Gainesville Assault

Gainesville · Assault · updated 2026-11-12

In 2025, the latest complete year, Gainesville police open data recorded 1,517 assault incidents, 19.7% of all 7,688 incidents reported in the city that year and down 5.2% from 2024. That is about 1,020 per 100,000 residents, compared with 1,325 per 100,000 across the 60 US cities on TheCrimeMaps.com with complete 2025 data that list this crime type. So far in 2026, 1,455 assault incidents have been published.

Assault in Gainesville by year

YearIncidentsPer 100Kvs prior year
2026 (year to date)1,455——
20251,5171,020down 5.2%
20241,6011,077down 2.6%
20231,6431,105down 1.1%
20221,6621,118up 3.7%
20211,6021,077down 0.1%
20201,6031,078down 5.0%

Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 26,326 assault incidents.

Questions

How many assault incidents were reported in Gainesville in 2025?

1,517, according to Gainesville Police Department open data as mapped by TheCrimeMaps.com.

Is assault going up or down in Gainesville?

Reported assault was down 5.2% in 2025 compared with 2024, and down 8.7% compared with 2022 (falling over three years).

Where does this data come from?

Source: Gainesville Police Department open data. TheCrimeMaps.com groups each published offense into a crime type; counts are police-reported incidents, not convictions, and some reports are reclassified or removed by the source later.

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