TYPE OF CRIME

NUMBER OF OFFENSES

MARCH

PERCENTAGE INCREASE OR DECREASE

NUMBER OF OFFENSES

YEAR TO DATE

PERCENTAGE INCREASE OR DECREASE

2007

2006

2007

2006

HOMICIDE

1

3

-67%

10

8

25%

RAPE

Forcible Rape

13

16

-19%

27

36

-25%

ROBBERY

Person Robbery

Armed

34

16

113%

63

62

2%

Simple

9

19

-53%

25

47

-47%

Total Person Robbery

43

35

23%

88

109

-19%

Business Robbery

Armed

3

0

NA

9

16

-44%

Simple

0

0

NA

2

0

NA

Total Business Robbery

3

0

NA

11

16

-31%

TOTAL ROBBERY

46

35

31%

99

125

-21%

AGGRAVATED ASSAULT/

BATTERY

159

118

35%

363

328

11%

BURGLARY

Residential

170

143

19%

490

398

23%

Business

41

61

-33%

142

151

-6%

TOTAL

211

204

3%

632

549

15%

THEFT

Purse Snatching

4

8

-50%

10

16

-38%

Shoplifting

170

169

1%

403

394

2%

Theft from Business

32

71

-55%

131

220

-40%

Theft from Residence

128

120

7%

346

344

1%

Auto Accessory Theft

31

36

-14%

84

101

-17%

Theft from Auto

173

171

1%

531

541

-2%

Other Thefts

102

133

-23%

280

387

-28%

TOTAL

640

708

-10%

1,785

2,003

-11%

AUTO THEFT

70

104

-33%

254

266

-5%

GRAND TOTAL

1,140

1,188

-4%

3,170

3,315

-4%

VIOLENT CRIME INDEX

219

172

27%

499

497

0%

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

PROPERTY CRIME INDEX

921

1,016

-9%

2,671

2,818

-5%

(Burglary, Theft and Auto Theft)

JUSTIFIABLE HOMICIDES ARE INCLUDED IN THE HOMICIDE FIGURE