Through the end of May 2009, the preliminary total for Index Offenses was -24.5% lower than the same five months last year.
-Property crime decreased by -24.3% while violent crime was down -25.5%.
- 16 homicides were reported compared to 37 in the same period in 2008 for a reduction of -56.8%.
All but one of the violent Index crime categories experienced decreases over the same period last year:
- Total robberies decreased -26.8%.
- The number of rape offenses increased +4.6% (5 additional cases)
- Aggravated assaults declined -25.9%.
- Burglary overall was down -25.3%, with declines of -23.4% in residential and -31.0% in commercial cases.
- Reports of vehicle thefts decreased by -35.4%.
- Total larceny cases declined by -22.2% with the larcenies from auto down by -31.5%.
- Total arson cases were down -13.0%.
* View Overall Index Report for May 2009
* Overall and Division Summary Report for May 2009
