TYPE OF CRIME

NUMBER OF OFFENSES

AUGUST

PERCENTAGE INCREASE OR DECREASE

NUMBER OF OFFENSES

YEAR TO DATE

PERCENTAGE INCREASE OR DECREASE

2006

2005

2006

2005

HOMICIDE

2

2

0%

20

31

-35%

RAPE

Forcible Rape

12

21

-43%

96

102

-6%

ROBBERY

Person Robbery

Armed

38

29

31%

186

205

-9%

Simple

10

16

-38%

117

111

5%

Total Person Robbery

48

45

7%

303

316

-4%

Business Robbery

Armed

3

12

-75%

40

54

-26%

Simple

1

0

NA

5

10

-50%

Total Business Robbery

4

12

-67%

45

64

-30%

TOTAL ROBBERY

52

57

-9%

348

380

-8%

AGGRAVATED ASSAULT/

BATTERY

143

138

4%

1,054

989

7%

BURGLARY

Residential

223

232

-4%

1,362

1,522

-11%

Business

101

65

55%

545

450

21%

TOTAL

324

297

9%

1,907

1,972

-3%

THEFT

Purse Snatching

5

5

0%

39

48

-19%

Shoplifting

161

124

30%

1,128

1,031

9%

Theft from Business

73

41

78%

603

314

92%

Theft from Residence

178

82

117%

1,145

568

102%

Auto Accessory Theft

36

34

6%

260

222

17%

Theft from Auto

172

229

-25%

1,581

1,597

-1%

Other Thefts

129

275

-53%

962

2,117

-55%

TOTAL

754

790

-5%

5,718

5,897

-3%

AUTO THEFT

114

85

34%

804

662

21%

GRAND TOTAL

1,401

1,390

1%

9,947

10,033

-1%

VIOLENT CRIME INDEX

209

218

-4%

1,518

1,502

1%

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

PROPERTY CRIME INDEX

1,192

1,172

2%

8,429

8,531

-1%

(Burglary, Theft and Auto Theft)

JUSTIFIBLE HOMICIDES ARE INCLUDED IN THE HOMICIDE FIGURE