The total number of incidents for April reported are down slightly, the lowest in five months, but closer examination doesn't give much comfort. The number of violent crimes is actually a little higher than recent months. The robberies and aggravated assaults were in business areas, except one that was in a neighborhood.
 
Vehicle burglaries were the lowest for the last several months but several of the incidents were relatively close to one another and about the same time period, usually a strong indication it was the same perpetrators.
 
If not for the shoplifting and other thefts, the total would be quite low. Thefts were mostly in the commercial areas but there were a number of incidents in the neighborhoods.
 
Contact your Neighborhood Police Officer if you would like to have someone speak at a neighborhood meeting to learn more ways that you can protect yourself, your family, and your property.
 
If you want to review the areas that have reported incidents over the last month, download the complete report here for address-by-address information that includes your neighborhood.
 

 
UPDATE: NPO Duncan spoke to the Carriage House NA recently. I learned that a surprising large number of the vehicle burglaries were cars that had been left unlocked.
 
Also, many of the home burglaries are being committed by high school-aged youth, often in the day while skipping school. They knock on the front door, usually loudly, to see if anyone is home. Then they come back and kick in the back door. Many times they find there was someone at home that didn't want to answer the door. It's probably best to answer the door so they don't get the idea that the home is unprotected. You can use my brother's method: carry a baseball bat.
 
If you are burgled, the favorite items will often be things that have serial numbers — tv's, game consoles — so make sure you have those serial numbers available for police and your insurance company.