Jeff AsherI've added a note to the @[email protected] crime dashboard about a change in late Sep 2022 changing how Calls for Service was logged resulting in fewer aggravated assaults and more rape incidents. Here's both incident types rolling over 30 days.
There are fewer signal types in Calls for Service clearly delineating aggravated assaults which is making it seem like these offenses are down but really it's just harder to tell from the public data what is and is not an aggravated assault. Same with rapes/sexual assaults.
It's a minor issue, but does suggest that violent crime isn't down this year, it's just fuzzier to figure out.
Linn Pitts@JeffAsher is this based on the coding they would use for NIBRS? I’m curious what factors would lead to an increase in one and decrease in the other. Historically violent crime decreases when we are in economic recessions but that could be result of poor reporting or incarceration. Dated but still relevant article. https://www.city-journal.org/html/crime-and-great-recession-13399.html
