Brownwood Police Chief Mike Corley released crime statistics from the police department for the month of March along with year-to-date numbers for 2010 and 2011.
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.
Overall reported crime in Brownwood was up slightly in March as compared to the previous month. It should be noted that March has 3 more days than February, which accounts for the slight increase in the total of crimes during the month. On a per day evaluation, crime remained at an even number/day when comparing both February & March of 2011. Of these crimes, nearly 18% were cleared for the month of March 2011. The total number of crimes is down for the year-to-date totals. There is a decrease of nearly 25.3% in the total number of reported crimes year-to-date 2011 as compared to year-to-date of the same period of 2010.
Year-to-date 2011 statistics show that 18.3% of crimes are being cleared as compared to nearly 16% cleared in year-to-date of 2010. The percentage of crimes that are being cleared has improved by 2.5% overall.
See below for the February and March statistics for 2011 along with tables of year-to-date 2011 and 2010 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.
March 2011
| Offense | Number Reported | Number Cleared |
| Homicide | 0 | 0 |
| Rape | 1 | 1 |
| Robbery | 0 | 0 |
| Assault | 27 | 4 |
| Burglary of a Habitation | 5 | 0 |
| Burglary of a Building | 0 | 0 |
| Larceny Theft | 42 | 6 |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 3 | 1 |
| Arson | 2 | 2 |
| Totals | 80 | 14 |
February 2011
| Offense | Number Reported | Number Cleared |
| Homicide | 0 | 0 |
| Rape | 1 | 1 |
| Robbery | 0 | 0 |
| Assault | 30 | 4 |
| Burglary of a Habitation | 7 | 1 |
| Burglary of a Building | 2 | 2 |
| Larceny Theft | 33 | 5 |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 0 | 0 |
| Arson | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | 74 | 14 |
Year-To-Date January 01, 2011 to March 31, 2011
| Offense | Number Reported | Number Cleared |
| Homicide | 0 | 0 |
| Rape | 7 | 3 |
| Robbery | 1 | 1 |
| Assault | 95 | 16 |
| Burglary of a Habitation | 21 | 1 |
| Burglary of a Building | 4 | 2 |
| Larceny Theft | 116 | 19 |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 4 | 3 |
| Arson | 3 | 03 |
| Totals | 251 | 46 |
Year-To-Date January 01, 2010 to March 31, 2010
| Offense | Number Reported | Number Cleared |
| Homicide | 0 | 0 |
| Rape | 3 | 1 |
| Robbery | 5 | 5 |
| Assault | 132 | 18 |
| Burglary of a Habitation | 39 | 4 |
| Burglary of a Building | 17 | 3 |
| Larceny Theft | 137 | 3 |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 3 | 3 |
| Arson | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 336 | 53 |
