Brownwood Police Chief Mike Corley released crime statistics from the police department for the month of December along with year-to-date numbers for 2013 and 2014.
Corley releases Brownwood Police Department crime statistics on a monthly basis as a program to have a department that is more transparent to the public. Corley stated that he also looks at these numbers to see where the department needs to focus.
Corley said that there were 90 reported crimes in December which is decreased by 19% from the previous month. Of these crimes, 36.6% were cleared either by arrest or after further investigation. Of note, cases of larceny theft were decreased by 19 incidents as compared to the month of November.
There were 34 traffic accidents and 6 driving while intoxicated arrests in the city of Brownwood for December.
2014 appears to have a continuing decreasing trend of total crimes (year-to-date) than the number reported in 2013. Of note, motor vehicle thefts are down by 14 incidents or 52% and burglaries of buildings were increased by 22 cases as compared to the same timeframe during 2013.
See below for the November and December crime statistics along with tables of year-to-date 2013 and 2014 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.
| Dec 2014 | ||
| Offense | Number Reported | Number Cleared |
| Homicide | 0 | 0 |
| Rape | 2 | 0 |
| Robbery | 0 | 0 |
| Assault | 29 | 16 |
| Burglary of a Habitation | 12 | 5 |
| Burglary of a Building | 7 | 0 |
| Larceny Theft | 40 | 12 |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 0 | 0 |
| Arson | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 90 | 33 |
| DWIs Dec 2014 | 6 | |
| Accidents Dec 2014 | 34 | |
| Nov 2014 | ||
| Offense | Number Reported | Number Cleared |
| Homicide | 1 | 1 |
| Rape | 0 | 0 |
| Robbery | 1 | 1 |
| Assault | 31 | 17 |
| Burglary of a Habitation | 10 | 2 |
| Burglary of a Building | 8 | 0 |
| Larceny Theft | 59 | 15 |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 1 | 0 |
| Arson | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 111 | 36 |
| DWIs Nov 2014 | 6 | |
| Accidents Nov 2014 | 45 | |
| Jan 2014 – Dec 2014 | ||
| Offense | Number Reported | Number Cleared |
| Homicide | 1 | 1 |
| Rape | 14 | 5 |
| Robbery | 7 | 1 |
| Assault | 461 | 262 |
| Burglary of a Habitation | 117 | 22 |
| Burglary of a Building | 67 | 9 |
| Larceny Theft | 595 | 212 |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 13 | 9 |
| Arson | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 1276 | 522 |
| DWIs Jan 2014 – Dec 2014 | 55 | |
| Accidents Jan 2014 – Dec 2014 | 489 |
| Jan 2013 – Dec 2013 | ||
| Offense | Number Reported | Number Cleared |
| Homicide | 0 | 0 |
| Rape | 12 | 8 |
| Robbery | 7 | 2 |
| Assault | 473 | 259 |
| Burglary of a Habitation | 110 | 24 |
| Burglary of a Building | 45 | 10 |
| Larceny Theft | 648 | 199 |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 27 | 19 |
| Arson | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 1322 | 521 |
| DWIs Jan 2013 – Dec 2013 | 60 | |
| Accidents Jan 2013 – Dec 2013 | 473 |