Grove Crime Statistics Update

Dear residents and Crime Watchers,

In the past few weeks, I have seen several resident’s posts on sites such as NextDoor recounting incidents taking place in our Grove neighborhoods. Since I assumed the responsibility of providing police services for the Grove in July 2013, I have made it my personal mission to increase communications with our residents to allow for greater transparency. My efforts include the engagement of our community via meetings, emails, and yes, even the NextDoor app. I have encouraged our residents to report every single incident that impacts our community and directed them to Crimemapping.com, where you can search for crimes in the Grove. I wanted to take an opportunity to reassure our community that Coconut Grove is safer now that it has been at any time in the past decade. I searched and compared the crime stats for the last ten years to give you a glimpse at how our crime prevention efforts have impacted the level of reported crime in Coconut Grove. I know you will appreciate the effort our team puts forth each and every day to keep our community safe.  Reductions were experienced in every category, but most impressive is that when compared to 2006, Robberies were reduced 86%, and Burglaries went down 67%.

Grove Crimes from January 1 to July 15th
Year	Assault and Battery	Robbery	Stolen Cars	Burglary	Car Break ins	Theft	Shop lifting
2006	187	60	62	162	253	264	28
2007	171	72	73	127	235	264	40
2008	186	66	79	127	340	237	61
2009	140	48	35	164	274	185	33
2010	128	34	29	104	245	178	42
2011	106	26	35	117	264	161	39
2012	105	43	28	126	218	216	47
2013	99	43	27	98	201	202	59
2014	82	33	39	95	227	149	60
2015	85	18	20	72	171	162	47
2016	84	8	20	54	173	115	28

The numbers speak for themselves, and the results are impressive, but there is still room for improvement. I know that stats offer little consolation to the resident that has been victimized, and I promise to continue to work arduously to make our community safer each and every day. I want to improve in the area of car break-ins, so  please remember to park properly and secure your vehicle by removing valuables and locking all doors. Please share with your neighbors.

Thank You and be safe, and I hope to see you at our next crime watch meetings.