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Mid-year crime report shows declines iCommute

Despite speculation regarding the possible affect the current economic situation might have on crime, the annualized regional violent and property crime rates per 1,000 population in the San Diego region were both at ten-year lows during the first six months of 2010, according to the annual report released by SANDAG.

“While this trend is not guaranteed to continue for the rest of the year, these data point toward a continued decrease in crime in spite of difficult economic conditions that have caused concerns in some sectors that crime rates might go up,” said SANDAG Director of Criminal Justice Research Dr. Cynthia Burke.

At 3.60 incidents per 1,000 population, the mid-year violent crime rate was at a ten-year low in 2010, down 8 percent from 2009, with decreases in each of the four violent crime categories – homicide, rape, robbery, and aggravated assault. The greatest one-year change was in the number of homicides, which was down 23 percent compared to the same time last year.

At 21.57 incidents per 1,000 population, the mid-year property crime rate also was at a ten-year low, with a decrease of two percent from 2009. While there were fewer burglaries and motor vehicle thefts in the first six months of the year, there were actually more larcenies.

Other interesting findings in the report included:

  • A total of 5,811 violent crimes were reported to local law enforcement agencies in the region between January and June 2010, an average of around 32 per day.
  • There were 30 homicides in the region in the first half of 2010, the lowest number in the past ten years. The 3,759 aggravated assaults reported during the first six months of the year also represented a ten-year low.
  • The number of rapes reported across the region decreased for the second consecutive year, dropping from 369 in 2009 to 338 in 2010, an 8 percent decline.
  • The number of robberies declined by 13 percent from mid-year 2009 (1,931) to 2010 (1,684).
  • A total of 34,774 property crimes were reported to local law enforcement agencies in the first half of 2010. Sixty-one percent were larcenies, 20 percent burglaries, and 19 percent motor vehicle thefts.
  • While the number of reported burglaries was at a ten-year low overall, there were actually fewer non-residential burglaries (down 12%) and more residential burglaries (up 3%) in the first half of 2010, compared to 2009.
  • The number of motor vehicle thefts continued to decline in the first half of 2010, with a 9 percent decrease from mid-year 2009.

Project Manager

Cynthia Burke, Division Director, Criminal Justice Research
Phone: (619) 699-1910, E-mail: cbu@sandag.org