Property crime in Berkeley declined by 16 percent in the first six months of 2011, whereas violent crime decreased by 4 percent, the Berkeley Police Department announced Tuesday.
Based on preliminary data from the FBI Uniform Crime Statistics for 2010 and the beginning of 2011, decreases in the city’s Part One Property Crime appear to be ahead of both state and national trends, the department said. Property crime in the United States decreased by 2.8 percent in 2010, according to the preliminary data.
Part One crime includes homicide, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, theft, auto theft and arson.
Here is the breakdown for each Part One crime from January – June 2011.
Homicide — down one case or 50 percent (2010 — 2, 2011 — 1)
Rape — up four cases or 36 percent (2010 — 11, 2011—15)
Robbery — down five cases or 3 percent (2010 — 155, 2011 — 150)
Aggravated Assault — down 9 cases or 12 percent (2010 — 73, 2011 — 64)
Burglary — up 3 cases or 0.6 percent (2010 — 503, 2011 — 506)
Auto Theft — up 22 cases or 8 percent (2010—292, 2011—314)
Theft — down 524 cases or 23 percent (2010 — 2186, 2011 — 1662)
Arson — up five cases or 50 percent (2010 — 10, 2011 — 15)
Stephanie Baer is the city news editor.
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