	23.8	24.1

Florida Crime Reports

The following FDLE crime reports are provided in Adobe Acrobat format.

2002 - Crime in Florida
2001 - Crime in Florida
2002 - Crimes By County & Municipality
2001 - Crimes By County & Municipality

What's going on in your neighborhood?

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