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The D&D Daily's Publicly Reported
Q1 2019 Robbery Report

Q1 Robberies Up 20% Since 2016
C-Stores & Restaurants Top Targets
Wednesday Replaces Monday for Most Robberies


Quarterly Comparison
2016-2019
 
















 

Q1 Comparison - 2016-2019
• 2019 - 1,382 robberies
(down 3.4% from Q1 '18)

• 2018 - 1,431 robberies
(down 1.9% from Q1 '17)
• 2017 - 1,459 robberies
(up 27% from Q1 '16)

• 2016 - 1,151 robberies
 


Q1 2019 Robberies & Burglaries by Store Type

*Q1 2016:
1. Dollar Store
2. Pharmacy
3. C-Store
4. Cell Phone
5. Restaurant		 *Q1 2017:
1. C-Store
2. Pharmacy
3. Dollar Store
4. Cell Phone
5. Restaurant 		Q1 2018:
 1. C-Store (50%)
2. Pharmacy (12%)
3. Dollar Store (11%)
4. Restaurant (11%)
5. Cell Phone (9%)		 Q1 2019:
1. C-Store (32%)
2. Restaurant (10.1%)
3. Cell Phone (8.8%)
4. Dollar Store (8.5%)
5. Specialty (8%)


*Q1 2016 & Q1 2017 data did not include percentages
 

Q1 2019 Suspects by Gender

2,016 Total Suspects

Q1 2019 Suspect Breakdown:
1,926 males, 76 females, 14 unknown

Q1 2018 Suspect Breakdown:
1,429 males, 70 females, 252 unknown

 *2017 Suspect Breakdown:
4,505 males, 238 females, 486 unknown

 *2017 started collecting data in Q2
 
Q1 2019 Armed vs. Unarmed




Q1 2019 Breakdown:
812 armed, 255 unarmed, 315 burglaries

 Q1 2018 Breakdown:
848 armed, 582 unarmed

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

 *2017 started collecting data in Q2
 

Q1 2019 Robberies by Weekday

Wednesday Highest, Friday Lowest

*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
 		 Q1 2018 Days Ranked
 1. Monday - 225
2. Tuesday - 224
3. Sunday - 193
4. Wednesday - 180
5. Thursday - 143
6. Saturday - 119
7. Friday - 107
 		 Q1 2019 Days Ranked
 1. Wednesday - 241
2. Tuesday - 237
3. Monday - 225
4. Thursday - 194
5. Sunday - 168
6. Saturday - 158
7. Friday - 147


Q1 2019 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
 		 Q1 2018 Times Ranked
 1. 8pm - 12am (254)
2. 12am - 4am (183)
3. 4pm - 8pm (146)
4. 4am - 8am (138)
5. 8am - 12pm (104)
6. 12pm - 4pm (146)		 Q1 2019 Times Ranked
 1. 8pm - 12am (377)
2. 12am - 4am (308)
3. 4pm - 8pm (210)
4. 4am - 8am (194)
5. 12pm - 4pm (133)
5. 8am - 12pm (124)
 


Q1 2019 Robberies by State

California & Texas Highest 2016 to 2019

Q1 2016 Ranked
1. Texas (93)
2. California (73)
3. Florida (59)
4. Ohio
5. Georgia 		Q1 2017 Ranked
1. California (125)
2. Texas (103)
3. Ohio (88)
4. Pennsylvania (77)
5. Florida (74)		 Q1 2018 Ranked
1. California (123)
2. Texas (101)
3. Pennsylvania (73)
4. Florida (65)
5. New York (62)		 Q1 2019 Ranked
1. California (152)
2. Texas (111)
3. Ohio (73)
4. Pennsylvania (67)
5. North Carolina (63)

*Began logging complete Top 5 data in 2017
 


Q1 2019 Robberies by City

Houston Top City 3 out of Last 4 Years

Q1 2019 Cities
1. Houston, TX (18)
2. Tulsa, OK (16)
3. Los Angeles, CA (16)
4. Fresno, CA (15)
5. San Diego, CA (14)

 Q1 2018 Cities
1. Tulsa, OK (34)
2. Houston, TX (19)
3. San Antonio, TX & Las Vegas, NV (15)
4. Portland, OR (13)
5. Charlotte, NC & Madison, WI (11)

 Q1 2017 Cities
1. Houston, TX (23)
2. Shreveport, LA (19)
3. Tulsa, OK (17)
4. Colorado Springs, CO (15)
5. Oklahoma City, OK (12)

 Q1 2016 Cities
 1. Houston, TX (23)
2. Memphis, TN (20)
3. Tulsa, OK (14)
4. Dayton, OH
5. Indianapolis, IN



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