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The D&D Daily's Exclusive Q4 & 2022
Publicly Reported Retail Robbery & Burglary Report

Robberies Hit Highest Level in 6 Years
Robberies Up 18% From Previous Year - Highest Since 2016
Jewelry Stores Top Retail Sector - Chicago Top City - Tuesday Top Day

Yearly Comparison | 2016-2022
Up 18% From 2021 - Highest Total Since 2016

Q4 Comparison | 2016-2022
Up 21% From 2021 - Highest Since Q4 2018

Robberies & Burglaries by Store Type
Jewelry Takes #1 Spot for First Time Ever - Overtaking C-Stores

2022 Totals: 1. Jewelry (24%) 2. C-Store (22%) 3. Restaurant (10%) 4. Liquor / Tobacco / Pot & Specialty (6%) 5. Dollar & Pharmacy / Beauty (5%)	2021 Totals: 1. C-Store (26%) 2. Jewelry (18%) 3. Restaurant (9%) 4. Dollar & Gas (7%) 5. Pharmacy, Tobacco/Liq. (6%)	2020 Totals: 1. C-Store (25%) 2. Jewelry (14%) 3. Restaurant (11%) 4. Dollar, Gas, Pharm., Electronics (6%) 5. Liquor (5%)
2019 Totals: 1. C-Store (27%) 2. Restaurant (12%) 3. Specialty/Other (11%) 4. Jewelry (10%) 5. Dollar Store/Elect. (8%)	2018 Totals: 1. C-Store (31%) 2. Restaurant (10%) 3. Dollar Store (8%) 4. Cell/Elect. (8%) 5. Pharmacy (8%)	2017 Totals: 1. C-Store (48%) 2. Dollar Stores (17%) 3. Pharmacy (17%) 4. Cell/Elect. (8%) 5. Restaurants (6%)
2016 Totals: 1. C-Stores/Gas 2. Pharmacy 3. Dollar Stores 4. Restaurants 5. Cell/Elect. 2016 data did not include percentages

2022 Suspects by Gender
7,733 Total Suspects

2022 Suspect Breakdown:
6,573 males (85%), 928 females (12%),
232 n/a (3%)

2021 Suspect Breakdown:
5,532 males (85%), 651 females (10%),
325 n/a (5%)

2020 Suspect Breakdown:
6,896 males (88%), 794 females (10%),
190 n/a (2%)

2019 Suspect Breakdown:
7,244 males (92%), 438 females (5%),
235 n/a (3%)

2018 Suspect Breakdown:
6,747 males (82%), 404 females (5%),
1,045 n/a (13%)

*2017 Suspect Breakdown:
4,505 males (86%), 238 females (5%),
486 n/a (9%)

*2017 started collecting data in Q2

2022 Armed vs. Unarmed

2022 Breakdown:
2,154 armed (36%), 2,254 unarmed (38%),
1,508 burglaries (26%)

2021 Breakdown:
1,728 armed (34%), 1,844 unarmed (37%),
1,461 burglaries (29%)

2020 Breakdown:
2,207 armed (40%), 1,926 unarmed (35%),
1,430 burglaries (25%)

2019 Breakdown:
2,835 armed (51%), 1,344 unarmed (24%),
1,397 burglaries (25%)

2018 Breakdown:
3,269 armed (57%), 2,484 unarmed (43%)

*2017 Breakdown:
2,348 armed (60%), 1,550 unarmed (39%),
34 n/a (1%)

*2017 started collecting data in Q2

2022 Robberies by Weekday
Tuesday Overtakes Monday as Highest Day

*Not all incidents reported a weekday

2022 Days 1. Tues. - 1,065 2. Mon. - 1,006 3. Thurs. - 947 4. Wed. - 830 5. Fri. - 826 6. Sat. - 651 7. Sun. - 591	2021 Days 1. Mon. - 905 2. Thurs. - 856 3. Tues. - 806 4. Wed. - 750 5. Fri. - 605 6. Sat. - 561 7. Sun. - 550	2020 Days 1. Sun. - 952 2. Mon. - 940 3. Tues. - 855 4. Sat. - 736 5. Wed. - 733 6. Thurs. - 723 7. Fri. - 623
2019 Days 1. Mon. - 990 2. Wed. - 871 3. Tues. - 808 4. Sun. - 804 5. Sat. - 738 6. Thurs. - 691 7. Fri. - 653	2018 Days 1. Mon. - 926 2. Wed. - 852 3. Tues. - 830 4. Sun. - 799 5. Sat. - 696 6. Thurs. - 686 7. Fri. - 603	2017 Days 1. Mon. - 538 2. Tues. - 519 3. Sun. - 517 4. Sat. - 481 5. Wed. - 462 6. Thurs. - 406 7. Fri. - 285 Started collecting 2017 data in Q2

2022 Robberies by Time of Day

2022 Times 1. 12am - 4am: 1,655 2. 8pm - 12am: 1,243 3. 4pm - 8pm: 1,007 4. 8am - 12pm: 827 5. 4am - 8am: 710 6. 12pm - 4pm: 474	2021 Times 1. 12am - 4am: 1,359 2. 8pm - 12am: 1,207 3. 4am - 8am: 755 4. 4pm - 8pm: 704 5. 8am - 12pm: 555 6. 12pm - 4pm: 453	2020 Times 1. 8pm - 12am: 1,417 2. 12am - 4am: 1,342 3. 4pm - 8pm: 854 4. 4am - 8am: 792 5. 8am - 12pm: 590 6. 12pm - 4pm: 568
2019 Times 1. 12am - 4am: 1,432 2. 8pm - 12am: 1,342 3. 4am - 8am: 808 4. 4pm - 8pm: 743 5. 8am - 12pm: 538 6. 12pm - 4pm: 537	2018 Times 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	2017 Times 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

2022 Robberies by State
California & Texas Top States 2016 to 2022

2022: 1. Calif. (676) 2. Texas (419) 3. New York (410) 4. PA (328) 5. FL (300)	2021: 1. Calif. (598) 2. Texas (369) 3. New York (255) 4. Illinois (244) 5. Washington (215)	2020: 1. Calif. (528) 2. Texas (424) 3. New York (347) 4. Illinois (286) 5. FL (280)	2019: 1. Calif. (604) 2. Texas (451) 3. FL (278) 4. Ohio (265) 5. PA (235)
2018: 1. Calif. (570) 2. Texas (446) 3. Ohio (291) 4. FL (283) 5. PA (263)	2017: 1. Calif. (506) 2. Texas (362) 3. FL (333) 4. Ohio (307) 5. PA (133)	2016: 1. Texas (485) 2. Calif. (419) 3. FL (353) 4. Ohio 5. PA

2022 Robberies by City
Chicago Top City for 3rd Straight Year

2022 Cities
1. Chicago, IL: 83
2. Philadelphia, PA: 77
3. New York, NY: 76
4. Houston, TX: 72
5. San Antonio, TX: 61

2021 Cities
1. Chicago, IL: 64
2. Las Vegas, NV: 41
3. Memphis, TN: 36
4. San Diego, CA: 34
5. San Antonio, TX: 33

2020 Cities
1. Chicago, IL: 87
2. San Antonio, TX: 72
3. New York, NY: 53
4. Portland, OR: 44
5. Las Vegas, NV: 32

2019 Cities
1. Houston, TX: 67
2. San Antonio, TX: 57
3. Las Vegas, NV: 47
4. Chicago, IL: 45
5. Charlotte, NC: 44

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 city & state
data in 2017

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