HUNTERSVILLE POLICE

DEPARTMENT
102 Gilead Road P.O. Box 664 Huntersville, N.C. 28070
(704) 875-6542 Fax (704) 875-2815
Philip K. Potter, CLEE
Chief of Police

MONTHLY CRIME BULLETIN

Auto Breaking and Entering
August 2010
Activity Summary:
• There were fifteen (15) Auto B&Es reported in August 2010. There were thirty-one (31) Auto B&Es
reported during the same timeframe in 2009. This is a 52% decrease from 2009 to 2010.
• Every zone experienced two or more incidents.
• Three (3), or 20%, of the incidents were reported in A-2 and three (3) in B-1.
• Thirteen (13), or 87%, of the incidents took place at residential locations.
• Thirteen (13), or 87%, of the incidents involved unforced entry.
• Three (3), or 20%, of the incidents were discovered on a Monday and three (3) on a Saturday.
• Six (6), or 40%, of the incidents were discovered between the hours of 0800 and 1159.
• Eight (8) incidents are open for further investigation, six (6) have been closed with leads exhausted, and
one (1) has been closed cleared by arrest.

Historically, HPD has an average of 27 Auto B&Es during the month of August with a current threshold of 14 to 40.
This August, we were within the threshold with 15 reported Auto B&Es.

Forecast for September:

The average number of Auto B&Es for the month of September is 22 plus or minus 17. By the end of September,
there is a 68% chance HPD will have received between 5 and 39 reported Auto B&Es.

Prepared by: Laura Rooks, Crime Analyst

Submitted to: Philip K. Potter, Chief of Police

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 15 Auto B&Es in August 2010

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 BREAKING AND ENTERING MOTOR VEHICLE
August 2010

Geographic Analysis

Incidents per Reporting Tract Number of Crimes per Location

Tract # % of total Location # % of total
A1 1 7% Commercial 2 13%
A2 3 20% Residential 13 87%
A3 1 7% School 0 0%
A4 Hotel 0 0%
A5 Other 0 0%
B1 3 20% 15 100%
B2 2 13%
B3
B4
C1
C2 1 7%
C3 2 13%
C4
C5 Incidents by Response Area
C6
D1 Beat # % of
D2 total
D3 1 7% East 1 2 13%
D4 East 2 3 20%
D5 1 7% East 3 2 13%
D6 West 1 3 20%
15 100% West 2 2 13%
West 3 3 20%
15 100%

Incidents by District
District # % of
total
East 7 47%
West 8 53%
15 100%

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 Temporal Analysis

# of Incidents/Day at Found Time Crimes Found by 4hr Intervals

Day # % Total Time Period # % per Allocation
Sunday 2 13% 0000-0359 2 13%
Monday 3 20% 0400-0759 3 20%
Tuesday 2 13% 0800-1159 6 40%
Wednesda 2 1200-1559 2 13%
y 13% 1600-1959 1 7%
Thursday 2 13% 2000-2359 1 7%
Friday 1 7% 15 100%
Saturday 3 20%
15 100%

Modus Operandi Analysis

Forced or Non-forced Entries Method of Entry

Entry Type # % of total
Forced 1 7%
Unforced 13 87%
Unknown 1 7%
15 100%

Method # % of total
Broke Glass 0 0%
Force Door 0 0%
Broke/Forced Window 0 0%
Bodily Force 0 0%
Pried/Punched Lock 1 7%
Key 0 0%
No Force 13 87%
Unknown/Other 1 7%
15 100%
Point of Entry
Point of Entry # % of total
Door (Driver Side) 0 0%
Door (Pass. Side) 1 7%
Door (Back) 0 0%

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Window 2 13%
Unknown 12 80%
Not Stated/Other 0 0%
15 100%

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 HUNTERSVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT
102 Gilead Road P.O. Box 664 Huntersville, N.C. 28070
(704) 875-6542 Fax (704) 875-2815
Philip K. Potter, CLEE
Chief of Police

Monthly Crime Analysis for August 2010

Auto B&E
Tract Case # Address Date From: Time From: Date To: Time To: Common Name:
A1 100829134801 Chaddsley Dr 8/28/10 2000 8/29/10 1345 McAuley Farms
A2 100827002001 Birkdale Commons Pky 8/26/10 2030 8/27/10 0005 Birkdale Village Shop Ctr
100828140001 Sam Furr Rd 8/27/10 2000 8/28/10 0900
100814122701 Pinnacle Cross Dr 8/14/10 0101 8/14/10 1221 Marquis at Northcross Apts
A3 100809093601 Beatties Ford Rd 8/8/10 2300 8/9/10 0915
A4 None Reported
A5 None Reported
B1 100809195201 Rockhouse Ct 8/8/10 2200 8/9/10 1000 Huntersville Commons Apts
100821093101 Commerce Centre Dr 8/19/10 1500 8/21/10 0930 Parkview Apts
100819010701 Commerce Centre Dr 8/19/10 0104 8/19/10 0105 Parkview Apts
B2 100802084201 Glencrest Dr 7/27/10 1700 7/28/10 0800 Cambridge Grove
100825082102 Crossing Gate Dr 8/24/10 1930 8/25/10 0815 Caldwell Station
B3 None Reported
B4 None Reported
C1 None Reported
C2 100801203701 Gilead Grove Rd 7/31/10 2200 8/1/10 1700 McCoy Crossings
C3 100805093101 Sparkling Way 8/1/10 2200 8/2/10 0600 Cedarfield
100803212801 Gilead Hill Ct 8/2/10 1000 8/3/10 2127 Cedarfield
C4 None Reported
C5 None Reported
C6 None Reported
D1 None Reported
D2 None Reported
D3 100802191101 Garden District Row 7/29/10 0045 7/29/10 0400 Vermillion
D4 None Reported
D5 100817182601 Lafoy Dr 8/16/10 1900 8/17/10 0600
D6 None Reported
Incidents per Month 2009 Compared to 2010
Month Year # of % Change August and September Auto B&Es Over Time
Incidents
August 2009 31 70
August 2010 15 -52% 60
50

# of Incidents
40 August
30 September

20
10
0
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

Comparison of # of Incidents in August to # of Incidents in September over time

Month Year # of Incidents Month Year # of Incidents Mean # Change by Month
August 2004 50 September 2004 26 63 -24
August 2005 32 September 2005 24 28 -8
August 2006 24 September 2006 15 19.5 -9
August 2007 42 September 2007 65 53.5 +23
August 2008 27 September 2008 13 20 14
August 2009 31 September 2009 21 26 -10
Standard Deviation for Mean of Incidents # for 2004-2009 +-18.55 Standard Deviation for change in +-17.39
incidents # b/w Aug and Sept: