Florida’s crime rate reached its lowest level in 46 years in 2016, but the number of crimes in Palm Beach County increased slightly from 2015, state officials said this week.
The county saw a 2.2 percent increase in the number of crimes reported to the state, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement reported in its Annual Uniform Crime Report, released Wednesday. The number of homicides and sexual assaults decreased, but Palm Beach County saw more robberies, aggravated assaults, burglaries and motor vehicle thefts.
Across the state, Florida saw a 4.4 percent drop in the crime rate from 2015 to 2016. The governor’s office attributed the decline in part to investing $4.9 billion in public-safety programs, including pay increases for police officers and increased funding for prevention programs focusing on at-risk youth and reducing the number of repeat offenders.
In Martin County, the number increased by 0.8 percent, the state’s data shows. Crimes in St. Lucie County decreased by 3.7 percent.
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