HUNTERSVILLE POLICE

DEPARTMENT
102 Gilead Road P.O. Box 664 Huntersville, N.C. 28070
(704) 875-6542 Fax (704) 875-2815
Philip K. Potter, CLEE
Chief of Police

MONTHLY CRIME BULLETIN

Motor Vehicle Theft

March 2011

Activity Summary:
• There were four (4) motor vehicle thefts reported in March 2011. There were two (2) motor vehicle thefts
reported during the same time frame in 2010. This is a 100% increase from 2010 to 2011.
• The incidents were reported in the B2, C2, C4 and “99” reporting tracts.
• The incidents were discovered on a Thursday, Friday and Sunday.
• Two (2) incidents are open for further investigation, one (1) has been closed cleared by arrest and one (1)
has been closed due to victim refusal to cooperate.

Historically, HPD has an average of 4 motor vehicle thefts during the month of March with a current threshold of
1 to 7. This March, we were within the threshold with 4 reported MV Thefts.

Forecast for April:

The average number of MV Thefts for the month of April is 6 plus or minus 3. By the end of April, there is a 68%
chance HPD will have received between 3 and 9 reported MV Thefts.

Prepared by: Laura Rooks, Crime Analyst

Submitted to: Philip K. Potter, Chief of Police

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 4 Motor Vehicle Thefts Reported in March 2011

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 MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT
March 2011

Geographic Analysis

Incidents per Reporting Tract Number of Crimes per Location

Tract # % of total Location # % of total
A1 Commercial 0 0%
A2 Residential 2 50%
A3 School 0 0%
A4 Hotel/Motel 0 0%
A5 Roadway 2 50%
B1 4 100%
B2 1 25%
B3
B4
C1
C2 1 25%
C3
C4 1 25%
C5 Incidents by Response Area
C6
D1 Beat # % of
D2 total
D3 East 1 1 25%
D4 East 2 0 0%
D5
East 3 1 25%
99 1 25%
West 1 0 0%
4 100%
West 2 0 0%
West 3 2 50%
4 100%
District # % of
total
East 2 50%
West 2 50%
4 100%
Incidents by District

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 Temporal Analysis

# of Incidents/Day at Found Time Crimes Found by 4hr Intervals

Day # % Total Time Period # % per Allocation
Sunday 2 50% 0000-0359 1 25%
Monday 0 0% 0400-0759 0 0%
Tuesday 0 0% 0800-1159 1 25%
Wednesda 0 0% 1200-1559 0 0%
y 1600-1959 2 50%
Thursday 1 25% 2000-2359 0 0%
Friday 1 25% 4 100%
Saturday 0 0%
4 100%

Modus Operandi Analysis

Method of Entry
Forced or Non-forced Entries Method # % of total
Entry Type # % of total Broke Glass 0 0%
Forced 1 25% Force Door 0 0%
Unforced 2 50% Forced Window 0 0%
Unknown 1 25% Bodily Force 0 0%
4 100% Pried/Jimmied Lock 0 0%
No Force 0 0%
Other 1 25%
Unknown 3 75%
4 100%
Point of Entry
Point of Entry # % of total
Door (Driver) 0 0%
Door (Pass) 0 0%
Door (Back) 0 0%
Window 0 0%
Unknown 3 75%
N/A 1 25%
4 100%

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 Monthly Crime Analysis for March 2011
Motor Vehicle Theft
Tract Case # Address Date From: Time From: Date To: Time To: Common Name:
A1 None Reported
A2 None Reported
A3 None Reported
A4 None Reported
A5 None Reported
B1 None Reported
B2 110306035801 Sam Furr Rd 3/6/11 0355 3/6/11 0358
B3 None Reported
B4 None Reported
C1 None Reported
C2 110306080901 Lacross Dr 3/3/11 1000 3/6/11 0808
C3 None Reported
C4 110331201901 Kerns Rd 3/27/11 1800 3/31/11 1730
C5 None Reported
D1 None Reported
D2 None Reported
D3 None Reported
D4 None Reported
99 110329102201 N I-77 Hwy 3/25/11 0600 3/25/11 1800
 March and April Motor Vehicle Thefts Over Time

14
12

# of Incidents
10
8 March

6 April
4
2
0
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Incidents per Month 2010 Compared to 2011

Month Year # of % Change
Incidents
March 2010 2
March 2011 4 100%
NC = Non-Calculable

Comparison of # of Incidents in March to # of Incidents in April over time

Month Year # of Incidents Month Year # of Incidents Mean # Change by Month
March 2005 5 April 2005 1 3 -4
March 2006 6 April 2006 12 9 +6
March 2007 6 April 2007 5 5.5 -1
March 2008 8 April 2008 5 6.5 -3
March 2009 2 April 2009 7 4.5 +5
March 2010 2 April 2010 4 3 +2
Standard Deviation from Mean in incidents # for 2005-2010 +-2.29 Standard Deviation for change in +-4.16
incidents # b/w Mar and Apr: