Brownwood Police Release August 2012 Crime Statistics

Brownwood Police Chief Mike Corley released crime statistics from the police department for the month of August along with year-to-date numbers for 2011 and 2012.

Corley releases Brownwood Police Department crime statistics on a monthly basis as a program to have a more transparent department to the public.  Corley stated that he also looks at these numbers to see where the department needs to focus.

Corley said that there were 132 reported crimes in August which is down by 6 incidents from the previous month.  Of these crimes, about 21.2% were cleared either by arrest or after further investigation.  Of note, reports of burglaries of buildings and habitations slightly decreased during the month of August by 8 incidents as compared to July which showed doubling of the June numbers.   Larceny theft was slightly up, by 3 incidents in August, continuing the increasing trend seen in July.

Year-to-date statistics for 2012 show that larceny theft reports have increased almost 11% over the same time period last year.  Assaults have also increased 24.1%.  DWI arrests are up year-to-date as well with the Brownwood Police reporting 77 this year compared to 53 from January to August of last year.   According to stats, motor vehicle accidents inside the Brownwood city limits were also slightly down year-to-date.

See below for the July and August 2012 crime statistics along with tables of year-to-date 2012 and 2011 statistics of the same time period for comparison.  The number reported refers to crimes that were assigned a case number and responded to by police.  The number cleared refers to how many cases were closed either by an arrest or after further investigation.