HUNTERSVILLE POLICE

DEPARTMENT
102 Gilead Road P.O. Box 664 Huntersville, N.C. 28070
(704) 875-6542 Fax (704) 875-2815
Philip K. Potter, CLEE
Chief of Police

MONTHLY CRIME BULLETIN

Motor Vehicle Theft

May 2010

Activity Summary:
There were three (3) motor vehicle theft reports in May, 2010. There were three (3) motor vehicle theft
reports during the same time frame in 2009. There is no percentage change from 2009 to 2010.
The incidents were reported in the B2, D1 and D2 reporting areas.
One (1) incident occurred at a residence, one (1) at a business and one (1) at a school.
The incidents were all discovered on a Tuesday.
Two (2) incidents are open for further investigation and one (1) has been closed cleared unfounded.

Historically, HPD has an average of 6 motor vehicle thefts during the month of May with a current threshold of
2 to 10. This May, we were within the threshold with 3 reported MV Thefts.

Forecast for June:

The average number of MV Thefts for the month of June is 6 plus or minus 3. By the end of June, there is a 68%
chance HPD will have received between 3 and 9 reported MV Thefts.

Prepared by: Laura Rooks, Crime Analyst

Submitted to: Philip K. Potter, Chief of Police

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 3 Motor Vehicle Thefts in May 2010

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 MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT
May 2010

Geographic Analysis

Incidents per Reporting Tract Number of Crimes per Location

Tract # % of total Location # % of total
A1 Commercial 1 33%
A2 Residential 1 33%
A3 School 1 33%
A4 Hotel/Motel 0 0%
A5 Other (Hospital) 0 0%
B1 3 100%
B2 1 33%
B3
B4
C1
C2
C3
C4
C5 Incidents by Response Area
C6
D1 1 33% Beat # % of
D2 1 33% total
D3 East 1 1 33%
D4 East 2 0 0%
D5
East 3 2 66%
D6
West 1 0 0%
3 100%
West 2 0 0%
West 3 0 0%
3 100%
District # % of
total
East 3 100%
West 0 0%
3 100%
Incidents by District

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 Temporal Analysis

# of Incidents/Day at Found Time Crimes Found by 4hr Intervals

Day # % Total Time Period # % per Allocation
Sunday 0 0% 0000-0359 0 0%
Monday 0 0% 0400-0759 1 33%
Tuesday 3 100% 0800-1159 0 0%
Wednesda 0 0% 1200-1559 2 66%
y 1600-1959 0 0%
Thursday 0 0% 2000-2359 0 0%
Friday 0 0% 3 100%
Saturday 0 0%
3 100%

Modus Operandi Analysis

Method of Entry
Forced or Non-forced Entries Method # % of total
Entry Type # % of total Broke Glass 0 0%
Forced 0 0% Force Door 0 0%
Unforced 3 100% Forced Window 0 0%
Unknown 0 0% Bodily Force 0 0%
3 100% Pried/Jimmied Lock 0 0%
Key 0 0%
No Force 3 100%
Unknown/Other 0 0%
3 100%
Point of Entry
Point of Entry # % of total
Door (Driver) 0 0%
Door (Pass) 0 0%
Door (Back) 0 0%
Window 0 0%
Unknown 0 0%
N/A 3 100%
3 100%

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 Monthly Crime Analysis for May 2010
Motor Vehicle Theft
Zone Case # Address Date From: Time From: Date To: Time To: Common Name:
A1 None Reported
A2 None Reported
A3 None Reported
A4 None Reported
A5 None Reported
B1 None Reported
B2 100507092601 Amber Field Dr 05/2/2010 2200 05/4/2010 0630 Harvest Point
B3 None Reported
B4 None Reported
C1 None Reported
C2 None Reported
C3 None Reported
C4 None Reported
C5 None Reported
D1 100518145901 Mt Holly-Huntersville Rd 5/17/2010 1530 5/18/2010 1445 Miller Transfer & Rigging
D2 100505090001 Verhoeff Dr 5/4/2010 1400 5/4/2010 1400 CPCC
D3 None Reported
D4 None Reported
D5 None Reported
 May and June Motor Vehicle Thefts Over Time

16
14
12

# of Incidents
10 May
8 June
6
4
2
0
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

Incidents per Month 2009 Compared to 2010

Month Year # of % Change
Incidents
May 2009 3
May 2010 3 No Change

Comparison of # of Incidents in May to # of Incidents in June over time

Month Year # of Incidents Month Year # of Incidents Mean # Change by Month
May 2004 8 June 2004 5 6.5 -3
May 2005 15 June 2005 6 10.5 -9
May 2006 7 June 2006 8 7.5 +1
May 2007 4 June 2007 10 7 +6
May 2008 2 June 2008 8 5 +6
May 2009 3 June 2009 0 1.5 -3
Standard Deviation from Mean in incidents # for 2004-2009 +-2.97 Standard Deviation for change in +-5.85
incidents # b/w May and June: