Crime stats released for first part of year

The Seattle Police Department has released it’s major crime statistics for the first four months of this year.

Overall, major crimes are up from last year in the north precinct, with January seeing the biggest jump (blue is 2008, orange is 2009). 3824 major crimes have been reported in the north precinct so far, compared with 3359 in 2008. According to the North Precinct Crime Trend report (.pdf), “both robberies and aggravated assaults are up through April 2009 when compared with the same period in 2008.” Property crimes such as burglaries and larcenies are also up, while vehicle thefts are down by 138.