COLLIER COUNTY, Fla. — The Collier County Sheriff's Office announced 2019 crime rates.
According to the Sheriff's Office, the crime rate for Collier County in 2019 has been the lowest since tracking began in 1971.
The diagram shows the crime rate of 1,402.9 represents the number of offenses reported per 100,000 people.
Collier County’s population increased from 329,909 in 2018 to 338,436 in 2019.
According to figures maintained by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, the numbers mean that Collier County remains the safest metropolitan county in Florida.
Sheriff Rambosk noted other key statistics:
- Burglaries dropped from 505 in 2018 to 433 in 2019.
- Aggravated assaults decreased from 642 to 588.
- Homicides decreased from nine to eight.
- Motor vehicle thefts showed the sharpest increase, up from 215 in 2018 to 274 in 2019.
The numbers follow a national trend related to motorists leaving key fobs inside locked vehicles. CCSO regularly asks motorists to lock their cars, take their fob with them and remove valuables from inside vehicles.
Other categories are as follows:
- Larcenies went from 3,042 to 3,177.
- Robberies went from 138 to 144.
- Rapes went from 109 to 124.
Sheriff Rambosk added that the agency's crime numbers for the first four months of 2020 show a continuing downward trend, although, in addition to holding the line on crime, it has been helping to protect the community from the spread of COVID-19.
