Franklin
County’s major crime rate fell by over 6 percent last year
according to the state’s annual crime report released last 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,
2019.
Franklin
County numbers are not complete as the Apalachicola Police Department
was unable to report for 2019, and Carrabelle Police Department was
unable to report for 2018 and 2019.
State
data shows that there were 270 major criminal offenses in Franklin
County last year, down from 288 in 2018.
There
were no murders in Franklin County last year there were also no
robberies
There
was 1 forcible rape in 2019, down from 3 the year before.
The
number of burglaries dropped from 48 to 33, and the number of
larcenies fell from 182 to 169.
The
number of aggravated assaults increased from 52 to 58.
The
were 9 vehicle thefts in 2019, which is up from only one the year
before.
Local
law enforcement was able to solve about 43 percent of the crimes last
year, down from about 50 percent the year before.
Gulf
County saw a big increase in crime numbers last year.
The
crime rate in Gulf County jumped by over 23 percent last year.
There
were 232 major crimes reported in Gulf County last year including 1
murder.
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