Robberies have been ticking up this year, with pronounced spikes in several Dallas City Council districts. According to the City of Dallas crime analytics dashboard, there have been 10 more...
Northeastern Dallas Auto Thefts Spike Under Blackmon
A 40% increase in Crime Score driven by motor vehicle thefts earned Council Member Paula Blackmon the most recent Crime Boss of the Month title.
Auto Thefts Reach All-Time Highs
More than 12,000 motor vehicles have been reported stolen in Dallas so far in 2023, marking a substantial increase over last year. The rise in such criminal offenses comes as the Dallas Police...
Downtown Drug Crime Drives Police Stats
Offenses categorized by police as โcrimes against societyโ — prostitution, gambling, and drug violations — have risen by 7.5% in Dallas.
Prostitution, DPD Shortage Plague NW Dallas
A seriously understaffed Dallas Police Department is struggling to keep up as reports of prostitution soar in northwestern Dallas.
Dallas Drug Crimes Spike Amid Police Shortage
Dallas is seeing a significant uptick in drug-related criminal activity this year, logging year-over-year spikes in police service calls. According to the City of Dallas crime analytics dashboard,...
Broadnax Stops Short of Finish Line on Data Transparency
Public-facing crime data have been made available by the City, but a crucial detail remains missing: the location where each crime was committed.
Murder, Auto Thefts, Shoplifting Skyrocketing
Dallas has been seeing sharp increases in specific criminal offenses, according to a recent report published by the Dallas Police Department. While the City of Dallas has yet to restore full...
Council District Crime Data Still Unavailable
Certain features of the City of Dallasโ Open Data crime analytics dashboard are still not functioning after nearly three months of data issues purportedly caused by a ransomware attack against City...
City Crime Data Still Down, Murders Still Up
DPD reports 142 murders so far in 2023, marking an 8.4% spike over 2022, as public data failures remain unresolved by City Manager T.C. Broadnax.
Broadnax’s Crime Data Problems Persist
City Manager T.C. Broadnax has yet to restore full functionality to Dallasโ crime statistics database two months after the alleged ransomware attack.
Crime Stats in Dallas Remain Unreliable
It has now been two months since the City of Dallas claimed a ransomware attack hit its servers, limiting the functionality of some of its computer-related operations, and reliable crime statistics...
Dallas Crime Stats Still Unreliable
Reliable city crime statistics are still unavailable to the public nearly two months after a ransomware attack purportedly targeted several City of Dallas computer systems. While most public-facing...
Crime Data Still Dark as Year Nears Halfway Point
With the end of June rapidly approaching, no signs have yet appeared as to when City Manager T.C. Broadnax will manage to resolve an alleged ransomware attack that began in early May. As previously...
Broadnax Yet To Restore Crime Data Capability
The City of Dallas is still unable to provide reliable crime data to the public more than five weeks after its servers were allegedly hit with a ransomware attack. Dallas Police Department...
City Fumbles Data, Crime Boss Unknown
More than five weeks after an alleged ransomware attack crippled City functions, information on Dallas crime remains unavailable to the public.
Dallas City Crime Dashboard Inaccessible
The final installment in The Dallas Express'ย May edition of Crime Boss of the Month cannot be researched or published due to admitted issues with the City of Dallas' computer systems. As previously...
Prostitution Spikes in Northwest Dallas
Reports of alleged prostitution more than doubled last month year over year in Northwest Dallas, continuing a longstanding trend of the city's sex trade primarily manifesting in one council...
Shoplifting Offenses Plague North Dallas
Shoplifting has become drastically more common in Council Member Gay Donnell Willis' District 13. As previously reported byย The Dallas Express, shoplifting offenses have been soaring in Willis'...
Where Dallas Crime Was Lowest in 2022
Five City Council members kept crime relatively low as rates across the city rose, and five stood out for reducing crime from start to end of year.
Murders in Northwest Dallas Skyrocket
Northwest Dallas saw more murders than most other parts of town last month, particularly in one council district: Council Member Narvaez's District 6. Typically known for prostitution and other sex...