The Florida Department of Law Enforcement has released the crime statistics for the first six months of 2020. The overall crime index dropped 9.4% in comparison to the same period of 2019. The biggest percentage drops were at UWF (62.8%) and PSC (73.7%), whose campuses were closed for three of the months.
The Crime Index is the second lowest in the past 20 years. In 2017, the index was 4740. The highest crime index was in 2012 – 8620.
| Escambia County | 2019 | 2020 | Difference | % |
| Total Crime Index | 5310 | 4810 | -500 | -9.4% |
| ECSO | 4175 | 3854 | -321 | -7.7% |
| PPD | 1066 | 930 | -136 | -12.8% |
| UWF | 43 | 16 | -27 | -62.8% |
| FHP – Pensacola | 7 | 5 | -2 | -28.6% |
| PSC | 19 | 5 | -14 | -73.7% |
Unfortunately, Escambia had the most murders for Jan.-June report in the past 20 years – 16. Â The closest year was 2017 with 12 murders.
| Murders | |
| 2020 | 16 |
| 2019 | 11 |
| 2018 | 8 |
| 2017 | 12 |
| 2016 | 9 |
| 2015 | 8 |
| 2014 | 7 |
| 2013 | 10 |
| 2012 | 9 |
| 2011 | 3 |
| 2010 | 10 |
| 2009 | 6 |
| 2008 | 10 |
| 2007 | 8 |
| 2006 | 2 |
| 2005 | 6 |
| 2004 | 11 |
| 2003 | 8 |
| 2002 | 3 |
| 2001 | 3 |
| 2000 | 8 |
The county’s overall crime index dropped primarily because of the decrease in burglaries and larceny.
| 2019 | 2020 | Difference | % | |
| Murder | 11 | 16 | 5 | 45.5% |
| Rape | 91 | 94 | 3 | 3.3% |
| Robbery | 159 | 180 | 21 | 13.2% |
| Agg. Assault | 625 | 552 | -73 | -11.7% |
| Burglary | 912 | 767 | -145 | -15.9% |
| Larceny | 3222 | 2848 | -374 | -11.6% |
| Auto Theft | 290 | 353 | 63 | 21.7% |
| 5310 | 4810 | -500 | -9.4% |