PITTSBURGH — The 2013 city of Pittsburgh Department of Public Safety Bureau of Police Annual Report was release Monday.
The 118-page publication has three new components: police expenditures, police training and a Bureau of Police units section that has been reorganized from being a general narrative to a directory-like section.
Other highlights of the data in the 2013 report are:
- Overall crime has been reduced by 6.6 percent, driven primarily by a decrease in property crimes.
- Violent crime is down by 2.6 percent; however, all violent crime is up except for robbery which is down by 15.8 percent.
The full report is available on the city's public safety website.
- A significant increase will be seen in the number of rapes as a result of the Uniform Crime Reporting definition of rape being expanded to include male victims.
- Homicides are up by six while the 10-year homicide average is down by two. New charts are included showing when homicides occur by day of week and time of day.