Brownwood Police Release October 2012 Crime Statistics

Brownwood Police Chief Mike Corley released crime statistics from the police department for the month of October 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 October which is almost identical to the previous month.  Of these crimes, 32.7% were cleared either by arrest or after further investigation.  Of note, reports of larceny theft increased by 10 incidents during the month of October as compared to September.  Year-to-date statistics for 2012 show that larceny theft reports also show an increase at 23.7% over the same time period last year.  Assaults have decreased in October as compared to the previous month; however have increased by nearly 18% 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 October 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 September and October 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.