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Gainesville Police report 16% annual drop in crime, flag stolen firearms and gunshot-detection pilot
Summary
Police Chief Nelson Moy reported a 16% reduction in the department’s total crime index year over year, highlighted a rise in reports for an underreported crime type tied to more victims coming forward, said 138 firearms were stolen last year (94 from vehicles), and described a no-cost pilot to install 27 gunshot-detection sensors with the Loss Prevention Research Council and Flock.
Nelson Moy, chief of the Gainesville Police Department, presented the department’s fourth-quarter and year-end numbers and said the city’s total crime index fell about 16% between 2024 and 2025.
Moy noted the department continues to focus on violent crime, traffic safety, neighborhood outreach and recruiting. He cautioned that an increase in an underreported crime metric likely reflects more victims coming forward rather than a clear rise in underlying victimization; that reporting trend, Moy said, can be an indicator of increased trust in reporting channels.
The chief and other presenters…
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