TYPE OF CRIME

NUMBER OF OFFENSES

APRIL

PERCENTAGE INCREASE OR DECREASE

NUMBER OF OFFENSES

YEAR TO DATE

PERCENTAGE INCREASE OR DECREASE

2008

2007

2008

2007

HOMICIDE

4

7

-43%

13

16

-19%

RAPE

Forcible Rape

2

5

-60%

32

30

7%

ROBBERY

Person Robbery

Armed

23

29

-21%

77

89

-13%

Simple

8

11

-27%

46

36

28%

Total Person Robbery

31

40

-23%

123

125

-2%

Business Robbery

Armed

4

13

-69%

21

22

-5%

Simple

0

0

NA

3

2

50%

Total Business Robbery

4

13

-69%

24

24

0%

TOTAL ROBBERY

35

53

-34%

147

149

-1%

AGGRAVATED ASSAULT/

BATTERY

106

122

-13%

414

487

-15%

BURGLARY

Residential

179

175

2%

617

665

-7%

Business

49

59

-17%

159

201

-21%

TOTAL

228

234

-3%

776

866

-10%

THEFT

Purse Snatching

2

7

-71%

7

16

-56%

Shoplifting

169

183

-8%

613

587

4%

Theft from Business

63

54

17%

264

188

40%

Theft from Residence

138

160

-14%

507

519

-2%

Auto Accessory Theft

33

27

22%

151

115

31%

Theft from Auto

145

213

-32%

541

751

-28%

Other Thefts

83

112

-26%

351

411

-15%

TOTAL

633

756

-16%

2,434

2,587

-6%

AUTO THEFT

50

94

-47%

282

346

-18%

GRAND TOTAL

1,057

1,271

-17%

4,096

4,481

-9%

VIOLENT CRIME INDEX

146

187

-22%

604

682

-11%

(Homicide, Rape, Robbery and Aggravated Assault/Battery)

PROPERTY CRIME INDEX

911

1,084

-16%

3,492

3,799

-8%

(Burglary, Theft and Auto Theft)

JUSTIFIABLE HOMICIDES ARE INCLUDED IN THE HOMICIDE FIGURE