St. Petersburg summary: Over a three year period, 2015-17 data on violent crime reveals:
- 55% of criminal homicides involved a firearm
- 2% of sex offenses involved a firearm
- 36% of robberies involved a firearm
- 29% of aggravated assaults involved a firearm
- ** 29% of all violent crimes involved a firearm
Pinellas County summary: Over a 22 year period, 1996-2017 data on violent crime reveals:
- 55% of murders involved a firearm, a pattern that trended upward during the period
- 12% of manslaughters involved a firearm; pattern trended downward during a period
- 1% of forcible sex crimes involved a firearm
- 32% of robberies involved a firearm
- 16% of aggravated assaults involved a firearm; pattern trended upward during a period
St. Petersburg Data: 2015-17
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | Annual totals/average | % of category | |
| Criminal homicide | 17 | 28 | 24 | 69/23 | |
| Firearm involved | 10 | 15 | 13 | 38/13 | 55% |
| Sex offenses | 185 | 122 | 136 | 443/148 | |
| Firearm involved | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8/2.7 | 2% |
| Robbery | 573 | 556 | 499 | 1628/543 | |
| Firearm involved | 182 | 212 | 195 | 589/196 | 36% |
| Aggravated assault | 1126 | 1029 | 1187 | 3342/1114 | |
| Firearm involved | 329 | 308 | 337 | 974/325 | 29% |
| Total violent crimes | 1898 | 1727 | 1846 | 5471/1824 | |
| Firearm involved | 524 | 535 | 549 | 1608/536 | 29% |
Sources:
- FL Dept. of Law Enforcement, FL Uniform Crime Reports 2015-17, provided by St. Petersburg Police Department
- Centers for Disease Control data by county
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/states/florida/florida.htm - Centers for Disease Control, Firearm Mortality Data https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/sosmap/firearm_mortality/firearm.htm
- FL Dept. of Law Enforcement, Crime Data by Jurisdiction 1996-2017
http://www.fdle.state.fl.us/FSAC/Data-Statistics/UCR-Offense-Data.aspx
- FL Dept. of Law Enforcement Uniform Crime Statistics, Domestic Violence
http://www.fdle.state.fl.us/FSAC/Data-Statistics/UCR-Domestic-Violence