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
Burglary
May 2010

Activity Summary:
There were sixteen (16) burglaries reported in May, 2010. There were twelve (12) burglaries reported during
the same timeframe in 2009. This is a 33% increase from 2009 to 2010.
Twelve (12), or 75%, of the incidents involved residential locations, two (2) involved commercial
locations, one (1) involved a school, and one (1) involved a residential outbuilding.
Eight (8) incidents, or 50%, involved forced entry.
Four (4) incidents, or 25%, were discovered on a Monday and four (4) on a Saturday.
The highest concentration of incidents was discovered between the hours of 0800 and 2000.
Thirteen (13) incidents are still open for further investigation, two (2) have been closed with leads
exhausted and one (1) has been closed cleared by arrest.

Historically, HPD has an average of 19 burglaries during the month of May with a current threshold of 8 to 30. This
May, we were within our threshold with 16 reported burglaries.

Forecast for June:

The average number of burglaries for the month of June is 18 plus or minus 6. By the end of June, there is a 68%
chance HPD will have received between 12 and 24 reported burglaries.

Prepared by: Laura Rooks, Crime Analyst

Submitted to: Philip K. Potter, Chief of Police

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 16 Reported Burglaries in May 2010

BURGLARY

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 May 2010

Geographic Analysis

Incidents per Reporting Tract Number of Crimes per Location

Tract # % of total Location # % of total
A1 Commercial 2 13%
A2 1 6% Residential 12 75%
A3 1 6% School 1 6%
A4 Construction Site 0 0%
A5 1 6% Out Bldg-Residential 1 6%
B1 1 6% 16 100%
B2 3 19%
B3 1 6%
B4 1 6%
C1
C2
C3 2 13%
C4
C5 2 13% Incidents by Response Area
C6 Beat # % of
D1 total
D2 1 6%
East 1 4 25%
D3 1 6%
East 2 2 13%
D4
D5 1 6% East 3 3 19%
D6 West 1 2 13%
16 100% West 2 1 6%
West 3 4 25%
16 100%

Incidents by District

District # % of
total
East 9 56%
West 7 44%
16 100%

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 Temporal Analysis

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

Day # % Total Time Period # % per Allocation
Sunday 2 13% 0000-0359 1 6%
Monday 4 25% 0400-0759 1 6%
Tuesday 1 6% 0800-1159 4 25%
Wednesda 0 0% 1200-1559 4 25%
y 1600-1959 4 25%
Thursday 3 19% 2000-2359 2 13%
Friday 2 13% 16 100%
Saturday 4 25%
16 100%

Modus Operandi Analysis

Forced or Non-forced Entries Method of Entry

Entry Type # % of total
Forced 8 50%
Unforced 8 50%
Unknown 0 0%
16 100%

Method # % of total
Break Glass 1 6%
Force Door 5 31%
Force Window 1 6%
Saws 0 0%
Pry/Cut Lock 1 6%
Key 0 0%
No Force 8 50%
Other 0 0%
16 100%

Point of Entry Means of entry

Point of Entry # % of total Means # % of total
Door (Front) 2 13% Bodily Force 5 31%
Door (Back) 6 38% Brick/Rock 0 0%
Door (Garage) 2 13% Break/Remove Door 0 0%
Door (Side) 1 6% Cut/Break Lock 0 0%
Window 4 25% Hammer 0 0%
Other/Unknown 1 6% Blunt Object 1 6%
16 100% Cut Tool 0 0%
Lock Pick 0 0%
Prying Tool 1 6%
No Force 8 50%
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 Monthly Crime Analysis for May 2010
Burglary All

Zone Case # Address Date From: Time From: Date To: Time To: Common Name/Approx. Loc:
A1 None Reported
A2 100508131401 Cranwood Ave 5/7/2010 2000 5/8/2010 1300 Birkdale Subdiv North
A3 100510094502 Bud Henderson Rd 5/10/2010 0900 5/10/2010 0943 b/w Henderson Prk Rd & Glenwyck Ln
A4 None Reported
A5 100531193401 Rhiannon Ln 5/31/2010 1933 5/31/2010 1933 Cashion Woods
B1 100509085301 Huntersville Commons 5/8/2010 1800 5/8/2010 2300 Huntersville Commons Apts
B2 100511075801 Statesville Rd 5/10/2010 1846 5/11/2010 0745 Parks Chevrolet
100601092901 Rudyard Ln 5/26/2010 2000 5/27/2010 1600 The Hamptons
100529035901 Sherrill Estates Rd 5/29/2010 0340 5/29/2010 0350 Sherrill Estates Plaza
B3 100521210301 Chandlers Green Ct 5/21/2010 2100 5/21/2010 2102 Northstone
B4 100523164201 McCord Rd 5/9/2010 1300 5/23/2010 1630 Near Northstone Dr
C1 None Reported
C2 None Reported
C3 100508124001 Torrence Crossing Dr 5/6/2010 1445 5/8/2010 1240 Cedarfield
100520125801 Norseman Ln 5/20/2010 1255 5/20/2010 1258 Melbourne
C4 None Reported
C5 100527123801 McIlwaine Rd 5/27/2010 1130 5/27/2010 1155 Near Henderson Hill Rd
100517140301 Neck Rd 5/17/2010 1203 5/17/2010 1402 B/w Edna Dr & New Bond Dr
C6 None Reported
D1 None Reported
D2 100524103501 Old Statesville Rd 5/24/2010 1030 5/24/2010 1031 North Meck High School
D3 100507112601 Central Ave 5/7/2010 0900 5/7/2010 1123 Central Ave Residential Area
D4 None Reported
D5 100523195401 Emerald Wood Dr 5/22/2010 1200 5/23/2010 1845 Skybrook
D6 None Reported

Incidents per Month 2009 Compared to 2010

 Month Year # of % Change May and June Burglaries Over Time
Incidents
40
May 2009 12
35
May 2010 16 33% 30

# of Incidents
25
20 May
15 June
10
5
0
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

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

Month Year # of Incidents Month Year # of Incidents Mean # Change by Month
May 2004 28 June 2004 18 23 -10
May 2005 30 June 2005 24 27 -6
May 2006 35 June 2006 19 27 -16
May 2007 20 June 2007 26 23 +6
May 2008 4 June 2008 12 8 +8
May 2009 12 June 2009 11 11.5 -1
Standard Deviation from Mean in incidents # for 2004-2009 +-8.15 Standard Deviation for change in +-9.30
incidents # b/w May and June: