THE ALBUQUERQUE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS RELEASED CRIME NUMBERS FOR THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF 2018. MOST CATEGORIES ARE DOWN, EXCEPT FOR HOMICIDE AND NON-FATAL SHOOTINGS. APD SAYS, COMPARED TO THE SAME TIME LAST YEAR, THERE WERE 39 MURDERS, UP FROM 33 LAST YEAR. THAT REPRESENTS AN INCREASE OF 18 PERCENT.
AUTO BURGLARIES, A CONSTANT PROBLEM IN THE DUKE CITY, ARE DOWN 32 PERCENT WITH JUST OVER 45-HUNDRED REPORTED COMPARED TO JUST OVER 65-HUNDRED LAST YEAR AT THIS TIME. RESIDENTIAL BURGLARIES WERE DOWN 11 PERCENT AND ROBBERIES SHOWED A 31 PERCENT DECREASE.
