Polk County Crime Rate Hits Record Low!
Polk County’s crime rate in the unincorporated areas continues to decline, according to the Uniform Crime Report (UCR) statistics reported annually to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. The chart seen here depicts how the crime rate is lower now than ever recorded.
The crime rate, which is the number of crimes per 1,000 residents, was 3.17% in 2005, down from 3.21% in 2004. This is the lowest crime rate ever measured in unincorporated Polk. Reliable crime statistics in Polk County start in 1971, when the crime rate was 4.16%.
"Thanks to the hard-working men and women of the Polk County Sheriff’s Office and the community partnerships we continue to seek and strengthen," says Sheriff Judd, "the people of Polk County are safer than they have been in the past three decades."
Posted on 22 February 2006
