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Pensacola, FL crime: up or down?

Newest FBI monthly report: May 2026

May 2026 looks incomplete so far (reports are still coming in), so this compares Feb–Apr 2026.

Lower than past years, but within its usual swings

60% below the usual, but Pensacola's past years differ from each other almost as much, so this isn't clearly unusual.

49 violent and property crimes reported, Feb–Apr 2026
Usual for these months
123
Per 1,000 residents, past year
5.1
Florida overall: 11.6
Residents served
53,754
FBI estimate

Missing or partial reports to the FBI: Jan 2022 – Oct 2022, Aug 2024 – Sep 2024, May 2025, Nov 2025 – Dec 2025, May 2026. Those months are left out of every comparison.

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The same months in past years

Next to similar-size cities

Among the 455 city police departments serving 50,000–100,000 residents in the 51 states loaded so far: violent crime 0.7 per 1,000 residents a year (6% of them report less), property crime 4.4 per 1,000 (2% report less).

The FBI warns against ranking places with these numbers: visitors, commuters, and how each department records and reports crime all differ. Treat this as context, not a grade.

Is Pensacola safe?

Crime Radar doesn't grade towns as safe or unsafe: one number can't say what a street is like, and the FBI warns against ranking places. What these reports can say is whether Pensacola has more or fewer reported crimes than it usually does, and that its yearly rate is 5.1 per 1,000 residents against 11.6 across Florida. For one block, open it on the map.

How this works

Pensacola Police Department sends monthly counts of violent and property crime to the FBI. Crime Radar compares the newest complete three months with the same months in past years, and only calls a change when it's bigger than this department's usual ups and downs. Months with missing reports are left out, so a reporting gap never looks like a safe stretch. These are totals for everywhere the department patrols, not one street.

Not every crime reaches these numbers: in the national victim survey, about 6 in 10 serious violent crimes and 3 in 10 property crimes were reported to police in 2024 (BJS).

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