Assault Offenses
Aggravated Assault •
Approximately 32% were known to be domestic - related. 48% occurred within a residence, 23% on a highway, road, or in an alley, 12% in parking lot/garage, and 2% in a bar/nightclub. Approximately 58% were known to be domestic - related. 61% occurred within a residence, 9% on a highway, road, or in an alley, 8% in a parking lot/garage, and 2% in a bar/nightclub.
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Decreased 6.4%
Simple Assaults •
Increased 5.9%
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Increased 14.0%
Intimidation To unlawfully place another person in reasonable fear of bodily harm through the use of threatening words and/or other conduct, but without displaying a weapon or an actual physical attack.
Simple Assaults An unlawful physical attack by one person upon another where neither the offender displays a weapon, nor the victim suffers obvious severe or aggravated bodily injury.
Aggravated Assault An unlawful attack by a person upon another person where the offender uses or displays a weapon in a threatening manner, or the victim suffers obvious severe or aggravated bodily injury.
Kidnapping/Abduction There was a 16.4% increase in kidnapping/abduction offenses in Second Quarter 2024 with 64 offenses compared to 55 offenses in Second Quarter 2023.
Of the 64 kidnapping offenses this quarter, 52 were unlawful restraints, 8 were kidnappings, and 4 were aggravated kidnappings.
Victim Relationship
Please refer to Texas Penal Code Title 5, Chapter 20 for full definitions, below are abbreviated definitions of each: • Unlawful restraint: Intentionally or knowingly [restraining] another person. • Kidnapping : Intentionally or knowingly [abducting] another person … not coupled with intent to use or to threaten to use deadly force. • Aggravated Kidnapping : Intentionally or knowingly [abducting] another person with the intent [for example] to hold him for ransom or reward … use him as a shield or hostage...inflict bodily injury. • Unlawful Transport : For pecuniary benefit [transporting] an individual in a manner that is designed to conceal the individual from … law enforcement authorities … and [creating] a substan- tial likelihood that the individual will suffer serious bodily injury or death.
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2024 2nd Quarter Crime Report
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