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Miami Homicides Down 50% from 2025 Midpoint, Lower on Rape, Robbery, Aggravated Assault
['Michael Costeines', 'Florida Political Correspondent Capitol Reporter For The Floridian', 'Over Stories Written Covering Gov. Gon Desantis', 'Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier', 'The Florida Gop', 'State Legislature', 'Others', 'Shared Gov. Ron Desantis', 'The White House', 'Florida Gop Chairman Evan Power']
The Floridian
The first half for 2026 and 2025 from the MCAA's survey is Jan. 1 to June 30.
Here are the results:Homicide:Miami PD: 8 (2025: 16)Orlando PD: 10 (2025: 6)Tampa PD: 11 (2025: 8)Rape:Miami PD: 58 (2025: 74)Orlando PD: 106 (2025: 101)Tampa PD: 56 (2025: 74)Robbery:Miami PD: 158 (2025: 202)Orlando PD: 147 (2025: 135)Tampa PD: 80 (2025: 101)Aggravated Assault:Miami PD: 657 (2025: 711)Orlando PD: 579 (2025: 607)Tampa PD: 568 (2025: 609)For context, Miami's murder rate is 26X lower than the city of Chicago, which had 211 murders during the first half of 2026.
Miami also had a lower murder rate than Los Angelas (108), Philadelphia (83), Houston (95), Dallas (70), and Memphis (67).
"Florida has a 50 year low crime rate.
Homicide:2026: 2,162 (2025: 2,611) -17.2%Rape:2026: 12,449 (2025: 13,277) -6.2%Robbery:2026: 31,629 (2025: 37,938) -16.6%Aggravated Assault:2026: 110,768 (2025: 117,416) -5.7%Moreover, the survey found Canada's crime rates down across the board.