Brownwood Police Chief Mike Corley released crime statistics from the police department for the month of June along with year-to-date numbers for 2014 and 2015.
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 95 reported crimes in June which is decreased by 23 counts from the previous month. Of these crimes, 31.6% were cleared either by arrest or after further investigation. Of note, cases of burglary of a building were decreased by 9 incidents or 69.2% and cases of assault were decreased by 15 counts or 32.6% as compared to the month of May.
There were 43 traffic accidents and 8 driving while intoxicated arrests in the city of Brownwood for June.
2015 continues to have a slightly decreased number of total crimes (year-to-date) than the number reported in 2014 by 12.9%. Of note, cases of robbery were down by 3 incidents or 37.5% and motor vehicle theft was up by 6 incidents or 54.5%. There was also an increase of rape and burglary of a habitation cases as compared to the same timeframe during 2014.
See below for the May and June crime statistics along with tables of year-to-date 2014 and 2015 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.
| Jun 2015 | ||
| Offense | Number Reported | Number Cleared |
| Homicide | 0 | 0 |
| Rape | 4 | 2 |
| Robbery | 0 | 0 |
| Assault | 31 | 16 |
| Burglary of a Habitation | 8 | 2 |
| Burglary of a Building | 4 | 1 |
| Larceny Theft | 47 | 9 |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 1 | 0 |
| Arson | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 95 | 30 |
| DWIs Jun 2015 | 8 | |
| Accidents Jun 2015 | 43 | |
| May 2015 | ||
| Offense | Number Reported | Number Cleared |
| Homicide | 0 | 0 |
| Rape | 4 | 1 |
| Robbery | 1 | 1 |
| Assault | 46 | 16 |
| Burglary of a Habitation | 13 | 1 |
| Burglary of a Building | 3 | 1 |
| Larceny Theft | 49 | 14 |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 2 | 2 |
| Arson | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 118 | 36 |
| DWIs May 2015 | 10 | |
| Accidents May 2015 | 40 | |
| Jan 2015 – Jun 2015 | ||
| Offense | Number Reported | Number Cleared |
| Homicide | 0 | 0 |
| Rape | 16 | 7 |
| Robbery | 5 | 3 |
| Assault | 194 | 97 |
| Burglary of a Habitation | 54 | 11 |
| Burglary of a Building | 15 | 4 |
| Larceny Theft | 251 | 74 |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 11 | 6 |
| Arson | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 546 | 202 |
| DWIs Jan 2015 – Jun 2015 | 51 | |
| Accidents Jan 2015 – Jun 2015 | 231 | |
| Jan 2014 – Jun 2014 | ||
| Offense | Number Reported | Number Cleared |
| Homicide | 0 | 0 |
| Rape | 8 | 3 |
| Robbery | 4 | 0 |
| Assault | 246 | 145 |
| Burglary of a Habitation | 46 | 9 |
| Burglary of a Building | 18 | 3 |
| Larceny Theft | 300 | 107 |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 5 | 4 |
| Arson | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 627 | 271 |
| DWIs Jan 2014 – Jun 2014 | 22 | |
| Accidents Jan 2014 – Jun 2014 | 248 | |
