Brownwood Police Chief Mike Corley released crime statistics from the police department for the month of March along with year-to-date numbers for 2013 and 2014.
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 100 reported crimes in March which is increased by 2% from the previous month. Of these crimes, 35% were cleared either by arrest or after further investigation. Of note, burglaries of buildings decreased by 7 incidents as compared to the month of February while assaults were increased by 5 during the same timeframe.
There were 54 traffic accidents and 4 driving while intoxicated arrests in the city of Brownwood for March.
2014 appears to be continuing a decreasing trend of total crimes (year-to-date) than the number reported in 2013. Of note, burglary of a habitation was down by 8 cases, or 27.6%, as compared to the same timeframe during 2013.
See below for the February and March crime statistics along with tables of year-to-date 2013 and 2014 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.
| Mar 2014 | ||
| Offense | Number Reported | Number Cleared |
| Homicide | 0 | 0 |
| Rape | 2 | 2 |
| Robbery | 1 | 0 |
| Assault | 50 | 20 |
| Burglary of a Habitation | 9 | 2 |
| Burglary of a Building | 1 | 0 |
| Larceny Theft | 36 | 10 |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 1 | 1 |
| Arson | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 100 | 35 |
| DWIs Mar 2014 | 4 | |
| Accidents Mar 2014 | 54 | |
| Feb 2014 | ||
| Offense | Number Reported | Number Cleared |
| Homicide | 0 | 0 |
| Rape | 1 | 1 |
| Robbery | 0 | 0 |
| Assault | 45 | 29 |
| Burglary of a Habitation | 6 | 0 |
| Burglary of a Building | 8 | 3 |
| Larceny Theft | 37 | 14 |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 1 | 1 |
| Arson | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 98 | 48 |
| DWIs Feb 2014 | 2 | |
| Accidents Feb 2014 | 31 | |
| Jan 2014 – Mar 2014 | ||
| Offense | Number Reported | Number Cleared |
| Homicide | 0 | 0 |
| Rape | 3 | 3 |
| Robbery | 1 | 0 |
| Assault | 123 | 70 |
| Burglary of a Habitation | 21 | 3 |
| Burglary of a Building | 11 | 3 |
| Larceny Theft | 120 | 44 |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 2 | 3 |
| Arson | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 281 | 126 |
| DWIs Jan 2014 – Mar 2014 | 12 | |
| Accidents Jan 2014 – Mar 2014 | 122 | |
| Jan 2013 – Mar 2013 | ||
| Offense | Number Reported | Number Cleared |
| Homicide | 0 | 0 |
| Rape | 3 | 3 |
| Robbery | 3 | 1 |
| Assault | 119 | 54 |
| Burglary of a Habitation | 29 | 10 |
| Burglary of a Building | 10 | 4 |
| Larceny Theft | 116 | 49 |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 5 | 5 |
| Arson | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 285 | 126 |
| DWIs Jan 2013 – Mar 2013 | 24 | |
| Accidents Jan 2013 – Mar 2013 | 103 | |
