Overall crime in Chattanooga is down by about 19 percent compared to this time last year, police Chief Fred Fletcher told City Council members at a presentation on Tuesday.
Violent crime dropped from 1,159 incidents to 1,104 – about a 5 percent drop – while property crime between January and August 2014 dropped 22 percent from 7,483 incidents to 5,835 this year, according to police.
Fletcher updated council members on the state of the city’s crime as the council considered whether or not to renew the city’s contract with nonprofit Hope for the Inner City, the organization that heads the social services side of the city’s Violence Reduction Initiative.
Chattanooga shootings, year-to-date
Includes accidental shootings and justifiable homicides2015 – 1032014 – 1032013 – 102Source: Chattanooga Police Department
Gang-related shootings, year-to-date
2015 – 592014 – 602013 – 67Source: Chattanooga Police Department