Crimes towards individuals and property are down this 12 months in San Antonio, based on newly launched statistics from the San Antonio Police Division.
Police Chief William McManus introduced the information for the primary quarter of 2025 to the five-member Public Security Committee on Tuesday.
Property crimes are down 24.5%, motorcar thefts are down 43.2% and burglaries are down 2.2%.
Violent crime is down by 12.8%, with “double-digit reductions” in reported instances of assault, murder, human trafficking, kidnapping and intercourse offenses.
Total, there was a 19.3% lower in all crime offenses in comparison with the primary quarter of 2024.
Regardless of the numbers, the committee instructed McManus that not all residents of the town really feel like there’s been a discount in crime. They urged the chief to focus on property crime as a lot as violent crime.
“Folks will say they only don’t see it, [either] as a result of their automotive obtained damaged into or [something else],” mentioned District 6 Councilwoman Melissa Cabello Havrda, who chairs the committee and is working for mayor. “All of us react to what we see in entrance of us.”
District 10 Councilman Marc Whyte mentioned he heard comparable issues from his constituents.
“Should you have a look at January to March of this 12 months, [there are] about 77 crimes a day towards individuals and 233 crimes towards our residents’ property per day. That’s what we’ve been experiencing to this point in 2025,” he mentioned.
Whyte mentioned the presentation to the committee final month on hotspot policing methods targeted on violent crime confirmed that having extra police on the streets reduces crime.
He proposed funding for an extra 100 cops and 100 extra subsequent 12 months to “pace up” the town’s plan so as to add 65 cops in every of the following three years.
Council members agreed that as a lot effort and intention needs to be put into addressing property crimes in San Antonio. They disagreed, nevertheless, on whether or not including extra police on the streets was one of the best ways to try this.
District 2 Councilman Jalen McKee-Rodriguez mentioned the information is essential to make choices, however the hotspot technique isn’t working due to extra cops on the road.
“Whenever you extra strategically make investments your assets, together with cops, into the areas they’re most wanted, that’s while you see the profit,” he mentioned, including that there isn’t a knowledge that reveals rising officers decreases crime.
McManus mentioned including extra police would assist transfer some police into investigative roles to assist goal property crime.
“When the legal justice system is working in sync, I believe crime tends to pattern down,” he mentioned.
