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Crime statistics
As always, theft from vehicles is the most prevalent crime. Please don’t leave valuables in your car.
The City of Houston is usually 3 or more months behind in releasing monthly crime stats. To stay more current, about once a week I monitor daily crime reports, and accumulate the data to arrive at the crime data presented here.
WH Crime report
WH vs. Entire 2A30 Beat
For August: Robbery of business 2700 block of Houston Avenue. Auto thefts in the 2400 block of White Oak and the 1100 block of Usener.
Constable Patrol Statistics
Our permanent night shift deputy has completed the 8 week training of his new police dog and we are pleased to welcome his return to duty in our neighborhood. We remind everyone that for a crime in progress, please call 911 first, principally because we do not have 24/7 deputy coverage. If our deputies are on duty, they should be monitoring those calls, though you can also call Precinct One dispatch after calling 911.
Our deputies come to work in our neighborhood, and remain through their shift, unless they are called to respond to a nearby contract. The deputies spend their shift cruising the neighborhood. When they stop to look at something or take some action, they keep a log, so we have a general idea of their activities.
- 46 traffic stops, resulting in 11 citations, (the deputies have radar and use it to monitor speeds in areas where there are complaints about speeding, and they do strictly enforce speeds in school zones; the stops are throughout the neighborhood, but about half were on Studewood, Bayland, Watson and White Oak)
- 2 arrests (both drug related, in the 600 and 1100 blocks of Omar)
- 3 responses to criminal mischief
- 11 suspicious person call responses
- 8 suspicious vehicle call responses
- 106 times they stopped to check something in the parks (especially along White Oak)
- 270 times they stopped to check something in the neighborhood
- 6 house alarm responses (it’s been 4 months since my cat set off the alarm)
- 2 disturbance/loud noise complaint investigations
- 32 “Meet the Citizen” – this is basically a conversation with a member of the neighborhood in a fashion that’s not covered above, (e.g., to introduce themselves or answer a question).
Our deputies are very service oriented, so if you see a deputy and have a question, or just want to say hello – please flag them down.