Durham Police Department2008 Crime ReportMarch 2, 2008Police Chief Jose L. Lopez Sr.
The year 2008 was one of growth, change and achievement for the DurhamPolice Department. The department underwent a major reorganization,added new equipment and units and won several local, state and nationalawards.Overall Part 1 crime (property and violent crime) increased by approximately1 percentfrom 13,484crimes reported in 2007 to 13,684crimes reported in2008.Violent crime (murder, rape, robbery and aggravated assault) rose by 4percent and property crime (burglary, larceny and motor vehicle theft) wasup by 1 percent in 2008 compared to 2007. An increase in robberies droveviolent crime while an uptick in larcenies caused property crime to go up.Reported crime dropped in fiveout of seven Part 1 crime categories – homicide, rape, aggravated assault, burglary and motor vehicle theft.Larceniesand robberieswere upin 2008.
Part 1 Violent Crime
4-Year Average200520062007200807-08 %Change Murder
25 35 15 25 24 -4%
Rape
86 85 100 88 71 -19%
Robbery
823 627 975 800 889 11%
Aggravated Assault
809 726 857 828 826 <1%
Violent Crime
1743 1473 1947 1741 1810 4%
Crime dropped in threeout of four violent crime categoriesin 2008. Thenumber of homicides,rapes and aggravated assaults dropped whilerobberies increased. The number of reported rapes (71) was at a four-yearlow.
Homicides –
The number of homicides dropped 4percent from 25in 2007 to24 in 2008. The victims ranged in age from 16 to 85 years old. Twenty
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