BPDpatchSmallBrownwood Police Chief Mike Corley released crime statistics from the police department for the month of November along with year-to-date numbers for 2011 and 2012.

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.

Corley said that there were 113 reported crimes in November which is slightly increased from the previous month.  Of these crimes, 23.9% were cleared either by arrest or after further investigation.  Of note, reports of larceny theft continue to increase, up 6 incidents during the month of November as compared to October.  Year-to-date statistics for 2012 show that larceny theft reports also increased by 22.8% over the same time period last year.  Assaults have stayed comparable in November to the previous month; however have increased by nearly 12% year-to-date as compared to 2011.

DWI arrests were up year-to-date as well with the Brownwood Police reporting 96 this year compared to 79 from January to November of last year.   According to stats, motor vehicle accidents inside the Brownwood city limits continued a decline for the year with 12.4% fewer reported year-to-date when compared to 2011 year-to-date.

See below for the October and November 2012 crime statistics along with tables of year-to-date 2012 and 2011 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.

November 2012

Offense

Number Reported

Number Cleared

Homicide

0

0

Rape

1

1

Robbery

1

0

Assault

38

14

Burglary of a Habitation

8

1

Burglary of a Building

3

0

Larceny Theft

65

11

Motor Vehicle Theft

1

1

Arson

0

0

Total

117

28

DWI’s
Nov. 2012

Accidents
Nov. 2012

 

9

48

 

October 2012

Offense

Number Reported

Number Cleared

 

 

 

Homicide

0

0

Rape

2

0

Robbery

1

1

Assault

35

20

Burglary of a Habitation

8

1

Burglary of a Building

3

2

Larceny Theft

59

12

Motor Vehicle Theft

5

1

Arson

0

0

Total

113

37

DWI’s
Oct 2012

Accidents
Oct. 2012

 

10

50

 

 

YTD  Jan 2012 – November 2012

Offense

Number Reported

Number Cleared

 

 

 

Homicide

0

0

Rape

18

4

Robbery

7

4

Assault

501

223

Burglary of a Habitation

90

8

Burglary of a Building

34

4

Larceny Theft

709

134

Motor Vehicle Theft

22

10

Arson

3

0

Total

1384

387

DWI’s
Jan-Nov. 2012

Accidents
Jan-Nov. 2012

 

105

445

 

YTD Jan 2011 to November 2011

Offense

Number Reported

Number Cleared

Homicide

0

0

Rape

17

4

Robbery

6

3

Assault

448

119

Burglary of a Habitation

83

5

Burglary of a Building

33

3

Larceny Theft

577

144

Motor Vehicle Theft

11

4

Arson

4

4

Total

1179

286

DWI’s
Jan-Nov. 2011

Accidents
Jan-Nov. 2011

 

86

506