Miami Springs Police Chief Castillo shared the following mid-year update on crime stats. The encouraging report includes significant decreases in Theft, Auto Theft, Vehicular Burglaries, Commercial Burglaries, and Simple Assaults.
Furthermore, this drop in crime is associated with increased enforcement and visibility that has led to a 40% increase in arrests and a 46% increase in traffic citations.
Now that’s a job well done, but there’s much more. Here are the stats:
Miami Springs Theft
- 1st 6 months of 2024:Â 55
- 1st 6 months of 2025:Â 20
- Theft is down 64%
Miami Springs Auto Theft
- 1st 6 months of 2024:Â 32
- 1st 6 months of 2025:Â 12
- Auto Theft is down 61%
Miami Springs Vehicular Burglary
- 1st 6 months of 2024:Â 63
- 1st 6 months of 2025:Â 29
- Vehicular Burglary is down 55%
Miami Springs Commercial Burglary
- 1st 6 months of 2024:Â 14
- 1st 6 months of 2025:Â 9
- Commercial Burglary is down 36%
Miami Springs Simple Assault
- 1st 6 months of 2024:Â 32
- 1st 6 months of 2025:Â 27
- Simple Assaults are down 16%
Miami Springs Police Arrests
- 1st 6 months of 2024:Â 286
- 1st 6 months of 2025:Â 400
- Arrests are up 40%
Miami Springs Traffic Citations
- 1st 6 months of 2024:Â 2,397
- 1st 6 months of 2025:Â 3,500
- Traffic Citations are up 46%
BOLO
Chief Castillo wants you to be on the lookout for the following repeat offender. If you see the following individual (Julio Mesa) acting suspiciously in Miami Springs, please call the police department at 305.888.9711.
He has been arrested before here in Miami Springs, so if you see this individual doing anything remotely suspicious, don’t approach. Simply call the Miami Springs Police Department.
We want to congratulate Chief Castillo and the entire Miami Springs Police Department for the great results. The amount of active police presence is not only noticeable, but the aggressive enforcement that has produced more arrests and traffic citations has also yielded less crime.
On behalf of the Miami Springs community, we want to say thank you for all your hard work and amazing results!
Watch the complete presentation by Chief Castillo in the video below:
