The downtown area deployment sectors for the Dallas Police Department logged the most criminal activity in January. DPD Sector 130 is made up of the Downtown Historic District and the Victory Park...
Crime Data Shows Dallas Homicides Up 50%
The City of Dallas saw 12 homicides in April 2022, up by four from the same time period last year for an increase of 50%. In April 2022, homicides were reported in half of the City of Dallas' 14...
Robberies and Assaults See Uptick in City of Dallas
The City of Dallas saw a Crime Score increase of 1.69%, attributed chiefly to car thefts, as reported in The Dallas Express. Still, other violent crimes contributed to that increase, including...
Dallas Sees Double Digit Crime Increases in District 4 and District 13
Though no other district in the City of Dallas came even close to the massive 31.65% crime increase District 3 saw in April, two districts did see double-digit increases, and neither is new to The...
Car Thefts Up Nearly 30% Citywide in Dallas; District 3 Leads the Way
The City of Dallas Police Department’s administrative weekly report to the city council on May 11 says there has been a nearly 30% increase in car thefts city-wide this year in a year-to-date (YTD)...
Casey Thomas II of Dallas District 3 Earns Crime Boss Title Again
City Councilmember Casey Thomas II Sees 31% Increase in Crime Score Due to a staggering increase of 31.65% in Crime Score when comparing April 2021 to April 2022, The Dallas Express has given the...
Councilman Thomas Responds to Crime Score Increase
Though the City of Dallas as a whole saw a 1.3% decrease in crime when comparing March of last year to March of 2022, over half of its fourteen districts saw an increase in their crime scores....
Two Districts Tie Behind March Crime Boss
Though Chad West claimed the title of “Crime Boss of the Month” for the second time in three months in April, two other districts were nipping at the heels of West’s District 1 for the highest crime...
District 1: Decrease in Car Thefts, Still Largest Crime Increase
The good news for residents living in the City of Dallas District 1 is Motor Vehicle Theft dropped nearly 25% in March of 2022. The unwelcome news, however, is District 1 still ranks as the district...
Chad West ‘Crime Boss of the Month’ Again
For the second time in three months, Chad West claims the title of "Crime Boss of the Month." West is the representative for Dallas City Council District 1. Based on the statistics from March 2022...
Councilman Thomas Responds to District’s Rising Crime
In an email to The Dallas Express, District 3 Councilman Casey Thomas II explained that he was on spring recess when contacted about the crime rising in his district. The increase in District 3's...
Crime Boss: Five City Districts See Double-Digit Increase in Crimes
Casey Thomas II, City of Dallas District 3 City Councilman, is The Dallas Express' Crime Boss of the Month for March. District 3 had a 24% increase in crime when comparing February 2021 to February...
Crime Boss: District 3’s Theft Problem
On average, approximately one in every 1,000 residents of the City of Dallas District 3 reported Larceny or Theft Offenses in February of 2022. Citywide, that equates to one in every 650 people....
City Councilman Casey Thomas II Earns ‘Crime Boss’ Title for March
In honor of an impressive jump in Crime Score -- a 24% increase when comparing February 2021 to February 2022 -- The Dallas Express bestows the title of "Crime Boss of the Month" for March upon City...
City Sees 7% Increase in Overall Crime, January Homicides Nearly Double
The City of Dallas saw a 7% increase in crime across the board for January 2022 when compared to January 2021. While the categories of Motor Vehicle Theft (which accounted for 26% of all crimes for...
2-Time Crime Boss Jaynie Schultz: No Comment on Crime in Her District
For the second time in four months, Jaynie Schultz has been named The Dallas Express' "Crime Boss of the Month." Schultz represents City of Dallas District 11, which once again had the most...
Jaynie Schultz (D11) Dallas City Council Wins Crime Boss Title Again
Welcome to the February edition of The Dallas Express' "Crime Boss of the Month." We believe at The Dallas Express that our readers should have easy access to important information, such as crime...
Automobile Theft Plagues Dallas as Many Districts See Crime Increase
Crime in Dallas Each month, The Dallas Express analyzes crime data for each city council district in Dallas, using statistics from Dallas OpenData to calculate a monthly Crime Score. After adjusting...
Will Councilman West Let Crimes Like Vehicle Theft Continue to Rise in D1?
City of Dallas Councilman Chad West of District 1 was named "Crime Boss of the Month" for January. His district Crime Score increased 21% from December 2020 to December 2021. The Bishop Arts...
Chad West (D1) Dallas City Council – January 2022 Crime Boss
The “Crime Boss of the Month” for January is City Councilman Chad West of Dallas District 1. Councilman West’s district Crime score jumped up 21% from 2020 to 2021. The Dallas Express, The People's...
Is Council Member Carolyn King Arnold Dedicated to Keeping Dallas Safe?
The Dallas Express named Carolyn King Arnold, Council Member for District 4, the Crime Boss of the Month for December after her district's Crime Score jumped from 208 in November 2020 to 238 in...