Brownwood Police Release July 2012 Crime Statistics

Brownwood Police Chief Mike Corley released crime statistics from the police department for the month of July 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 138 reported crimes in July which is down by 47 incidents from the previous month.  Of these crimes, about 41.3% were cleared either by arrest or after further investigation.  Of note, reports of burglaries of buildings and habitations increased during the month of July, doubling from 10 to 20 reports in the prior month.   Larceny theft was also up in July, over 50%, as compared to June.

Year-to-date statistics for 2012 show that larceny theft reports have increased more than 32% over the same time period last year.  Assaults have also increased 21%.  DWI arrests are up year-to-date as well with the Brownwood Police reporting 69 this year compared to 45 from January to July 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 June and July 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.