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City of Pensacola murder rate has nearly quadrupled in past 20 years

   October 27, 2016

Twenty years ago the City of Pensacola had over 7,000 more people living within its city limits and only two murders. As I reported yesterday, the City has had seven murders through the first 10 months of 2016, which matches the city’s previous for the past two decades – seven murders in 2012.

Looking at the period 1997-2016, Mayor John Fogg served as the mayor for 12 years (1997-2008). The average murders per 100,000 rate was 3.36. Mike Wiggins served two years as the mayor for 2009-2010, the murder rate was 5.49. During Mayor Ashton Hayward’s five years and 10 months, the murder rate is 8.25.

The City’s murder rate for the entire 20 years is 4.96.

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For the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office, the murder rate has increased but not as steeply as the City of Pensacola over the past two decades. In 1996, Escambia County had 225,643 citizens under the ECSO’s jurisdiction and 17 murders (rate 7.53 per 100,000). This past year, the County had 28,243 more citizens and 20 murders (rate 7.88).

 

Year Sheriff Population Murders Per 100000
1996 Lowman 225,643 17 7.53
1997 Lowman 230544 11 4.77
1998 Lowman 235051 15 6.38
1999 Lowman 240619 7 2.91
2000 Lowman 238155 15 6.30
2001 McNesby 240434 14 5.82
2002 McNesby 243214 15 6.17
2003 McNesby 247003 8 3.24
2004 McNesby 250860 18 7.18
2005 McNesby 248786 9 3.62
2006 McNesby 254814 10 3.92
2007 McNesby 258751 17 6.57
2008 McNesby 258555 18 6.96
2009 Morgan 258074 15 5.81
2010 Morgan 256845 26 10.12
2011 Morgan 247322 14 5.66
2012 Morgan 247489 15 6.06
2013 Morgan 248932 23 9.24
2014 Morgan 251149 18 7.17
2015 Morgan 253886 20 7.88
Per 100,000 citizens
Lowman 5.56
McNesby 5.44
Morgan 7.43
For 20 years 6.18
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