BPDpatchSmallBrownwood Police Chief Mike Corley released crime statistics from the police department for the month of July along with year-to-date numbers for 2012 and 2013.

Corley releases Brownwood Police Department crime statistics on a monthly basis as a program to have a department that is more transparent 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 108 reported crimes in July which is decreased from the previous month.  Of these crimes, 43.5% were cleared either by arrest or after further investigation.  Of note, reports of assaults were down by 18 incidents as compared to the month of June; however, larceny theft was up 15 incidents in July as compared to the previous month.

Traffic accidents for July were decreased by 1 case when compared to the month of June.  There were 5 more incidents of driving while intoxicated this month than in the previous month.

Year-to-date, 2013 appears to be continuing a decreasing trend of total crimes than the number reported in 2012.  Of those crimes 41% were cleared as compared to 27.4% for the same timeframe during the previous year.  Of note, larceny theft was down by 67 cases, or 19.9%, as compared to the same timeframe during 2012.

See below for the June 2013 and July 2013 crime statistics along with tables of year-to-date 2012 and 2013 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.

July 2013
Offense Number Reported Number Cleared
Homicide 0 0
Rape 1 2
Robbery 1 0
Assault 29 32
Burglary of a Habitation 7 1
Burglary of a Building 4 1
Larceny Theft 64 11
Motor Vehicle Theft 2 0
Arson 0 0
Total 108 47
DWI’S July 2013 Accidents July 2013
8 40

 

June 2013
Offense Number Reported Number Cleared
Homicide 0 0
Rape 1 0
Robbery 0 0
Assault 47 17
Burglary of a Habitation 7 2
Burglary of a Building 5 0
Larceny Theft 49 13
Motor Vehicle Theft 2 1
Arson 0 0
Total 111 33
DWI’S June 2013 Accidents June 2013
3 41

 

YTD  Jan 2013 – July 2013
Offense Number Reported Number Cleared
Homicide 0 0
Rape 9 6
Robbery 5 1
Assault 292 155
Burglary of a Habitation 59 17
Burglary of a Building 28 5
Larceny Theft 336 115
Motor Vehicle Theft 11 7
Arson 0 0
Total 740 306
DWI’S Jan-July 2013 Accidents Jan-July 2013
47 267

 

YTD Jan 2012 to July 2012
Offense Number Reported Number Cleared
Homicide 0 0
Rape 11 2
Robbery 4 2
Assault 282 123
Burglary of a Habitation 42 4
Burglary of a Building 18 1
Larceny Theft 403 73
Motor Vehicle Theft 9 6
Arson 1 0
Total 770 211
DWI’S Jan-July 2012 Accidents Jan-July 2012
69 271