Brownwood Police Chief Mike Corley released crime statistics from the police department for the month of September along with year-to-date numbers for 2014 and 2015.
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 89 reported crimes in September which is decreased by 26.4% or 32 counts from the previous month. Of the total number of crimes 60.7% were cleared either by arrest or after further investigation. Cases of assault and larceny theft were down 35% and 23% respectively. Also of note, cases of burglary of a habitation were decreased by 12 incidents or 66.7% ; however and cases of burglary of a building rose by two counts or 66.7% and motor vehicle thefts doubled as compared to the month of August.
There were 38 traffic accidents and 7 driving while intoxicated arrests in the city of Brownwood for August.
2015 continues to have a slightly decreased number of total crimes (year-to-date) than the number reported in 2014 by 7.6%. Of note, cases of robbery and theft of motor vehicles were up by 83.3% and 138% respectively. Cases of assault were decreased by 62 incidents or 17.5%. There was also an increase of rape and burglary of a habitation cases as compared to the same timeframe during 2014.
See below for the August and September crime statistics along with tables of year-to-date 2014 and 2015 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.
| Aug 2015 | ||
| Offense | Number Reported | Number Cleared |
| Homicide | 0 | 0 |
| Rape | 0 | 0 |
| Robbery | 0 | 0 |
| Assault | 37 | 22 |
| Burglary of a Habitation | 18 | 3 |
| Burglary of a Building | 3 | 0 |
| Larceny Theft | 61 | 19 |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 2 | 0 |
| Arson | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 121 | 44 |
| DWIs Aug 2015 | 8 | |
| Accidents Aug 2015 | 37 | |
| Jul 2015 | ||
| Offense | Number Reported | Number Cleared |
| Homicide | 0 | 0 |
| Rape | 4 | 2 |
| Robbery | 4 | 1 |
| Assault | 38 | 21 |
| Burglary of a Habitation | 13 | 4 |
| Burglary of a Building | 5 | 1 |
| Larceny Theft | 59 | 17 |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 2 | 0 |
| Arson | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 125 | 46 |
| DWIs Jul 2015 | 8 | |
| Accidents Jul 2015 | 60 | |
| Jan 2015 – Aug 2015 | ||
| Offense | Number Reported | Number Cleared |
| Homicide | 0 | 0 |
| Rape | 20 | 9 |
| Robbery | 9 | 4 |
| Assault | 269 | 140 |
| Burglary of a Habitation | 85 | 18 |
| Burglary of a Building | 23 | 5 |
| Larceny Theft | 371 | 110 |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 15 | 6 |
| Arson | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 792 | 292 |
| DWIs Jan 2015 – Aug 2015 | 67 | |
| Accidents Jan 2015 – Aug 2015 | 328 | |
| Jan 2014 – Aug 2014 | ||
| Offense | Number Reported | Number Cleared |
| Homicide | 0 | 0 |
| Rape | 11 | 5 |
| Robbery | 5 | 0 |
| Assault | 311 | 176 |
| Burglary of a Habitation | 63 | 12 |
| Burglary of a Building | 38 | 3 |
| Larceny Theft | 401 | 146 |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 8 | 7 |
| Arson | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 838 | 350 |
| DWIs Jan 2014 – Aug 2014 | 31 | |
| Accidents Jan 2014 – Aug 2014 | 325 | |
