The number of crime incidents in San Antonio decreased slightly last week, after a previous rise, according to data from SpotCrime, which collects data from police agencies and validated sources. Incidents fell to 10,322 for the week of April 29, down from 10,513 the week before.
The overall decrease in crime incidents was led by assault and theft. Assault fell to 1,165 incidents last week, from 1,470 the week before. Theft went from 2,545 to 2,267.
While somewhat smaller categories, there was also a notable percentage decrease in burglary, from 547 incidents per week to 523, and in vandalism, from 303 to 290 incidents.
There were 124 reported shooting incidents last week. That represents a decrease from 126 incidents the previous week.
Among the few types of offenses that saw an uptick last week, reports of robbery went from 114 to 118.
There were 5,835 reports of "other" crimes, an increase of 429 from the previous week. SpotCrime's broad "other" category includes a variety of offenses like fraud, trespassing, public disturbance and traffic violations. Of those incidents, 218 involved arrests, such as for drug possession, down from 245 reported arrests the week before.
As far as where crime is concentrated in the city, Downtown, Highland Hills and Prospect Hill continued to have the most reported incidents last week.
Regarding when most crimes are committed, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday produced the most crime incidents last week. The largest decrease from the previous week occurred on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, while incidents on Monday, Wednesday and Tuesday went up. Comparing times of day, evening, late afternoon and early afternoon saw the most crime last week.
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