TYPE OF CRIME

NUMBER OF OFFENSES

AUGUST

PERCENTAGE INCREASE OR DECREASE

NUMBER OF OFFENSES

YEAR TO DATE

PERCENTAGE INCREASE OR DECREASE

2008

2007

2008

2007

HOMICIDE

3

1

200%

23

29

-21%

RAPE

Forcible Rape

6

12

-50%

64

80

-20%

ROBBERY

Person Robbery

Armed

18

26

-31%

149

194

-23%

Simple

16

5

220%

87

67

30%

Total Person Robbery

34

31

10%

236

261

-10%

Business Robbery

Armed

6

6

0%

43

66

-35%

Simple

0

1

-100%

9

8

13%

Total Business Robbery

6

7

-14%

52

74

-30%

TOTAL ROBBERY

40

38

5%

288

335

-14%

AGGRAVATED ASSAULT/

BATTERY

109

135

-19%

892

1,055

-15%

BURGLARY

Residential

166

211

-21%

1,296

1,463

-11%

Business

39

79

-51%

365

462

-21%

TOTAL

205

290

-29%

1,661

1,925

-14%

THEFT

Purse Snatching

3

6

-50%

23

34

-32%

Shoplifting

138

168

-18%

1,199

1,286

-7%

Theft from Business

51

70

-27%

567

468

21%

Theft from Residence

154

157

-2%

1,105

1,189

-7%

Auto Accessory Theft

25

38

-34%

278

262

6%

Theft from Auto

125

145

-14%

1,093

1,452

-25%

Other Thefts

92

105

-12%

740

834

-11%

TOTAL

588

689

-15%

5,005

5,525

-9%

AUTO THEFT

78

79

-1%

603

763

-21%

GRAND TOTAL

1,029

1,244

-17%

8,536

9,712

-12%

VIOLENT CRIME INDEX

158

186

-15%

1,267

1,499

-15%

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

PROPERTY CRIME INDEX

871

1,058

-18%

7,269

8,213

-11%

(Burglary, Theft and Auto Theft)

JUSTIFIABLE HOMICIDES ARE INCLUDED IN THE HOMICIDE FIGURE