The crime report for May (includes Frankford and Bridesburg) is finally in and it’s not good. Total incidents was 213 which is the highest it has been in the 6 months we have been tracking it. Average per day was 7.1. The only good news is that there is a seasonal increase in crime. Everybody like good weather, even the criminals.
Compared to May of 2014 its not far off. The other good news is that there were no homicides. Details are below. (Thanks to Jamie Fader from Temple’s Department of Criminal Justice for enlightening me on the seasons of crime.)
| Dec-14 | Jan-15 | Feb-15 | Mar-15 | Apr-15 | May-15 | May-14 | |
| Aggravated Assault Firearm | 5 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 8 |
| Aggravated Assault No Firearm | 17 | 11 | 12 | 19 | 14 | 26 | 25 |
| Burglary Non Residential | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 7 |
| Burglary Residential | 14 | 15 | 9 | 17 | 19 | 12 | 31 |
| Homicide | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Homicide – gross negligence | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Motor Vehicle Recovery | 26 | 15 | 16 | 29 | 24 | 32 | 21 |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 13 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 11 |
| Rape | 7 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| Robbery Firearm | 22 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 9 |
| Robbery no Firearm | 6 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 20 | 19 | 9 |
| Theft | 49 | 36 | 32 | 45 | 37 | 78 | 61 |
| Theft from Vehicle | 21 | 19 | 9 | 17 | 17 | 9 | 23 |
| Total | 184 | 163 | 123 | 171 | 157 | 213 | 206 |
| days | 31 | 31 | 28 | 31 | 30 | 30 | 30 |
| Average per day | 5.9 | 5.3 | 4.4 | 5.5 | 5.2 | 7.1 | 6.9 |
