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January 11, 2016

Metropolitan Police Department Releases 2015 Crime StatisticsStatistics cite a 2.2 percent increase in overall crime

St. Louis, Mo. - Today, the Metropolitan Police Department released 2015 Uniform CrimeReporting (UCR) statistics citing a 2.2 percent increase in overall crime in the City of St.Louis. Person crime increased 7.8 percent and property crimes increased 0.7 percent.

In 2015, the department reported 26,013 Part I Crimes which represents a 2.2 percent increasecompared to 2014 when 25,462 Part I Crimes were reported. Part I Crimes are comprised ofhomicides, forcible rapes, robberies, aggravated assaults, burglaries, larcenies/thefts, vehiclethefts and arsons.

“Through the month of July, overall crime in the City of St. Louis was up 14.5 percent, with a24.9 percent increase in person crime and an 11.8 percent increase in property crime. Throughstrategies such as hot-spot policing and the dedicated work of our officers, we were able tosubstantially reduce the occurrence of crime,” said Chief Sam Dotson. “We plan to continue towork towards decreasing crime in our city while also focusing on strengthening communityrelations.”

The department records crime according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s UniformCrime Reporting (UCR) guidelines. More information about the UCR program may be foundat http://www.ucrdatatool.gov/abouttheucr.cfm.

Total Part II Crimes increased 13.1 percent when compared to 2014. Complete Part II Crimestatistics are released with the publication of the department’s Annual Report.

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2015 Part I Crime Statistics

2015 At a Glance

Total Part I Crimes increased 2.2 percent when compared to 2014, from 25,462crimes to 26,013 crimes

Violent Crime (Crimes Against Persons) increased 7.8 percent when compared to2014, from 5,348 crimes to 5,763 crimes

Property Crimes increased 0.7 percent when compared to 2014, from 20,114 crimes to20,250 crimes

2015 Reported Crimes Against Persons

Homicides increased 18.2 percent from 159 to 188 Rapes, which include both Forced Rapes and Attempted Rapes, decreased 5.7 percent

from 279 to 263 Robberies increased 14.6 percent from 1,562 to 1,790 Aggravated Assaults increased 5.2 percent from 3,348 to 3,522

2015 Reported Property Crimes

Burglaries decreased 0.1 percent from 4,209 to 4,203o This represents the lowest number since 1950 when there were 3,744 burglaries

reported Larcenies increased 1.7 percent from 12,465 to 12,680 Vehicle Thefts decreased by 3.1 percent from 3,247 to 3,146

o This represents the lowest number since 1952 when 2,789 vehicle theftsreported

Arsons increased 14.5 percent from 193 to 221

Crime Comparisons

Total Part I Crimes decreased 47.7 percent when compared to 2006, from 49,743crimes to 26,013 crimes

Total Part I Crimes decreased 22.9 percent when compared to 2010, from 33,782crimes to 26,013 crimes

Total Part I Crimes decreased 6.6 percent when compared to 2012, from 27,854crimes to 26,013 crimes

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