The Pensacola Police Department released crime data for the month of May.

The data shows that the most reported crime in the city limits for the year through May is simple assault -- fighting with your hands, fist or feet. There have been 328 reported simple assaults as of May.

The next most reported crime is larceny of something valued at more than $200. There have been 320 of those reported.

Other highlights of May’s data:

-- When it comes to violent felonies, there were no homicides, two rapes, five robberies and 21 aggravated assaults in the city.

Of those 28 violent crimes, there were 20 arrests and five were classified as “exceptional” (a designation that means a case is considered cleared because authorities know exactly who did it and they could make an arrest, but for example, the victim will not cooperate with the prosecution).

-- There 54 domestic violence offenses, bringing the yearly total to 220 reported offenese.

-- Two autos were reported stolen.

-- There were 34 residential burglaries and 10 burglaries of a non-residence.

-- There were 214 arrests in May in the city, with 53 of them for drug offenses and 49 for larceny/theft (most of those are shoplifting).

When the Pensacola Police Department turned in 2013 crime data to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, the numbers showed a 14 percent drop in crime overall from 2012; and 18 percent drop in violent crime.

The drop was the largest single yearly reduction in the city in more than 14 years.

See the monthly reports for May, April, March, February and January here.

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