Sugar Land crime rate up 23% as thefts surge
In 2021, the crime rate for Sugar Land was 13.1 incidents per 1,000 people, whereas in 2022, it increased to 16.3 incidents per 1,000 people.Preliminary crime data from 2022 indicates a 23% overall rise in crime in Sugar Land compared with the year before, Police Chief Mark Poland has reported.
“Unfortunately, our crime rate did go up, due to a high number of thefts,” Poland told City Council on Tuesday. “Our surrounding cities are experiencing the same trends. We have seen a 22.64% increase in thefts alone from 2021 to 2022 — shoplifting, theft of motor vehicle parts, catalytic converters.”
The crime rate refers to the number of reported crimes per 1,000 residents in a specific area. The Sugar Land crime rate in 2022 was 16.3 incidents per 1,000 people, up from a rate of 13.1 in 2021. In 2022, the 57 reported commercial burglaries in the city were seven fewer than for 2021, while the 75 residential burglaries reported last year increased by 45 from the year before, according to the National Incident-Based Reporting System.
Based on the data, no cases of homicide, human trafficking, incest or statutory rape were reported in the city last year.
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