Crime in North Dallas ticked up in March, in no small part due to the increase in reported criminality in Council Member Jaynie Schultz’s District 11.
Overall, crime crept up 6.3% year over year last month in her district, according to the City of Dallas Open Data crime analytics dashboard.
The main driver of that increase was motor vehicle thefts, which spiked by 58.6% in March.
However, other more violent crimes were committed, too. The Dallas Express reached out to the Dallas Police Department (DPD) and inquired about some of these incidents.
One such incident, a violent aggravated assault, was committed on March 12 near White Rock Creek. Two victims flagged down a police officer around 11:55 p.m.
“The preliminary investigation determined a man and a woman were assaulted during an argument by an unknown male suspect. Both the man and the woman were taken to a local hospital,” Public Information Officer Juan Fernandez informed The Dallas Express in an emailed statement.
Shortly before that, on March 8, two suspects robbed the construction site at the corner of Southern Boulevard and Noel Road.
“The victim stated that two unknown suspects left the [scene] after taking tools without consent. The victim stated that he followed the suspects until one of the suspects pointed what appeared to be a gun at him,” Fernandez wrote.
That same day, someone held up a restaurant employee at gunpoint in the 13300 block of Preston Road.
“The victim stated that an unknown suspect approached the cash register, pointed a gun, and [demanded] money. The suspect then took the property and left the location,” Fernandez explained.
The Dallas Express emailed Council Member Schultz and briefed her on the crime increases in her council district in March, asking if she had any comment on the public safety situation.
No response from her was received by press time.
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.
I feel like a broken record, but I’ll say it again…this city is slowly turning into a San Fran bc criminals aren’t afraid to commit crimes here bc they know they will be out on the streets again in no time, with barely a slap on the hand…and all the blame for that can be laid on Dallas DA Creuzot! Mr. “Soft on Crime” is a joke and why he can’t see that is crazy!! New police applicants has dropped for Dallas too, not many want to be a cop here anymore! Hopefully this bill that just passed in TX that is making these DA’s like Creuzot follow the law completely, will help!
This info is just another attempt to indicate that cities run by democrats are crime hotbeds. What the right will not say is that cities run by democrats are the fastest growing population centers in the U.S. so where there are more people you are going to have more people problems. Cities run by Republicans are stagnant or receeding in population.
You mean like all of the west coast states that UHAUL is paying us to drive and drag their containers back to, because many are moving out of them, but NO ONE is moving there. TOO MUCH CRIME, supported by Democrats that do nothing to fight it, like KAMALA HARRIS, who ignored LACK of EVIDENCE in many cases, and kept many non-violent prisoners in prisons even after warnings of judges of the massive over-crowding in those hell-holes.