As violent crime continues to rise across Dallas, crime statistics for January 2023 reaffirm City Councilman Adam Bazaldua’s District 7 status as one of the most dangerous council districts.
District 7 mostly runs south of Interstate 30, encompassing much of South Dallas (including Fair Park) and concluding along Sam Houston Road.
This area logged the most violent crime offenses in the city last month, according to the City of Dallas Open Data crime analytics dashboard.
The City of Dallas and the Dallas Police Department (DPD) use the FBI’s definition of violent crime to track their metrics. Violent crime consists of the offense categories of murder/non-negligent manslaughter, robbery, aggravated assault, and rape (which includes instances of sexual assault with an object, forcible sodomy, and forcible fondling).
As previously reported in The Dallas Express, aggravated assaults in Bazaldua’s district were up by more than 20% year-over-year in January, in part driving the city’s overall violent crime rate.
Over the course of the month, District 7 also clocked 20 robberies, three murders, and seven sexual assaults — five instances of rape and two instances of forcible fondling, marking a 60% increase in reported criminal offenses within this category.
The offenses committed in Bazaldua’s district are just a part of a broader uptick in violent crime.
Three of the four violent crime categories are up year-to-date compared to the same period in 2022, according to a daily briefing by DPD.
Citywide, aggravated assaults are up 16.61%, murder is up 12.5%, rapes involving a family member are up 7.69%, and non-family member rapes are up 6%, contributing to an overall increase in violent crime of 8.57% year-to-date.
The Dallas Express reached out to Councilman Bazaldua, informing him that his district had the most reported violent crimes last month and asking if he had any comment on the matter.
No response was provided by press time.
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