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2,000

4,000

6,000

8,000

10,000

12,000

14,000

CENTRAL EAST NORTH PRUE SOUTH WEST

5,540

6,633 5,900

7,307 7,339

12,289

5,433

6,649 5,974

7,158 7,016

12,196

Domestic Violence Calls for Service

2012 2013

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2000

4000

6000

8000

SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT

7675

6310 6071 5771 54656349

7054

Domestic Violence Calls

By Day of Week

Domestic Violence Calls

0

1000

2000

3000

4000

5000

JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC

3773

3214

3770 3894 4040 40313768 3959

3622 37283392 3385

Domestic Violence Calls By Month

Domestic Violence Calls

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There are over one million calls for service in San

Antonio each year. Every domestic violence call results

in a team of dedicated officers and professionals

responding to stop the violence. Those efforts are

followed up by investigators and other professionals in

various specialized units and departments.

In 2013 there were 44,695 calls for domestic

violence. This is down 0.7% from 2012 totals.

Friday, Saturday and Sunday continue to be the

highest reporting days of the week, while the

summer months continue to be the highest

reporting months. December and January were

particularly high in 2013 as well.

Individual Patrol Substation numbers did not

vary much from last year and remain relatively

unchanged for 2013.

West Patrol continues to lead the City with the

highest number of calls for domestic violence but

there was improvement for 2013. Central, South

and Prue also saw slight reductions in calls.

2012 2013 Percent 2012 2013 Percent 2012 2013 Percent

CRIME DESCRIPTION CENTRAL CENTRAL Change WEST WEST Change SOUTH SOUTH Change

Aggravated Family Violence 69 58 -15.9% 122 86 -29.5% 51 85 66.7%

Family Violence 1188 1206 1.5% 2119 1692 -20.2% 1279 1627 27.2%

Protective Order Violation 95 128 34.7% 200 154 -23.0% 104 125 20.2%

Totals 1352 1392 3.0% 2441 1932 -20.9% 1434 1837 28.1%

2012 2013 Percent 2012 2013 Percent 2012 2013 Percent

CRIME DESCRIPTION NORTH NORTH Change PRUE PRUE Change EAST EAST Change

Aggravated Family Violence 80 69 -13.8% 112 74 -33.9% 109 124 13.8%

Family Violence 1416 1295 -8.5% 1727 1185 -31.4% 1084 1505 38.8%

Protective Order Violation 121 128 5.8% 117 130 11.1% 86 102 18.6%

Totals 1617 1492 -7.7% 1956 1389 -29.0% 1279 1731 35.3%

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South Patrol Division—Domestic Violence Offense Reports

North Patrol Division—Domestic Violence Offense Reports

Domestic Violence related murders were a larger percentage of the 2013 murder total. This

is due to a significant drop in homicides for 2013. Generally, less than 10% of all murders

are domestic violence related.

Domestic Violence Homicide Cases—Past Five Years

Homicide Type 2013 % of Total 2012 % of Total 2011 % of Total 2010 % of Total 2009 % of Total

Family Violence Murder 11 14.9% 11 10.5% 9 9.3% 6 6.1% 9 7.9%

Capital Murder of a Child 2 2.7% 3 2.9% 3 3.1% 7 7.1% 4 3.5%

Calls for Service are not an accurate representation of

crime. There are exponentially more calls than crimes.

Therefore, the San Antonio Police Department uses offense

reports written by officers to count actual crimes. For 2013,

West Patrol and East Patrol saw significant decreases in

family violence. South Patrol and East Patrol saw

significant increases in family violence related crimes.