Data maintained by City officials indicates that only four council districts have reported more than 300 burglaries so far this year.
According to the City of Dallas crime analytics dashboard, as of August 30, Council Member Omar Narvaez’s District 6 logged the most at 388, followed closely by Council Member Jesse Moreno’s District 2 at 382, then Council Member Paul Ridley’s District 14 at 357, and finally Council Member Kathy Stewart’s District 10 at 343.
The Dallas Police Department has guidance posted on its website to help residents and business owners identify if they have been or are about to be victimized by a burglar:
- Unfamiliar vehicles idling in driveways or back alleys with no apparent purpose, possibly with no visible license plates, that drive at night with their headlights off.
- Unfamiliar individuals on a property looking into windows.
- Unfamiliar individuals taking items from a building or apartment while the owners are not there.
- Unfamiliar individuals stacking household items by a door or window, potentially for easy retrieval.
- Unfamiliar individuals leaving a location in a rush with items in hand, such as TVs, laptops, or other high-value items.
DPD has been struggling to keep crime under control as it remains woefully understaffed. Despite a prior City analysis calling for a force of around 4,000 officers, the department only fields around 3,000, which has negatively impacted response times. DPD’s budget of $654 million this fiscal year is also smaller than that of law enforcement agencies in other high-crime cities like Chicago and Los Angeles.
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.