Yes.
I've lived in Florida for 9 years now, and have been trying to figure it out. I'm still wondering, but have an inkling it has such problems are because it's so transient.
Lots and lots of lowlifes. And Tampa, although you never hear it in the news stories, has always been a center for adult "entertainment". (There are 3 places right outside the entrance to my development). So many people here have children without being married, and don't stay in the same neighborhood for more than 2 years.
And before you say there's lots of places like that, I've lived other places. Florida is different.
It's a great place to live if you have no money, like drugs and cheap women, and are looking for a creepy trailer park to live in. I mean, you can always find one where no one else has teeth either...