Crime Statistics Summary for October 2009 (Released November 10, 2009):
Through the end of October, the preliminary total for Index Offenses:
- 19.7% lower than the same ten months last year.
- Property crime decreased by -19.6% while violent crime was down -20.7%.
- 43 homicides were reported compared to 67 in the same period in 2008, resulting in a decrease of -35.8%.
* All but one of the violent Index crime categories experienced decreases over the same period last year:
- Total robberies decreased -22.5%.
- The number of rape offenses increased +15.7%.
- Aggravated assaults declined -21.5%.
- Burglary overall was down -20.0%, with declines of -16.1% in residential and -31.8% in commercial cases.
- Reports of vehicle thefts decreased by -37.9%.
- Total larceny cases declined by -16.1% with the larcenies from auto down by -23.5%.
- Total arson cases were down -22.0%.
* View Overall Index Report for October 2009.
* Overall and Division Summary Report for October 2009
* 2008 Year-End Report -- Overall and Division Summary
