TYPE OF CRIME

NUMBER OF OFFENSES

MAY

PERCENTAGE INCREASE OR DECREASE

NUMBER OF OFFENSES

YEAR TO DATE

PERCENTAGE INCREASE OR DECREASE

2008

2007

2008

2007

HOMICIDE

0

6

-100%

13

22

-41%

RAPE

Forcible Rape

13

9

44%

46

42

10%

ROBBERY

Person Robbery

Armed

20

22

-9%

97

112

-13%

Simple

10

6

67%

56

42

33%

Total Person Robbery

30

28

7%

153

154

-1%

Business Robbery

Armed

2

13

-85%

23

35

-34%

Simple

3

3

0%

6

5

20%

Total Business Robbery

5

16

-69%

29

40

-28%

TOTAL ROBBERY

35

44

-20%

182

194

-6%

AGGRAVATED ASSAULT/

BATTERY

122

147

-17%

536

638

-16%

BURGLARY

Residential

185

236

-22%

803

908

-12%

Business

59

58

2%

218

260

-16%

TOTAL

244

294

-17%

1,021

1,168

-13%

THEFT

Purse Snatching

5

4

25%

12

20

-40%

Shoplifting

162

151

7%

775

745

4%

Theft from Business

70

66

6%

335

256

31%

Theft from Residence

131

178

-26%

653

710

-8%

Auto Accessory Theft

40

36

11%

192

152

26%

Theft from Auto

151

193

-22%

697

949

-27%

Other Thefts

91

115

-21%

447

527

-15%

TOTAL

650

743

-13%

3,111

3,359

-7%

AUTO THEFT

69

124

-44%

350

471

-26%

GRAND TOTAL

1,133

1,367

-17%

5,259

5,894

-11%

VIOLENT CRIME INDEX

170

206

-17%

777

896

-13%

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

PROPERTY CRIME INDEX

963

1,161

-17%

4,482

4,998

-10%

(Burglary, Theft and Auto Theft)

JUSTIFIABLE HOMICIDES ARE INCLUDED IN THE HOMICIDE FIGURE