With 10 months in the books and the end of the year rapidly approaching, law-breaking stat numbers continue to increase. Thus far, the City of Dallas is showing an overall Crime Score increase for the year.
From January through October this year, the City of Dallas’ monthly Crime Score (using statistics from December through September) averaged 229.5 points.
This figure is up compared to the same 10-month period in 2021 when the City’s Crime Score averaged 226.8. That is 2.7 percentage points higher than the same time frame last year, with two months of data remaining.
The Dallas Express Crime Score tracks crime in 14 districts. Homicide and Kidnapping are weighted more heavily than Non-Hazardous Traffic Violations and Gambling Offenses.
During that time, the City of Dallas’s Crime Score rose twice as often as it fell. Only three months out of nine saw a drop in the Crime Score.
Dallas’ December 2021 statistics caused the city’s collective Crime Score to spike by 8.04% in January’s Crime Boss of the Month (CBOM) installment.
In August and September, the year-over-year Crime Score fell by 3.21% and 4.59 %, respectively.
It’s unclear whether the city can maintain a declining Crime Score for the remainder of the year. Historically, crime increases during the fall and winter holidays.
Homicides were up to 10 in September, increasing by one from the same month in 2021.
While October 2022 crime statistics have not yet been tabulated, several homicides that were reported by The Dallas Express during the month will undoubtedly factor into the Crime Score for the month.
On October 3, a 21-year-old woman, Asia Janae Womack, was allegedly shot by a man she beat at basketball, The Dallas Express reported.
The Dallas Police Department issued an arrest warrant for 31-year-old Cameron Hogg on October 11 after investigating the shooting, and he was arrested on October 20.
Two days later, On October 22, a gunman on parole fatally shot two maternity ward nurses at Methodist Dallas Medical Center.
Two other murders occurred in Dallas on two consecutive nights, October 7 and 8, following physical altercations. In one instance, the 33-year-old victim was allegedly shot by his uncle.
The Dallas Police Department (DPD) admits “there are still challenges ahead” when it comes to some violent crimes, such as the number of homicides, which “is up from the same time in summer 2021,” as The Dallas Express reported.
According to the DPD, 30% of crime occurs in apartment complexes, and the chief mentioned 57% in a recent press conference. Regardless of which statistic is more accurate, the people who care most about crime in the city are those affected by it, and they are often apartment complex residents.
Gabriel Rodriquez, who lives in a South Dallas apartment complex, doesn’t feel safe.
“At night, you have to keep your eyes open to your surroundings,” said Rodriquez. “I don’t feel safe around here.”
Police say car burglaries, other thefts, and aggravated assaults are the most common crimes in Dallas apartment complexes.
The Dallas Express, The People’s Paper, believes that important information about the city, such as crime rates and trends, should be easily accessible to you. Dallas has more crime per capita than hotspots like Chicago, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, and New York, according to data from the FBI’s UCR database.
How did your area stack up on crime? Check out our interactive Crime Map to compare all Dallas City Council Districts. Curious how we got our numbers? Check out our methodology page here.
