Charlestown Sees Steepest Crime Drop in City

Crime in Charlestown  to trend lower in 2012 when compared to 2011—and has seen the sharpest decline in the city—according to statistics released this week by the Boston Police Department.

The data shows crime information through July 22. During that period, crime in the neighborhood has been down by 19 percent.

That decrease impacted most categories of crime—except for robberies and aggravated assaults.

Police recorded 21 robberies and attempted robberies so far in 2012, compared to 17 in the same period of 2011. Burglaries have been a couple ticks down compared to last year’s numbers, with 31 recorded by July 22 in 2012 compared to 36 in 2011.

The biggest declines came in vehicle theft—down by about a third—and all other theft, which dropped from 216 for this time in 2011 to 174 in 2012.

City-wide, crime numbers have trended about 6 percent lower in 2012 when compared to 2011. However, Boston has seen one more homicide so far this year than it had for the same period last year.

The neighborhood saw an  in 2011.

Breakdown by category :

All stats are for crimes recorded on or before July. 22. The top line represents incidents in Charlestown. The bottom line represents incidents city-wide.

Homicide

• Zero in both 2011 and 2012
• 25 in 2011; 26 in 2012

Rape and Attempted Rape

• Four in 2011, one in 2012
• 134 in both 2011 and 2012

Robbery and Attempted Robbery

• 17 in 2011; 21 in 2012
• 1,013 in 2011, 974 in 2012

Aggravated Assault

• 22 in 2011, 27 in 2012
• 1,626 in 2011; 1,724 in 2012

Burglary and Attempted Burglary

• 36 in both 2011; 31 in 2012
• 1,779 in 2011; 1,695 in 2012

Larceny and Attempted Larceny

• 216 in 2011; 174 in 2012
• 7,484 in 2011; 6,841 in 2012

Vehicle Theft and Attempted Vehicle Theft

• 39 in 2011, 16 in 2012
• 495 in 2011; 392 in 2012

Total

• 334 in 2011; 270 in 2012
• 13,093 in 2011; 12,275 in 2012