Douglas Athas, Mayor-Elect

Incidents of reported violent crimes were down sharply from May but the overall number of incidents only fell slightly.
 
Burglaries rose. Home burglaries were up some but still historically low (average for last three years has been over eight per month). Most burglaries to other buildings were during two short sprees. On the residential side, the Greens neighborhood had five reported incidents in three days. On the business side, several Firewheel Town Center businesses reported incidents over two days. Only two other incidents fell outside those two areas and times. Vehicle burglaries have now been the same for three months, 22 reported incidents.
 
Thefts fell (5.5 incidents below the monthly three-year average). The incidents of shoplifting were less than half of the thefts reported, markedly lower than most months.

 
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. If you are a Garland resident reading this but do not live in District 1, you can get reports for your area here on the Police Department's website.