Crime & Safety

2012 San Ramon Police Report: Home Burglaries Increase

The crime rate in the city went down for the fifth consecutive year.

San Ramon saw a 15 percent increase in home burglaries, but a slight decrease in overall crime last year, according to the 2012 Annual Report recently released by the police department.

The city had 65 home burglaries in 2011 compared to 85 in 2012. There was a 26 percent increase in property crimes, including home burglaries, in the first six months of 2012, but by the end of the year there was only an 8 percent incease year-over-year.

"By realigning staff from detectives, youth resources and character counts we increased our Patrol staffing and focused on more enhanced proactive policing. The result was a decrease to only an 8 percent (property crime) increase by the end of the year," San Ramon Police Chief Scott Holder said in the report.

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"Although no amount of crime is acceptable, a decrease of 18 percent (from the first half of the year) is a remarkable accomplishment," Holder continued. "The realignment meant higher workloads for our investigations and youth services divisions with less staffing, yet the teamwork and hard work by all benefitted our city."

The crime rate in the city went down for the fifth consecutive year, going from 13.34 in 2011 to 12.95 in 2012. The crime rate is calculated by the number of crimes per 1,000 residents.

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(Note: You can download the full report here.)

San Ramon didn't have a murder in 2012 and hasn't had one since 2008. There were three "forceable rapes" (up from 1 in 2011), 96 assaults or batteries (up from 95 in 2011), 75 commercial burglaries (down from 98 in 2011), 633 thefts (down from 644 in 2011) and 71 auto thefts (up from 63 in 2011).

Total traffic citations dropped from 10,755 in 2011 to 9,842 in 2012. Excess speed citations dropped from 2,744 to 2,271 and DUI arrests dropped from 166 to 135.

The department spent about $16.6 million last year with $13.9 million going to salaries and benefits. In 2011, the department spent $16.2 million.

The department has 58 sworn officers, which is the same amount they have had in the last three years.

"Although we continue to face fiscal challenges, we continue to maintain a safe community," Holder said.


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