Crime declining in San Antonio: What's the latest in the trend?

Crime declining in San Antonio: What's the latest in the trend?Photo: iStock
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Published on June 20, 2019

The number of crime incidents in San Antonio saw an overall decrease last week for the second week in a row, according to data from SpotCrime, which collects data from police agencies and validated sources. Incidents fell to 9,400 for the week of June 10, down from 10,623 the week before.

The overall decrease in crime reports was led by theft and assault. Theft fell to 1,956 incidents last week, from 2,532 the week before. Assault went from 1,350 to 984.

While somewhat smaller categories, there was also a sizable percentage decrease in robbery, from 158 incidents per week to 77, and in burglary, from 627 to 474 incidents.

There were 126 reported shooting incidents last week. That represents a decrease from 149 incidents the previous week. There were also 281 incidents of vandalism, down from 286 the week before.

There were 5,502 reports of "other" crimes, a decrease of 18 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, 210 involved arrests, such as for drug possession, down from 235 reported arrests the week before.

Considering the concentration of crime across the city, Downtown, Highland Hills and Prospect Hill continued to have the most reported incidents last week.

Prospect Hill saw the largest decline. Crime reports in Cable-Westwood also fell, after increasing the week before, and incidents in Shearer Hills an Ridgeview are down considerably as well.

Regarding when most crimes are committed, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday continued to have the most crime incidents last week. The largest decrease from the previous week occurred on Monday, Friday and Saturday. Comparing times of day, evening, late night and late afternoon saw the most crime last week.

Want a longer-term view of crime in San Antonio? Here's our latest monthly crime report.

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