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Hillsborough Crime Blotter for Greater Brandon: April Report

Using the crime mapping tool posted online by the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office, Brandon Patch reports on April incidents for ZIP codes in the Greater Brandon area.

Theft and traffic incidents together accounted for roughly 41 percent of the 1,164 offenses reported in April by the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office for six ZIP codes in the Greater Brandon area.

Battery and burglary accounted for another 28 percent of the crimes reported, with 170 and 154 incidents, respectively.

The numbers were determined using the online “Crime Mapping” feature posted by the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office, which reports incidents in 15 categories.

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The top five crime categories were theft (280), traffic (229), battery (170), burglary (154) and mischief (97).

Drug-related offenses accounted for another 96 incidents.

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For this report, Brandon Patch used the Brandon ZIP codes of 33510 and 33511. Also, ZIP codes for Dover (33527), Seffner (33584), Tampa (33619) and Valrico (33594). 

Overall in April  there were 1,164 incidents reported, which is 101 more than the previous month. Only two categories showed a decrease: traffic (43) and harassment (2). Categories with the largest increases were theft (36), burglary (31) and battery (26).

The online Hillsborough County Crime Map allows for the review of crime data based on date range, ZIP code, place name or address. Victims’ names are not included but noted is the type of crime, location, reference number and date reported.

With the , search results appear as points on a map, or as clusters. A pie graph details the number of occurrences for each crime category. A link to Crime Stoppers, with each incident featured, allows for the anonymous reporting of tips to aid in the investigation of crimes and subsequent arrests.

Also determined in this report:

  • ZIP code 33511 had the highest number of reported incidents (366), and especially in the categories of theft (127) and traffic (86). The 33511 ZIP code area encompasses the heaviest concentration of Brandon area shopping, including Regency Square and the Westfield Brandon mall.
  • The ZIP codes showing the greatest increase in the number of reported incidents were 33584 and 33619 — each with 33.
  • In April, there were 48 reports of driving under the influence, which accounted for 4.1 percent of the 1,164 total. Drugs accounted for 96 incidents, or 8.2 percent of the total.

Theft and traffic incidents each accounted for roughly one-quarter of the 3,279 offenses reported by the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office for the six ZIP codes for the .

The three charts below lead with monthly charts for April and March, followed by the first-quarter report, all showing the number of reported incidents by category and ZIP code.

APRIL 2011

Offense 33510 33511 33527 33584 33619 33594 Brandon Brandon Dover Seffner Tampa Valrico Arson 0 0 0 0 1 0 Assault 0 2 4 3 3 2 Battery 29 33 8 36 53 11 Burglary 21 28 26 31 40 8 Drugs 8 19 1 31 36 1 DUI 2 19 2 5 16 4 Fire 0 0 0 0 0 0 Fraud 6 19 0 10 10 6 Harass 1 1 0 2 2 3 Mischief 12 25 3 13 31 13 Murder 0 1 0 0 0 0 Robbery 3 6 2 1 2 0 Theft 25 127 17 35 55 21 Traffic 17 86 15 44 51 16 Other 0 0 0 0 0 0 TOTAL 124 366 78 211 300 85


MARCH 2011

Offense 33510 33511 33527 33584 33619 33594 Brandon Brandon Dover Seffner Tampa Valrico Arson 0 0 0 0 0 0 Assault 1 0 0 2 3 4 Battery 15 37 12 24 46 10 Burglary 16 25 13 17 35 17 Drugs 8 24 0 18 30 6 DUI 1 15 3 10 11 2 Fire 0 0 0 0 0 0 Fraud 2 15 2 8 9 1 Harass 3 1 2 1 4 0 Mischief 17 22 8 15 17 8 Murder 0 0 0 0 0 0 Robbery 0 2 0 3 2 0 Theft 24 114 10 35 48 13 Traffic 24 94 25 45 62 22 Other 0 0 0 0 0 0 TOTAL 111 349 75 178 267 83

 

FIRST QUARTER REPORT 2011

  Jan. '11 Feb. '11 March '11 Total Q1 % of Q1 Total Arson 1 1 0 2 0.06% Assault 4 16 10 30 0.91% Battery 153 149 144 446 13.60% Burglary 159 139 123 421 12.84% Drugs 89 66 86 241 7.35% DUI 48 53 42 143 4.36% Fire 1 1 0 2 0.06% Fraud 25 45 37 107 3.26% Harass 8 9 11 28 0.85% Mischief 103 90 87 280 8.54% Murder 0 0 0 0 0.00% Robbery 6 7 7 20 0.61% Theft 291 263 244 798 24.34% Traffic 238 251 272 761 23.21% Other 0 0 0 0 0.00% TOTAL 1,126 1,090 1,063 3,279  

 

 


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