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The D&D Daily's Publicly Reported
Q4 & Full Year 2018 Robbery Report

Robberies Up 1.8% Since 2017
Q4 Robberies Up 3.3% from Q4 2017
C-Stores & Restaurants Top Targets


Yearly & Quarterly Comparison
2016-2018
 

Year-to-Date - 2016-2018
 • 2018 - 5,753 robberies (up 1.8% from '17)
 • 2017 - 5,651 robberies (down 5% from '16)
 • 2016 - 5,974 robberies


Q4 Comparison - 2016-2018
 • Q4 2018 - 1,603 robberies (up 3.3% from '17)
 • Q4 2017 - 1,552 robberies (down 15% from '16)
 • Q4 2016 - 1,822 robberies
 


 Robberies & Burglaries by Store Type

*2016 Totals:
1. C-Stores/Gas Stations
2. Pharmacy
3. Dollar Stores
4. Restaurants
5. Cell Phone & Electronics		 2017 Totals:
 1. C-Store (48%)
2. Dollar Stores (17%)
3. Pharmacy (17%)
4. Cell Phone & Electronics (8%)
5. Restaurants (6%)		 2018 Totals:
 1. C-Store (31%)
2. Restaurant (10%)
3. Dollar Store (8%)
4. Cell Phone & Electronics (8%)
5. Pharmacy (8%)


*2016 data did not include percentages
 

2018 Suspects by Gender

8,196 Total Suspects

2018 Suspect Breakdown:
6,747 males, 404 females, 1,045 n/a

Q4 2018 Suspect Breakdown:
2,136 males, 130 females, 106 n/a

 *2017 Suspect Breakdown:
4,505 males, 238 females, 486 n/a

 *2017 started collecting data in Q2
 
2018 Armed vs. Unarmed




2018 Breakdown:
3,269 armed, 2,484 unarmed

Q4 2018 Breakdown:
965 armed, 638 unarmed

 *2017 Breakdown:
2,348 armed, 1,550 unarmed, 34 n/a

 *2017 started collecting data in Q2
 

2018 Robberies by Weekday

Monday Highest Both Years

*Not all incidents reported a weekday

* 2017 Days Ranked
 1. Monday - 538
2. Tuesday - 519
3. Sunday - 517
4. Saturday - 481
5. Wednesday - 462
6. Thursday - 406
7. Friday - 285

*2017 started collecting data in Q2
 		 2018 Days Ranked
 1. Monday - 926
2. Wednesday - 852
3. Tuesday - 830
4. Sunday - 799
5. Saturday - 696
6. Thursday - 686
7. Friday - 603
 		 Q4 2018 Days Ranked
 1. Monday - 273
2. Sunday - 232
3. Tuesday - 231
4. Wednesday - 229
5. Saturday - 218
6. Thursday - 214
7. Friday - 168


2018 Robberies by Time of Day
 

*Times not available for all days

* 2017 Times Ranked
 1. 12am - 4am - 809
2. 8pm - 12am - 741
3. 4pm - 8pm - 431
4. 4am - 8am - 396
5. 8am - 12pm - 295
6. 12pm - 4pm - 294

*2017 started collecting data in Q2
 		 2018 Times Ranked
 1. 8pm - 12am - 1,148
2. 12am - 4am - 1,097
3. 4pm - 8pm - 694
4. 4am - 8am - 687
5. 8am - 12pm - 500
6. 12pm - 4pm - 482		 Q4 2018 Times Ranked
 1. 8pm - 12 am - 366
2. 12am - 4am - 285
3. 4pm - 8pm - 246
4. 4am - 8am - 203
5. 8am - 12pm - 156
6. 12pm - 4pm - 145


2018 Robberies by State

Texas & California Highest 2016 to 2018

2016 States Ranked
1. Texas (485)
2. California (419)
3. Florida (353)
4. Ohio
5. Pennsylvania 		2017 States Ranked
1. California (506)
2. Texas (362)
3. Florida (333)
4. Ohio (307)
5. Pennsylvania (133)		 2018 States Ranked
1. California (570)
2. Texas (446)
3. Ohio (291)
4. Florida (283)
5. Pennsylvania (263)

*Began logging complete Top 5 data in 2017
 


2018 Robberies by City

Tulsa, Houston and Madison Top 3 of 2018

2018 Cities
1. Tulsa, OK: 81
2. Houston, TX: 79
3. Madison, WI 36
4. Charlotte, NC: 34
5. New Orleans, LA: 30

 2017 Cities
1. Houston, TX
2. Tulsa, OK
3. Colorado Springs, CO
4. Nashville, TN
5. Chicago, IL

 2016 Cities
 1. Houston, TX
2. Memphis, TN
3. Dayton, OH
4. Tulsa, OK
5. Cleveland, OH

*Began logging complete Top 5 data in 2017



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