Tavares has a population of 16,274. During the past three years, Tavares saw 1,139 arrests. For 2017, the Tavares's arrest rate totaled 192.95 per 10,000 residents. This decrease of 39.05% makes Tavares lower than the national average of 316.54 per 10,000 residents. From that total, 35 were violent crimes like murder, rape, and robbery. The city of Tavares also totaled 279 arrests for property crimes during 2017. When compared to Fruitland Park and Groveland, Tavares is a more dangerous place to live.
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Most of the city arrests fall into 21-30 age group - 33.7%, the least crimes have committed people between 10-20 - 1.1%. When looking at arrest numbers - a great number of arrestees belonged to White race, whilst the least arrests had Hispanic race.
Overall, Tavares had a higher rate of non-violent crime. For 2017, Tavares averaged 35 violent crimes and 279 non-violent crimes.
The city of Tavares experienced 586 violent crimes during 2007-2017. Of that total, 10 were for murder/non-negligent manslaughter. Additionally, 27 was for legacy rape. The robbery total was 62, and the aggravated assault total was 487.
It is situated in Lake county, Florida with a total number of 28 employees - 6 female, 19 male officers and 3 civilians. Tavares PD ORI (Originated Agency Identifier) number is FL0351100, it belongs to the South Atlantic division in the South region with a region code of Region III.