Monday, July 02, 2007
Crime stats for May
This is from a report by Lakewood's police chief about May, the latest month for which stats have been crunched:
"Violent crime remains 21.7% below the same period for 2006, property crime is 8.9% below the 2006 rate through May, with overall crime down 10.6% for this period. These decreases are slightly less than declines seen in April - 22.6%, 10.6% and 12.1% respectively.
"We continue gang emphases at least weekly, with 4 gang related arrests in May and 37 for the year thus far. We will continue these through June and then assess if this is the best use of police overtime funds. A heavy focus on park security and bike patrols in high crime areas may net the same benefit and provide more broad security payback as well.
"Accidents reports taken are down from April and at about the same rate for May 2006. Year to date accidents have declined 2.2% over 2006 - and recall we had a very healthy decline in 2006 of 16.3%. There has been some discussion to Council that accident data may be skewed because police only investigate accidents with injury or property damage more than $1,500 ( a policy standard in most jurisdictions). In future crime stat reports to council, LPD will also report 911 calls reporting accidents - whether investigated by police or not. In 2006, that number dropped by 7.6% from 2005. In 2007 year to date, that number has dropped another 13%. "
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"Violent crime remains 21.7% below the same period for 2006, property crime is 8.9% below the 2006 rate through May, with overall crime down 10.6% for this period. These decreases are slightly less than declines seen in April - 22.6%, 10.6% and 12.1% respectively.
"We continue gang emphases at least weekly, with 4 gang related arrests in May and 37 for the year thus far. We will continue these through June and then assess if this is the best use of police overtime funds. A heavy focus on park security and bike patrols in high crime areas may net the same benefit and provide more broad security payback as well.
"Accidents reports taken are down from April and at about the same rate for May 2006. Year to date accidents have declined 2.2% over 2006 - and recall we had a very healthy decline in 2006 of 16.3%. There has been some discussion to Council that accident data may be skewed because police only investigate accidents with injury or property damage more than $1,500 ( a policy standard in most jurisdictions). In future crime stat reports to council, LPD will also report 911 calls reporting accidents - whether investigated by police or not. In 2006, that number dropped by 7.6% from 2005. In 2007 year to date, that number has dropped another 13%. "
