2017 1st Quarter Crime Report

2017 1st Quarter Crime Report

First Quarter Crime Report January - March 2017

Fort Worth Police Department Chief Joel F. Fitzgerald

TABLE OF CONTENTS

SECTION I. UNDERSTANDING CRIME REPORTING …………………………………………. 3

1.1 NATIONAL PERSPECTIVE ON REPORTING CRIME …………………………………….. 4

1.2 FORT WORTH’S CRIME REPORT ………………………………………………………….. 4

1.3 UNDERSTANDING NIBRS FIGURES ……………………………………………………... 5

1.4 SIGNIFICANT METHODOLOGY AND DEFINITION DIFFERENCES …...……………… 5

SECTION II. NATIONAL INCIDENT BASED REPORTING SYSTEM ………………………… 6

2.1 FIRST QUARTER 2017 CITYWIDE NIBRS CRIME REPORT...……………................. .... 7

2.2 CRIMES AGAINST PERSONS (NIBRS - GROUP “A”) ………………………………….… 8

2.3 CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY (NIBRS - GROUP “A”) ……...………...………… …….. 11

2.4 CRIMES AGAINST SOCIETY (NIBRS - GROUP “A”)……………………………………….. 12

2.5 OTHER OFFENSES (NIBRS - GROUP “B”) ……………………………………….....…….. 12

2.6 GANG UNIT REPORT …………………………………………………………………………. 13

2.7 OFFENSES BY COUNCIL DISTRICT ……………………………………………………….. 14

SECTION III. DIRECTIONS HOME REPORT …………………………………………………….. 24

SECTION IV. DEPARTMENT INITIATIVES UPDATE ………………………………….............. 28

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