Two Dallas City Council districts are ahead of the pack when it comes to shoplifting offenses this year amid the Dallas Police Department’s ongoing officer shortage and a district attorney’s office...
District 13’s Crime Rose in Eight of the Last Nine Months
Gay Donnell Willis, City of Dallas District 13 councilwoman, was named The Dallas Express Crime Boss of the Month (CBOM) for September after the Crime Score in her district increased by 23.11% in...
District 7’s Adam Bazaldua: Crime Boss Runner-Up for Second Straight Month
Councilman Adam Bazaldua, representing Dallas' District 7, is the Crime Boss of the Month (CBOM) runner-up for the second month in a row. Unfortunately for the residents of that region, the district...
Gay Donnell Willis of Dallas District 13 Oversees 23.1% Increase in Crime Score
Gay Donnell Willis, the councilwoman for City of Dallas District 13, has been named The Dallas Express Crime Boss of the Month (CBOM) for September after the crime score in that region climbed...
Did Crime Really Decrease in Dallas?
At the start of this month, the public crime data used in The Dallas Express Crime Boss feature initially created a false sense of security. Based on incomplete figures available at the time, it...
Dallas Car Theft Increases Again in July
Despite a slight dip in crime reports in the City of Dallas when comparing July 2022 to July 2021, Motor Vehicle Theft was not among the reductions. This problem has persisted throughout the year,...
Dallas’ District 12 Rounds Out July Crime Score Increases
A total of five City of Dallas districts saw crime score increases in July of 2022 over the same month in 2021. District 12 saw an overall increase in crimes, rising from 264 reports to 314. The...
District 13 Home to 7.47% Crime Increase in July
Councilwoman Gay Donnell Willis and the City of Dallas District she represents, District 13, have never earned the dubious "Crime Boss of the Month" (CBOM) honor, but in July, the district saw an...
Spotlighting Crime in Councilwoman Jaynie Schultz’s District 11
The City of Dallas District 11 saw 41 more crimes reported last month compared to July of 2021. The severity of the crimes committed last month hoisted Councilwoman Jaynie Schultz's district to the...
Councilman Adam Bazaldua: August Crime Boss Runner-Up
Following a hiccup in data by Dallas Open Records for July '22 crime stats in the City of Dallas, Crime Boss of the Month (CBOM) for August Adam West and District 1 went from an unbelievable 30%...
City of Dallas Corrects Crime Statistics, West Keeps Crime Boss Title
It seemed like good news when the July 2022 crime data for the City of Dallas showed resounding decreases in wrongdoing across the board for all 14 districts in the region, some plummeting by as...
Dallas’ Deceptive Data Shows Crime ‘Decrease,’ West Still Crime Boss
It almost looked like good news for the City of Dallas, with all 14 districts in the region seemingly experiencing a decrease in crime in July of 2022. Districts 3,6,8, 9, and 14 each looked to have...
Dallas Murder Rate up 116% in June
While the Dallas City Council was on summer recess, news of homicides more than doubling in the region in June ’22 was reported by The Dallas Express. Violent crime — a primary focus of Dallas Eric...
Dallas District 7 Sees Near-8% Rise in Crime
As July comes to a close, The Dallas Express awaits new crime statistics for the August "Crime Boss of the Month." However, based on June statistics, Dallas District 7 comes to the forefront as yet...
Dallas’ District 5 Sees Resounding Swell of Robberies
City of Dallas District 5, led by Councilman Jaime Resendez, has so far managed to stay out of The Dallas Express Crime Boss of the Month feature, but crime increased in the area by 9% in June,...
Donnell Willis’ District 13 Up 40% in Crime
Of the 14 districts within the boundaries of the City of Dallas, eight saw overall crime score increases in June of 2022, some far more than others. None had a crime score as high as that of...
As Violent Crime Increases, Mayor Johnson Looks for Solutions
In 2019, Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson ran on a platform that included public safety, calling it a top priority. However, Johnson says that public safety is not just the responsibility of those employed...
Councilman Chad West’s District 1: Another Month, Another Homicide
Violent crime has been a continuing problem in Dallas. Homicides within the city increased 116.7% in June of 2021 compared to June of this year. The Dallas Express Crime Boss of the Month for July,...
West of Dallas’ District 1 Earns Crime Boss, Yet Again
For the second month in a row – and the fourth time this year – City of Dallas District 1 Councilman Chad West has been named The Dallas Express Crime Boss of the Month, this time for July. District...
Dallas’ Rising Homicide Trend Continues
Homicides in the City of Dallas increased 128.6% in May 2022 compared to May 2021. The crime of homicide in May '21 sat at a total of seven reports, but in May '22, that number shot to 16. This...
Dallas’ Smallest District Sees the Biggest Jump in Crime
District 1 has the smallest population of the Dallas City Council's 14 districts, at 77,916 residents (District 14, Dallas' largest, has a population of 106,927). Yet District 1 has frequently...