Crime incidents in San Antonio saw an overall decrease last week, after a previous rise, according to data from SpotCrime, which collects data from police agencies and validated sources. Incidents fell to 8,500 for the week of January 7, down from 8,902 the week before.
Assault and theft led the decrease in crime incidents. Assault fell to 787 incidents last week, from 1,029 the week before. Theft went from 2,062 to 1,864.
There were 97 reported shooting incidents last week. That represents a decrease from 161 incidents the previous week. There were also 90 incidents of robbery, down from 100 the week before.
Among the few types of offenses that saw an uptick last week, reports of burglary went from 458 to 482.
There were 4,711 reports of "other" crimes, an increase of 37 from the previous week. SpotCrime's broad "other" category includes a variety of offenses like fraud, trespassing, public disturbance and traffic violations. SpotCrime data also indicates that 205 arrests were made last week, up from 154 arrests the week before.
As far as where crime is concentrated in the city, Highland Hills, Prospect Hill and Downtown continued to have the most reported incidents last week.
Crime in Lackland Terrace decreased the most. Crime reports in Donaldson Terrace also fell, after increasing the week before, and incidents in Los Angeles Heights -- Keystone are down considerably as well.
Regarding when crime most often occurs, Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays produced the most reported crimes last week. The largest decrease from the previous week occurred on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, while incidents on Wednesdays an Mondays and went up. Late afternoon, evening and early afternoon continue to see the most crime incidents.
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