Franklin
County’s major crime rate increased by nearly 60 percent last year
according to the state’s annual crime report released this week by
the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.
The
report includes crimes like murder, rape and aggravated assaults
reported
by city and county law enforcement from January through December,
2018.
State
data shows that there were 288 major criminal offenses in Franklin
County last year, up from 184 in 2017.
There
was 1 murder in Franklin County last year.
There
were 3 forcible rapes in 2018, the same the year before.
The
number of burglaries dropped from 54 to 38, but the number of
larcenies nearly doubled from 98 to 182.
The
number of aggravated assaults more than doubled from 21 to 52.
There
was 1 robbery last year and also 1 motor vehicle theft.
Local
law enforcement was able to solve about 51 percent of the crimes last
year, down from about 60 percent the year before.
Gulf
County saw a big drop in crime numbers last year.
The
crime rate in Gulf County fell by a third.
There
were 188 major crimes reported in Gulf County last year down from 277
the year before.
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