Crime continued to decline in Dallas as the week progressed. The decline comes after a spike in crime throughout November.
Between Dec. 4 and Dec. 10, there were 788 property crimes, 227 violent crimes, 19 nonviolent crimes, 33 financial crimes and 568 other crimes.
Here’s what crimes have taken place over the last three days. Recently, some of the most common offenses in Preston Hollow were property-related.
Overall crime was on the incline the last three months. Property crime peaked Nov. 14 with 209 offenses, and violent crime peaked Nov. 7 with 61 offenses.
Since the beginning of the year, crime rose between February and April. A decline then popped up between the spring and fall months.
The city’s crime rate in 2019 was 41.84 per 1,000 residents. There were over 57,000 total crimes last year with 11,764 violent crimes and 45,279 property crimes.
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Dallas County’s crime rate in 2019 was 35.06 per 1,000 residents. There were over 15,000 violent crimes, over 77,000 property crimes and last year for the population of over 2.6 million people.
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