Gainesville Vandalism

Gainesville · Vandalism · updated 2026-11-12

In 2025, the latest complete year, Gainesville police open data recorded 528 vandalism incidents, 6.9% of all 7,688 incidents reported in the city that year and down 21.2% from 2024. That is about 355 per 100,000 residents, compared with 741 per 100,000 across the 57 US cities on TheCrimeMaps.com with complete 2025 data that list this crime type. So far in 2026, 486 vandalism incidents have been published.

Vandalism in Gainesville by year

YearIncidentsPer 100Kvs prior year
2026 (year to date)486——
2025528355down 21.2%
2024670451down 5.1%
2023706475down 14.9%
2022830558down 9.8%
2021920619down 4.9%
2020967650down 7.3%

Year rows reflect the months published by the source; partial years are labelled and never compared or turned into rates. Full archive: 15,607 vandalism incidents.

Questions

How many vandalism incidents were reported in Gainesville in 2025?

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

Is vandalism going up or down in Gainesville?

Reported vandalism was down 21.2% in 2025 compared with 2024, and down 36.4% 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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