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
April 2011
Activity Summary:
• There were forty-three (43) Auto B&Es reported in April 2011. There were twenty-four (24) Auto B&Es
reported during the same timeframe in 2010. This is a 79% increase from 2010 to 2011.
• The highest number of incidents, nine (9), or 21%, occurred in East 3 and nine (9) in West 3.
• The highest number of incidents, eight (8), or 19%, occurred in the B2 reporting tract.
• Thirty-one (31), or 72%, of the incidents took place at residential locations.
• Thirty-one (31), or 72%, of the incidents involved unforced entry.
• Twelve (12), or 28%, of the incidents were discovered on a Monday.
• Twenty (20), or 47%, of the incidents were discovered between the hours of 0400 and 0759.
• Thirty (30) incidents are open for further investigation, eleven (11) have been closed with leads exhausted,
one (1) has been closed due to victim refusal to cooperate and one (1) has been closed unfounded.

Historically, HPD has an average of 27 Auto B&Es during the month of April with a current threshold of 17 to 37.
This April, we exceeded the threshold with 43 reported Auto B&Es.

Forecast for May:

The average number of Auto B&Es for the month of May is 33 plus or minus 23. By the end of May, there is a 68%
chance HPD will have received between 10 and 56 reported Auto B&Es.

Prepared by: Laura Rooks, Crime Analyst

Submitted to: Philip K. Potter, Chief of Police

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43 Auto B&Es Reported in April 2011

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 BREAKING AND ENTERING MOTOR VEHICLE
April 2011

Geographic Analysis

Incidents per Reporting Tract Number of Crimes per Location

Tract # % of total Location # % of total
A1 7 16% Commercial 5 12%
A2 3 7% Residential 31 72%
A3 School 2 5%
A4 Hotel 2 5%
A5 1 2% PVA-Other 3 7%
B1 2 5% 43 100%
B2 8 19%
B3 4 9%
B4
C1
C2
C3 7 16%
C4 1 2%
C5 1 2% Incidents by Response Area
C6
D1 3 7% Beat # % of
D2 2 5% total
D3 4 9% East 1 8 19%
D4 East 2 6 14%
D5 East 3 9 21%
D6 West 1 4 9%
43 100% West 2 7 16%
West 3 9 21%
43 100%

Incidents by District
District # % of
total
East 23 53%
West 20 47%
43 100%

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 Temporal Analysis

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

Day # % Total Time Period # % per Allocation
Sunday 3 7% 0000-0359 1 2%
Monday 12 28% 0400-0759 20 47%
Tuesday 8 19% 0800-1159 9 21%
Wednesda 2 1200-1559 2 5%
y 5% 1600-1959 4 9%
Thursday 11 26% 2000-2359 7 16%
Friday 4 9% 43 100%
Saturday 3 7%
43 100%

Modus Operandi Analysis

Forced or Non-forced Entries Method of Entry

Entry Type # % of total
Forced 12 28%
Unforced 31 72%
Unknown 0 0%
43 100%

Method # % of total
Cut Locks 0 0%
Force Door 0 0%
Break/Force Window 7 16%
Bodily Force 0 0%
Pry/Punch Lock 2 5%
Key 0 0%
No Force 31 72%
Unknown/Other 3 7%
43 100%
Point of Entry
Point of Entry # % of total
Door (Driver Side) 4 9%
Door (Pass. Side) 3 7%
Door (Back)/trunk 0 0%

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Window 7 16%
Unknown 27 63%
Open truck bed 2 5%
43 100%

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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 April 2011

