Karl Etters

Democrat staff writer

The number of hate crimes in Florida dropped by 27 percent in 2013, according to a report released by Attorney General Pam Bondi's office Wednesday.

Using data compiled from 54 law enforcement agencies across the state, the report shows 124 hate crimes were committed, a decline from 170 in 2012. Of those, 62.9 percent were crimes against people and 37.1 were crimes against property.

Two hate crimes were reported from the Tallahassee area. The Tallahassee Police Department responded to two incidents labeled in the report as race related. One was a case involving intimidation and the other was damage, destruction or vandalism of property.

The Tallahassee Democrat has requested the Tallahassee incident reports, but has not received them yet.

No hate crimes were reported related to abuse of those with physical abuse, mental disability or advanced age.

The peak for the number of reported hate crimes was in 2002 when 306 were reported.

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