Dallas City Council Member Jaynie Schultz of District 11 has been named April’s Crime Boss of the Month based on crime statistics logged by the Dallas Police Department (DPD) during March.
Schultz’s North Dallas council district — which stretches up from Walnut Hill Lane past Interstate 635 as far north as the intersection of Campbell and Preston Roads — clocked a 25.24% year-over-year Crime Score increase last month, by far the steepest among all the city council districts.
As previously reported in The Dallas Express, Schultz has already been named Crime Boss on three separate occasions. However, last month’s crime numbers put her just behind Council Member Chad West (D1) for the record number of times a council member has received the dishonor. West has been named Crime Boss five times. Now Schultz has her fourth title under her belt.
Schultz currently sits on the Environment & Sustainability, Housing & Homelessness Solutions, and Transportation & Infrastructure Committees and chairs the Workforce, Education, & Equity Committee.
The councilwoman’s Crime Boss designation this go-around seems to be due primarily to significant year-over-year spikes in motor vehicle thefts, vandalism offenses, and fraud offenses, according to the City of Dallas Open Data crime analytics dashboard:
| Crime Category | 2023 Incidents | 2022 Incidents | Increase |
| Motor Vehicle Thefts | 92 | 58 | 34 |
| Destruction/Damage/Vandalism of Property | 64 | 45 | 19 |
| Fraud Offenses | 16 | 9 | 7 |
A request for comment was sent to Council Member Schultz’s office, but a response was not received by press time.
Schultz is up for re-election on May 6 and faces challenger Candy Evans. It is unclear how much crime and public safety will factor into constituents’ voting choices in District 11 next month. Still, a citywide poll found a plurality marked it as their top concern, above Dallas’ troubled public education system and its serious homelessness and vagrancy problem.
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.
