Crime Grade · FBI UCR Data · 2025
Tallahassee, FL Crime Grade
How Tallahassee grades for violent crime against every other reporting U.S. city — and against the rest of Florida — based on the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting data.
National
10/10
vs. all U.S. cities ≥ 25,000 population
Florida
9/10
vs. Florida cities ≥ 10,000 population
In 2025, the violent crime rate in Tallahassee, FL was 627.8 per 100,000 residents (1,299 incidents over a population of 206,918). That puts Tallahassee Infinity% above the U.S. rate of 0.0 and 145% above the Florida statewide rate of 256.6.
That ranks Tallahassee #3,448 of 3,771 ranked U.S. cities, safer than 9% of them, and #144 of 163 in Florida. Violent crime is down 7% year over year and up 7208% over the last five years.
Tallahassee, FL crime — key facts
- National Crime Grade
- F (10/10)
- Florida Grade
- F (9/10)
- Violent crime rate
- 627.8 / 100k
- National rank
- #3,448 of 3,771
- FL rank
- #144 of 163
- Safer than
- 9% of U.S. cities
- Year over year
- down 7%
- 5-year change
- up 7208%
- Population
- 206,918
- Reporting agency
- Tallahassee Police Department
- Data year
- 2025 · FBI UCR
Reported by Tallahassee Police Department (FBI ORI FL0370300) to the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Download the full dataset (CSV) · methodology.
About Tallahassee, FL
Also known as
- Pueblo Nueva
- Newton
- Tonabys Town
- Old Field Town
- Villanueva
- Apalache Old Fields
- Newtown
- Tallahassee Talofa
Name history sourced from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) — public-domain federal geographic-names data.
Violent crime rate, 5-year trend
Per 100,000 residents. Tallahassee (red), Florida (blue), U.S. average (gray dashed).
Tallahassee vs. U.S., 2025 — by offense
Rates per 100,000 residents for each offense category.
Full data, last 5 years
Rates per 100,000 residents. Raw counts in parentheses.
| Offense | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 8.6(17) | 802.1(1,587) | 849.9(1,731) | 677.6(1,380) | 627.8(1,299) |
| Murder | — | — | — | — | — |
| Rape | — | — | — | — | — |
| Robbery | — | — | — | — | — |
| Aggravated assault | — | — | — | — | — |
| Property crime | — | — | — | — | — |
| Burglary | — | — | — | — | — |
| Larceny | — | — | — | — | — |
| Motor vehicle theft | — | — | — | — | — |
How the Crime Grade is calculated
- What is the source of the Tallahassee, FL Crime Grade?
- FBI Uniform Crime Reporting via the Crime Data Explorer. Agency-level data, pulled directly. No third-party aggregators, no proprietary score.
- What metric does the Tallahassee Crime Grade use?
- Violent crime rate per 100,000 residents (murder + rape + robbery + aggravated assault), most recent fully-reported year.
- How is the national decile for Tallahassee calculated?
- Tallahassee's rate placed against all FBI-reporting U.S. cities with population ≥ 25,000. 1 = safest.
- How is the Florida state decile calculated?
- Same calculation restricted to Florida cities with population ≥ 10,000.
- How do decile scores convert to a letter grade?
- 1–3 = A · 4–5 = B · 6–7 = C · 8 = D · 9–10 = F.
- How often is the Tallahassee Crime Grade refreshed?
- Twice a year. The FBI typically releases the prior year's full data each September.
- What are the limits of this Crime Grade?
- The FBI relies on local agency reporting. Rates reflect what was reported, not what occurred.
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