Violent Crimes Trending Up, Property Crimes Remain at 3-Year Low

TPD crime incident numbers for January 2026 are in. The numbers show that property crime and violent crime incidents are up when compared to January 2025. The broader 12-month trends show that property incidents, after months of declining, have leveled out while violent crime incidents, after declining, are trending up.

Over the last three months violent crime incidents related to assaults are up 29% when compared to the same three-month period in 2024. During this period in 2024 there were 163 reported assaults, compared to 210 assaults in 2025.

The YTD Numbers

The incident data -tabulated by TR – show that property crime incidents were up 24.2% and violent crime incidents are up 32.3% in January 2026 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 a 154.5% increase in commercial burglaries and a 39.4% increase in residential burglaries. The Auto Burglary & Theft category – which accounts for approximately 55% of all property crimes – was down 1.3%.

The violent crime data shows that robbery incidents were up $110.0% while assault & battery incidents were up 17.3%.

12-Month Trends

The chart below shows the 12-month trends of property and violent crime incidents from December 2022 through December 2025.

Property crime incidents began to decline in December 2024 and reached a 3-year low in October 2025. Since then, the change in property crime has remained flat.

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.