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

Motor Vehicle Theft

August 2010

Activity Summary:
• There were four (4) motor vehicle thefts reported in August, 2010. There were two (2) motor vehicle thefts
reported during the same time frame in 2009. This is a 100% increase from 2009 to 2010.
• The incidents were reported in the B1, B2, C1, and D2 reporting areas.
• Two incidents were discovered on a Monday and one each on a Saturday and Sunday.
• Three (3) incidents are open for further investigation and one (1) has been closed due to victim refusal to
cooperate.

Historically, HPD has an average of 6 motor vehicle thefts during the month of August with a current threshold of
1 to 11. This August, we were within the threshold with 4 reported MV Thefts.

Forecast for September:

The average number of MV Thefts for the month of September is 6 plus or minus 2. By the end of September, there
is a 68% chance HPD will have received between 4 and 8 reported MV Thefts.

Prepared by: Laura Rooks, Crime Analyst

Submitted to: Philip K. Potter, Chief of Police

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 4 Motor Vehicle Thefts in August 2010

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 MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT
August 2010

Geographic Analysis

Incidents per Reporting Tract Number of Crimes per Location

Tract # % of total Location # % of total
A1 Commercial 2 50%
A2 Residential 1 25%
A3 School 1 25%
A4 Hotel/Motel 0 0%
A5 Other (Hospital) 0 0%
B1 1 25% 4 100%
B2 1 25%
B3
B4
C1 1 25%
C2
C3
C4
C5 Incidents by Response Area
C6
D1 Beat # % of
D2 1 25% total
D3 East 1 1 25%
D4 East 2 1 25%
D5
East 3 2 50%
D6
West 1 0 0%
4 100%
West 2 0 0%
West 3 0 0%
4 100%
District # % of
total
East 4 100%
West 0 0%
4 100%
Incidents by District

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 Temporal Analysis

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

Day # % Total Time Period # % per Allocation
Sunday 1 25% 0000-0359 0 0%
Monday 2 50% 0400-0759 0 0%
Tuesday 0 0% 0800-1159 1 25%
Wednesda 0 0% 1200-1559 2 50%
y 1600-1959 0 0%
Thursday 0 0% 2000-2359 1 25%
Friday 0 0% 4 100%
Saturday 1 25%
4 100%

Modus Operandi Analysis

Method of Entry
Forced or Non-forced Entries Method # % of total
Entry Type # % of total Broke Glass 0 0%
Forced 0 0% Force Door 0 0%
Unforced 0 0% Forced Window 0 0%
Unknown 4 100% Bodily Force 0 0%
4 100% Pried/Jimmied Lock 0 0%
Key 0 0%
No Force 0 0%
Unknown/Other 4 100%
4 100%
Point of Entry
Point of Entry # % of total
Door (Driver) 0 0%
Door (Pass) 0 0%
Door (Back) 0 0%
Window 0 0%
Unknown 3 75%
N/A 1 25%
4 100%

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 Monthly Crime Analysis for August 2010
Motor Vehicle Theft
Tract Case # Address Date From: Time From: Date To: Time To: Common Name:
A1 None Reported
A2 None Reported
A3 None Reported
A4 None Reported
A5 None Reported
B1 100809121401 Statesville Rd 8/8/2010 2230 8/9/2010 1200 Deerhill Apts I
B2 100823094702 Statesville Rd 8/15/2010 0946 8/23/2010 0946
B3 None Reported
B4 None Reported
C1 100808221501 Herbert Wayne Ct 8/8/2010 0930 8/8/2010 2215 Huntersville Business Park
C2 None Reported
C3 None Reported
C4 None Reported
C5 None Reported
D1 None Reported
D2 100807143901 Hambright Rd 8/6/2010 1830 8/7/2010 1430
D3 None Reported
D4 None Reported
D5 None Reported
 August and September Motor Vehicle Thefts Over Time

16
14
12

# of Incidents
10 August
8 September
6
4
2
0
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

Incidents per Month 2009 Compared to 2010

Month Year # of % Change
Incidents
August 2009 2
August 2010 4 100%
NC = Non-Calculable

Comparison of # of Incidents in August to # of Incidents in September over time

Month Year # of Incidents Month Year # of Incidents Mean # Change by Month
August 2004 3 September 2004 5 4 +3
August 2005 7 September 2005 8 7.5 +1
August 2006 5 September 2006 7 6 +2
August 2007 14 September 2007 7 10.5 -7
August 2008 12 September 2008 5 8.5 -7
August 2009 2 September 2009 6 4 +4
Standard Deviation from Mean in incidents # for 2004-2009 +-2.58 Standard Deviation for change in +-5.00
incidents # b/w Aug and Sept: