Brownwood Police Chief Mike Corley released crime statistics from the police department for the month of December along with year-to-date numbers for 2009 and 2010.
Corley releases Brownwood Police Department crime statistics on a monthly basis as a program to have a more transparent department to the public. Corley stated that he also looks at these numbers to see where the department needs to focus.
Overall reported crime in Brownwood showed a slight increase in December of 4% in total crimes as compared to the previous month. The total number of crimes is down when looking at the year-to-date numbers. As compared to the 2009 year to date numbers, total numbers of crimes for the current year decreased by 8.5%.
Year-to-date 2010 statistics show that 21.6% of crimes were cleared as compared to only 12.1% cleared in year-to-date of 2009. The percentage of crimes that are being cleared is up by 78.5% when comparing the two years.
See below for the December & November statistics along with tables of year-to-date 2010 numbers and 2009 statistics of the same time period for comparison. The number reported refers to crimes that were assigned a case number and responded to by police. The number cleared refers to how many cases were closed either by an arrest or after further investigation.
December 2010
| Offense | Number Reported | Number Cleared |
| Homicide | 0 | 0 |
| Rape | 1 | 1 |
| Robbery | 0 | 0 |
| Assault | 28 | 14 |
| Burglary of a Habitation | 8 | 0 |
| Burglary of a Building | 5 | 0 |
| Larceny Theft | 60 | 10 |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 0 | 0 |
| Arson | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 102 | 25 |
November 2010
| Offense | Number Reported | Number Cleared |
| Homicide | 0 | 0 |
| Rape | 1 | 0 |
| Robbery | 1 | 0 |
| Assault | 43 | 13 |
| Burglary of a Habitation | 7 | 0 |
| Burglary of a Building | 3 | 0 |
| Larceny Theft | 42 | 8 |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 1 | 0 |
| Arson | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 98 | 21 |
Year-To-Date Jan. 01, 2010 to Dec. 31, 2010
| Offense | Number Reported | Number Cleared |
| Homicide | 0 | 0 |
| Rape | 16 | 3 |
| Robbery | 12 | 5 |
| Assault | 526 | 166 |
| Burglary of a Habitation | 102 | 16 |
| Burglary of a Building | 67 | 10 |
| Larceny Theft | 504 | 67 |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 12 | 1 |
| Arson | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 1241 | 268 |
Year-To-Date Jan. 01, 2009 to Dec. 31, 2009
| Offense | Number Reported | Number Cleared |
| Homicide | 2 | 2 |
| Rape | 13 | 2 |
| Robbery | 7 | 2 |
| Assault | 529 | 68 |
| Burglary of a Habitation | 102 | 12 |
| Burglary of a Building | 69 | 16 |
| Larceny Theft | 609 | 53 |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 22 | 9 |
| Arson | 3 | 0 |
| Totals | 1356 | 164 |