TPD crime incident numbers for March 2026 are in. The numbers show that year-to-date (YTD) property crime and violent crime incidents are up 20.7% when compared to YTD numbers in March 2025. The broader 12-month trends show that violent and property crime incidents, after months of declining, are starting to trend up.
The YTD Numbers
The incident data -tabulated by TR – show that YTD property crime incidents were up 13.9% and YTD violent crime incidents are up 32.8% through March when compared to one year ago.
Property crimes encompass burglaries, thefts, and incidents of vandalism. Violent incidents include aggravated assaults, armed robberies, and physical altercations.
A look at specific crimes reveals the increase in property crime was driven by increases in residential (19.8%) and commercial burglaries (100.0%). The Auto Burglary & Theft category – which accounts for approximately 55% of all property crimes – was down 3.4%.
The violent crime data shows that robbery incidents were up 64.1% while assault & battery incidents were up 25.0%.
12-Month Trends
The chart below shows the 12-month trends of property and violent crime incidents from January 2023 through March 2026.
Property crime incidents began to decline in December 2024 and reached a 3-year low in October 2025. For a brief period, the change in property crime has remained flat. However, over the last three months these crimes have started to increase.
Violent crime incidents peaked in October 2023 and reached a 3-year low in June 2025. Since then, violent crime incidents have been trending up.
There was a murder inside of a bar the other day. These numbers seem to validate what many of us have been feeling in regards to local crime.
Crime has been out of control for many Years, the Programs have not been working. The DA and Judges need to get tougher on the Criminals NOW.