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Chief Davis claims a 4% drop in crime, but where's that number coming from?

We wanted to see if the drop in crime is true because this year, Memphis has seen a spike in homicides and car break-ins.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis Police Chief CJ Davis marked one year as the city's top cop, and many are wondering what progress she's made so far. In the May 24 city council meeting, she said overall crime is down 4% so far this year.

We wanted to see if that's true because we've been reporting a spike in homicides and car break-ins among many other crimes. We looked through incidents on the Memphis Data Hub and the numbers are contradicting. 

For the first six months of 2021, Memphis reported 141 homicides. So far this year, that number stands at 120, which is a 15% decrease. When you look at assaults during the same time frame, Memphis saw a .89% drop. 

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Looking at overall theft and robbery incidents in Memphis, that number has gone up by 16%. At this time last year, there were almost 14,000 reported thefts and robberies.

So far this year, we've seen 16,158.

Memphis police announced a spike in car break-ins this week, with it being the No. 1 crime reported in Memphis. So far in 2022, we're seeing a 35% increase in car thefts and break-ins compared to last year. There were 5,148 between January 2021 and June 2021. In the first six months of this year, there have been 6,987 reports. 

If you compare all the crime reports from this year to this same time last year, Memphis is seeing a 10% increase.

All of this data came from the city of Memphis, which is made public and can be viewed here. It's unclear what numbers Chief Davis is citing with her claim of a 4% decrease in crime.

We reached out to the police department to clarify. They told us to formally request that data. We did and are waiting for a response.

El Policía de Memphis respondido a más de 3000 llamadas de propiedad robo de vehículos este año. El robo de vehículos es delito número 1 que pasa aquí en Memphis. Los ladrones van a los vehículos para busca pistolas, bolsas y otros objetos que se pueden usar o vender. hay algunos consejos para ayudar te para no se, un víctima de robo de vehículo. 1. Nunca dejes nada de valor en tu vehículo 2. Siempre cerrar su vehículo 3. parque su vehículo donde hay buena luz 4. Si su vehículo tiene una alarma, asegúrese que se funcione 5. considere instalar cámaras de movimiento en su vehículo 6. Recuerda que si tienes que dejar cosas en tu vehículo, siempre cerrar su vehículo

Posted by Memphis Police Department est.1827 on Wednesday, June 15, 2022

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