TYPE OF CRIME

NUMBER OF OFFENSES

MARCH

PERCENTAGE INCREASE OR DECREASE

NUMBER OF OFFENSES

YEAR TO DATE

PERCENTAGE INCREASE OR DECREASE

2008

2007

2008

2007

HOMICIDE

6

1

500%

9

10

-10%

RAPE

Forcible Rape

13

13

0%

31

25

24%

ROBBERY

Person Robbery

Armed

5

32

-84%

54

60

-10%

Simple

16

9

78%

38

25

52%

Total Person Robbery

21

41

-49%

92

85

8%

Business Robbery

Armed

4

3

33%

17

9

89%

Simple

2

0

NA

3

2

50%

Total Business Robbery

6

3

100%

20

11

82%

TOTAL ROBBERY

27

44

-39%

112

96

17%

AGGRAVATED ASSAULT/

BATTERY

126

159

-21%

309

365

-15%

BURGLARY

Residential

126

171

-26%

437

490

-11%

Business

38

41

-7%

110

142

-23%

TOTAL

164

212

-23%

547

632

-13%

THEFT

Purse Snatching

0

3

-100%

5

9

-44%

Shoplifting

169

171

-1%

441

404

9%

Theft from Business

92

34

171%

199

134

49%

Theft from Residence

122

135

-10%

360

359

0%

Auto Accessory Theft

46

33

39%

116

88

32%

Theft from Auto

156

175

-11%

396

538

-26%

Other Thefts

81

112

-28%

263

299

-12%

TOTAL

666

663

0%

1,780

1,831

-3%

AUTO THEFT

79

65

22%

230

252

-8%

GRAND TOTAL

1,081

1,156

-7%

3,018

3,211

-6%

VIOLENT CRIME INDEX

172

216

-21%

461

496

-7%

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

PROPERTY CRIME INDEX

909

940

-3%

2,558

2,715

-6%

(Burglary, Theft and Auto Theft)

JUSTIFIABLE HOMICIDES ARE INCLUDED IN THE HOMICIDE FIGURE