The Lakeland Police Department released March 2009 crime data from the Uniform Crime Report. Overall year-to-date crime in 2009 is down 5% compared to the same period in 2008 and down 8.5% compared to 2007.
As we noted in previous blog postings, burglaries increased during March (and part of April, too), which resulted in a 2.5% year-to-date increase from last year. Violent crime is up a modest 3.3% this year, with robberies showing a 23% decrease.
The complete March UCR report can be found on our website.
- Asst Chief Bill LePere
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