LTC 058-2004 Crime Statistics for January and February 2004 CITY OF MIAMI BEACH
Office of the City Manager
Letter to Commission No. o58-20o
To: Mayor David Dermer and Date: March 5, 2004
Members of the City Commission
Jorge M. Gonzalez
City Manager
CRIME STATISTICS FOR JANUARY AND FEBRUARY 2004
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Subject:
This Letter to the City Commission is to provide information on Part 1 Crimes for the City of
Miami Beach during the first sixty days of 2004. Part 1 Crimes include Homicide, Forcible
Sexual Offenses, Robbery, Aggravated Assault, Burglar, Larceny, and Motor Vehicle
Thefts.
The time period from January 1,2003 through February 28, 2003 was compared with the
same time frame for 2004. The overall crime rate during these two months decreased by
0.74 percent. This general decline was due to a large reduction in Forcible Sexual
Offenses (a 53.33% decrease) as well as more modest reductions in Larceny (6.16%
decrease) and Auto Theft (8.81% decrease). While the overall amount of crimes in Miami
Beach did not change significantly, there was a dramatic 64.45 percent increase in the
number of arrests.
The amount of calls for Police received by the Public Safety Communications Bureau was
also compared during the same time period. This showed a twenty-five percent increase in
the number of calls for Police service with January and February of 2003 having 20,693
calls and January and February of 2004 having 25,854 calls. In addition to receiving more
calls for service from the public, Police Officers also issued 6474 moving violations (a
82.21% increase)and wrote 3645 parking tickets (a 102.28% increase).
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