Brownwood Police Release March 2013 Crime Statistics

Brownwood Police Chief Mike Corley released crime statistics from the police department for the month of March 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 reports that there were 82 reported crimes in March which is slightly decreased from the previous month.  Of these crimes, 43.9% were cleared either by arrest or after further investigation.  Of note, reports of assault decreased by 9 incidents or 20.5% during the month of March as compared to February.  March statistics show that reports of larceny theft remained approximately the same at 34 incidents, up one case, from the previous month.

Traffic accidents for March were increased by 11 incidents for the month when compared to February.  Incidents of driving while intoxicated are also increased, with 3 more cases this month than in the previous month.

Year-to-date, 2013 appears to be continuing a decreasing trend of crimes across the board than 2012, with 30% less total crimes.  Of those crimes 44.2% were cleared as compared to 21% for the same time frame during the previous year.

See below for the February 2013 and March 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.