Des Moines Police Department
Crime Statistics

Des Moines Police Department Crimes Against Property Section Commercial Burglaries
.	2003	2002	2001	2000	1999	1998	1997
January	47	47	24	82	29	74
February	60	30	28	39	43	64
March	44	36	24	46	22	40
April	44	46	24	50	47	49
May	56	34	47	39	25	49
June	32	52	45	35	34	58
July	61	60	57	66	34	58
August	59	45	41	64	65	57
September	68	55	41	67	43	37
October	44	72	37	54	71	44	**89
November		42	32	97	42	38	88
December		41	35	64	54	50	82
TOTAL	515	560	435	703	509	618	***259

Des Moines Police Department Crimes Against Property Section West Side Residential Burglaries
.	2003	2002	2001	2000	1999	1998	1997
January	52	47	31	54	79	59
February	27	39	21	59	54	50
March	54	34	36	73	38	62
April	43	50	41	62	46	50
May	50	35	45	50	68	70
June	41	53	46	49	63	83
July	85	72	55	49	57	119
August	68	60	36	52	67	129
September	60	55	45	44	65	98
October	46	47	56	44	55	60	**37
November		49	43	43	64	50	71
December		74	30	27	51	77	76
TOTAL	526	615	485	606	707	907	***184

* = January - November 2001
** = October 17, 1997
*** = October 17 � December 31, 1997

Des Moines Police Department Crimes Against Property Section East Side Residential Burglaries
.	2003	2002	2001	2000	1999	1998	1997
January	34	30	29	47	45	118
February	32	38	19	39	30	78
March	35	37	33	42	42	65
April	47	44	47	67	58	67
May	39	55	66	48	44	52
June	29	32	48	41	32	72
July	42	52	70	50	36	51
August	40	48	52	60	43	59
September	64	63	55	57	44	61
October	35	54	54	64	58	43	**27
November		55	41	41	49	49	102
December		63	41	32	37	41	95
TOTAL	397	571	555	588	518	756	***224

Des Moines Police Department Crimes Against Property Section South Side Residential Burglaries
.	2003	2002	2001	2000	1999	1998	1997
January	21	39	25	21	23	37
February	18	33	12	18	21	28
March	17	25	26	25	38	27
April	28	16	22	26	30	38
May	26	36	41	23	21	35
June	41	32	28	38	40	34
July	29	28	39	25	37	36
August	37	39	38	24	41	34
September	56	53	27	35	18	39
October	23	55	37	24	20	44	**20
November		34	21	30	36	29	51
December		22	24	20	31	30	44
TOTAL	296	412	340	309	356	411	**115

* = January - November 2001
** = October 17, 1997
*** = October 17 � December 31, 1997

Des Moines Police Department Crimes Against Property Section General Assignment & Property Recovery Units Recovered Property
.	2003	2002	2001	2000
January	$65,250.00	$29,940.39	$16,157.94	$36,429.25
February	$16,620.82	$28,594.80	$12,388.17	$9,040.20
March	$38,464.33	$1,863.03	$20,290.20	$24,867.66
April	$10,683.47	$11,178.00	$7,749.76	$39,627.07
May	$ 5,803.13	$6,939.64	$17,471.96	$14,326.42
June	$13,671.23	$89,322.33	$6,121.65	$25,813.74
July	$80,843.00	$134,251.21	$31,885.57	$55,931.41
August	$1,809.19	$4,400.71	$45,614.71	$31,728.66
September	$17,581.10	$12,212.80	$24,705.99	$15,967.34
October	$2,849.63	$37,450.00	$24,279.50	$13,732.51
November		$41,420.00	$43,323.37	$21,878.49
December		$44,370.00	$27,800.84	$28,540.89
TOTAL	$253,575.90	$441,942.99	$277,789.29	$317,883.64

Des Moines Police Department Crimes Against Property Section Pawn/Gun Control Unit Recovered Property
.	2003	2002	2001	2000
January	$6,000.00	$53,155.00	$7,810.00	$6,375.00
February	$1,330.00	$2,142.10	$15,725.00	$6,733.00
March	$1,192.00	$6,745.00	$909.00	$15,457.00
April	$6,175.00	$5,876.00	$2,243.00	Unknown
May	$3,505.00	$12,324.16	$3,858.00	$4,125.00
June	$1,894.00	$5,143.40	$10,679.00	$3,236.00
July	$5,324.08	$2,000.00	$44,145.00	$3,650.00
August	$6,512.17	$10,284.00	$7,752.00	$4,115.00
September	$8,252.00	$24,388.67	$10,358.00	$7,596.00
October		$4,640.00	$15,786.00	$2,117.00
November		$4,570.00	$2,733.00	$13,300.00
December		$3,381.00	$4,299.00	$6,143.00
TOTAL	$48,057.25	$142,869.23	$126,117.00	$72,847.00

* = January - November 2001

Des Moines Police Department Crimes Against Property Section Gas Thefts
.	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
January	*	115	128	83	102
February	*	104	112	56	67
March	*	*	116	102	68
April	*	*	160	105	95
May	*	*	152	89	113
June	73	200	161	88	86
July	85	140	110	115	113
August	82	162	137	98	92
September	90	156	156	95	89
October	73	151	122	98
November	69	96	94	86
December	81	97	61	74
TOTAL	*553	*1,221	1,609	1,089	825
*Data is not available

Residential & Commercial Auto Theft

Des Moines Police Department Crimes Against Property Section Theft From Auto
.	2001	2002	2003
January	188	233	138
February	94	188	160
March	141	230	159
April	199	245	158
May	237	231
June	168	201
July	231	249
August	248	264
September	275	218
October	316	222
November	248	183
December	186	168
TOTAL	2,531	2,632	615

Crimes Against Property

Des Moines Police Department Crimes Against Property Section Criminal Mischief
.	2002	2003
January	295	273
February	244	153
March	281	319
April	346	232
May	315
June	298
July	410
August	461
September	385
October	414
November	247
December	279
TOTAL	3,975	932