AUGUST 2004

TYPE OF CRIME

NUMBER OF OFFENSES

AUGUST

PERCENTAGE INCREASE OR DECREASE

NUMBER OF OFFENSES

YEAR TO DATE

PERCENTAGE INCREASE OR DECREASE

2004

2003

2004

2003

HOMICIDE

1

5

-80%

27

33

-18%

             

RAPE

           

Forcible Rape

16

12

33%

88

67

31%

             

ROBBERY

           

Person Robbery

           

Armed

16

48

-67%

186

238

-22%

Simple

21

18

17%

132

89

48%

Total Person Robbery

37

66

-44%

318

327

-3%

Business Robbery

           

Armed

12

9

33%

125

77

62%

Simple

1

1

0%

8

6

33%

Total Business Robbery

13

10

30%

133

83

60%

TOTAL ROBBERY

50

76

-34%

451

410

10%

             

AGGRAVATED ASSAULT/

           

BATTERY

124

112

11%

879

816

8%

             

BURGLARY

           

Residential

230

287

-20%

1,529

1,822

-16%

Business

71

86

-17%

613

595

3%

TOTAL

301

373

-19%

2,142

2,417

-11%

             

THEFT

           

Purse Snatching

9

6

50%

49

39

26%

Shoplifting

184

212

-13%

1,624

1,528

6%

Theft from Business

42

37

14%

392

401

-2%

Theft from Residence

106

123

-14%

681

738

-8%

Auto Accessory Theft

34

30

13%

288

260

11%

Theft from Auto

185

194

-5%

1,730

1,482

17%

Other Thefts

209

262

-20%

2,062

1,868

10%

TOTAL

769

864

-11%

6826

6,316

8%

             

AUTO THEFT

116

160

-28%

1,011

1,008

0%

             

GRAND TOTAL

1,377

1,602

-14%

11,424

11,067

3%

             

VIOLENT CRIME INDEX

191

205

-7%

1,445

1,326

9%

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

           
             

PROPERTY CRIME INDEX

1,186

1,397

-15%

9,979

9,741

2%

(Burglary, Theft and Auto Theft)

           

JUSTIFIBLE HOMICIDES ARE INCLUDED IN THE HOMICIDE FIGURE