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Thank you for sharing the data. I'm also a numbers guy. In the case of the arrest trends, we cannot assume that this correlates to the amount of crime being committed. The data only reports those crimes resulting in arrests. Inefficiency or lack of police resources could also contribute to fewer arrests. Based on some of the community feedback I heard at the latest city council community feedback session, one might assume that crimes being committed often do not result in arrests. A good statistic to have would be the number of crimes reported and the percentage resulting in arrests.

Comparison to FBI statistics may also be skewed. It has been reported that many larger cities in the US, are no longer voluntarily sharing their arrest statistics with the FBI, because they are growing at such alarming rates.

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You are right Ken. This is just one set of numbers that can have a long trail time to make any sense. But, this one of the few city reported data sets that exist on a consistent basis that can be seen over time. The department also reports "calls responded" and that might be an interesting data set to look at as well. But back to your main point, there are plenty of arrests that happen days, weeks and even months after a crime is first recorded. Thanks for your comment!

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