Updated: Dec 2, 2022 / 11:23 AM EST TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — The Florida Department of Law Enforcement reported that as of 2021, crime in the state had reached a 50-year low, dropping 8.3% since 2020.

While the overall crime rate in Florida per 100,000 people jumped by more than 15%, most counties in the First Coast area saw a decrease in the crime rate per 100,000 people, according to the report.

The state’s overall crime rate was 378 cases per 100,000 people in 2019. It ticked up to 383 per 100,000 in 2020, below the U.S. average of 399.

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Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - A report by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement shows crime in Florida has decreased by 8.3 percent. The report breaks down crime in by counties for 2021.

The department’s Semi-Annual Crime Report found there were 17,079 fewer reported crimes from January through June of 2019 than there were during the same six-month time frame in 2018, a decrease ...

Florida is a hotspot for internet crime, with the state ranking high in the number of complaints and financial losses, according to the FBI's annual Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) report.

There were also 56 sexual orientation hate crimes and 32 ethnicity/national origin-based reports, among some other statistics. Florida saw more than a 100% increase in anti-Jewish incidents last year.

Despite a 9% drop in Florida's overall crime rate, the state had 502 more rapes and 50 more murders in 2018 than in 2017, according to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement's annual report.

The University of North Florida in Jacksonville also urges students to review its crime log in-person at its campus police department, but the school provided a digital copy of reported crimes ...