Auto B&E

Tract Case # Address Date From: Time From: Date To: Time To: Common Name:
A1 110412082001 Sutherland Dr 4/11/11 1830 4/12/11 0745
110412191401 Billingshurst Ct 4/11/11 2200 4/12/11 0545
110412062801 Great Glen Ln 4/11/11 1930 4/12/11 0628
110412081201 Oakham St 4/11/11 1800 4/12/11 0700
110412130901 Tayside Ct 4/11/11 1800 4/12/11 0800
110412180701 Great Glen Ln 4/11/11 1600 4/12/11 1200
110412164201 Tartan Ridge Dr 4/11/11 2230 4/12/11 1642
A2 110428224801 Northcross Dr 4/28/11 2115 4/28/11 2230
110425075902 Villanova Rd 4/24/11 1000 4/25/11 0758
110425181501 Villanova Rd 4/24/11 2100 4/25/11 0700
A3 None Reported
A4 None Reported
A5 110426050301 McDowell Run Dr 4/26/11 0000 4/26/11 0500
B1 110402232002 Commerce Center Dr 4/2/11 1000 4/2/11 2300
110414053601 Wilmington St 4/14/11 0200 4/14/11 0536
B2 110416111101 Aegean Ct 4/15/11 2015 4/16/11 1050
110425112501 Sam Furr Rd 4/20/11 1645 4/20/11 1646
110416060301 Mull Ct 4/16/11 0100 4/16/11 0500
110418163901 Hampton Trace Rd 4/15/11 1900 4/17/11 1200
110414230101 Statesville Rd 4/14/11 1700 4/14/11 1730
110408224701 Statesville Rd 4/8/11 2100 4/8/11 2246
110407202002 Old Statesville Rd 4/7/11 1830 4/7/11 2015
110429203001 Old Statesville Rd 4/29/11 1850 4/29/11 2030
B3 110421082201 Menifee Dr 4/20/11 2030 4/21/11 0715
110421061801 Union Square Dr 4/20/11 1630 4/21/11 0615
110421185701 Colonial Park Dr 4/20/11 1745 4/21/11 0820
110403090801 Fourth St 4/2/11 2300 4/3/11 0600
B4 None Reported
C1 None Reported
C2 None Reported
C3 110426112301 Twin Trail Dr 4/24/11 2200 4/25/11 0600
110426113901 Twin Trail Dr 4/25/11 0659 4/25/11 0700
110425085201 Bluff Meadow Trl 4/24/11 2030 4/25/11 0815
110425084801 Long Picket Ct 4/25/11 0100 4/25/11 0846
110425093401 Bluff Meadow Trl 4/25/11 0100 4/25/11 0934
110425165701 Twin Trail Dr 4/25/11 0100 4/25/11 1656
110427220301 Willow Trace Ct 4/23/11 1702 4/27/11 2202
C4 110403105601 McCoy Rd 4/2/11 2000 4/3/11 1050
C5 110425204501 Strattonville Ct 4/24/11 2000 4/25/11 0600
C6 None Reported
D1 110414074201 Statesville Rd 4/13/11 2130 4/14/11 0741
110414081901 Mt Holly-Huntersville Rd 4/10/11 1200 4/14/11 0810
110411083801 Verhoeff Dr 4/8/11 1600 4/11/11 0650
D2 110419125201 Verhoeff Dr 4/18/11 0800 4/18/11 0900
110429215001 Old Statesville Rd 4/29/11 1853 4/29/11 2148
D3 110421061701 Levins Hall Rd 4/20/11 1930 4/21/11 0550
110422000101 Levins Hall Rd 4/18/11 1800 4/22/11 0001
110421100902 Kedleston Rd 4/20/11 2300 4/21/11 0600
110425173701 Old Vermillion Dr 4/20/11 1745 4/25/11 0715
D4 None Reported
D5 None Reported
D6 None Reported

Incidents per Month 2010 Compared to 2011

Month Year # of % Change April and May Auto B&Es Over Time
Incidents
90
April 2010 24 80
April 2011 43 79% 70

# of Incidents
60
50 April
40 May
30
20
10
0
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Comparison of # of Incidents in April to # of Incidents in May over time

Month Year # of Incidents Month Year # of Incidents Mean # Change by Month
April 2005 37 May 2005 85 61 +48
April 2006 36 May 2006 42 39 +6
April 2007 41 May 2007 37 39 -4
April 2008 22 May 2008 20 21 -2
April 2009 32 May 2009 16 24 -16
April 2010 24 May 2010 16 20 -8
Standard Deviation for Mean of Incidents # for 2005-2010 +-15.7 Standard Deviation for change in +-22.7
incidents # b/w Apr and May