Crime & Safety
Homicide, Assault, Burglary and Auto Theft On the Rise in Gaithersburg
Gaithersburg Police released crime statistics from the second quarter of 2011.
During the second quarter of 2011, crime was down in Gaithersburg when stacked up against the second quarter of 2010, but the numbers for homicide, aggravated assault, burglary and auto theft are up.
Crime Change from Q2'10 to Q2'11 Actual Numbers Homicide Not Calculable from 0 to 1 Rape 50 percent decrease from 2 to 1 Robbery 7.7 percent decrease from 13 to 12 Aggravated Assault 14.3 percent increase from 14 to 16 Burglary 6.5 percent increase from 46 to 49 Larceny 8.3 percent decrease from 385 to 353 Auto Theft 27.8 percent increase from 18 to 23
And although there was a 4.6 percent drop in the overall crime rate in Gaithersburg during the months of April, May and June this year when compared against statistics from the same time period in 2010, the numbers jumped up 19.8 percent from the first quarter of the year, Gaithersburg Police announced on Thursday.
Crime Change from Q1'11 to Q2'11 Actual Numbers Homicide Not Calculable from 0 to 1 Robbery 9.1 percent increase from 11 to 12 Aggravated Assault 45.5 percent increase from 11 to 16 Burglary 28.9 percent increase from 38 to 49 Larceny 13.9 percent increase from 310 to 353 Auto Theft 35.3 percent increase from 17 to 23Information provided by the Gaithersburg Police Department.
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