Crime Way Down for Georgetown in the First Quarter of 2010

With the unfortunate exception of stubbornly persistent robberies, overall crime was way down for Georgetown during the first quarter of 2010. The largest declines came from theft from autos.

GM guesses that the largest single factor for the reduction was the historic snow fall in February. Too bad we can’t have one of those storms every quarter.

Here’s the break-down:

_________1Q 2010                 1Q 2009__%Change
Total________172                             220                   -21.82
Theft ________103                             122                   -15.57
Burglary ______17                                22                      -22.73
Robberies _____12                                11                        9.09
Theft F/ Auto __25                               48                       -47.92(!)
ADW _________9                                  8                          12.50
Stolen Auto ____5                                  9                          -44.44
Sexual Abuse ___1                                  0                          N/A

Robberies, assaults with a deadly weapon, and sexual abuse were basically flat from last year to this year. This always comes as a small surprise because it always seems like we’re experiencing a minor rash of robberies or assaults. The stats show that we simply have an average of about three to four robberies a month, and nothing appears to move that number much in either direction. That’s both a good and a bad thing.

We’ll see if the huge decline in thefts (particularly car break-ins) can hold through the rest of the year. It shouldn’t be too hard to come in under last year’s numbers in these categories, but that’s because last year was pretty bad for car break-ins.

Photo by dbking.