Florida Department of Law Enforcement – 2009

• One indexed crime every 38 seconds
• One violent crime every 4 minutes 38 seconds
• One property crime every 44 seconds
• One murder every 8 hours 37 minutes
• One forcible sex offense every 52 minutes
• One forcible rape every 1 hour & 36 minutes
• One robbery every 17 minutes
• One aggravated assault every 7 minutes
• One burglary every 3 minutes
• One act of larceny every 1 minute

Florida ranks 9th worst state for crimes per capita, and 3rd worst state for violent crimes per capita.

FBI reports in USA 3,000,000 home invasions annually.

• 38% of all assaults occur during home invasions
• 60% of all rapes occur during home invasions
• Since 2005 burglary rate in Florida has increased 7%