The City of Dallas is still unable to provide reliable crime data to the public more than five weeks after its servers were allegedly hit with a ransomware attack. Dallas Police Department...
Crime Boss Runner-Up: Moreno of Dallas District 2
Jesse Moreno, City of Dallas District 2 councilman, and his constituents saw crime rise last September, but that news is unfortunately hardly a surprise: when comparing crime statistics...
Crime Boss Runner-Up: District 14’s Paul E. Ridley
Double-digit growth in multiple categories powered Crime Boss runner-up Paul E. Ridley’s Crime Score increase in District 14.
Willis’ District 13 Has Never Seen Score Decrease in Crime Boss History
In an open letter published in Texas Metro News this week, Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson discussed the 2022-23 fiscal year budget. At $4.51 billion, it is the city's largest budget ever, and it contains...
Willis Nabs Crime Boss Title for Second Straight Month
District 13 was one of just three districts to see a higher Crime Score in September 2022 over that same month in 2021, with an increase of 18.05%.
Dallas’ Crime Score Averages Higher in 2022
As we enter the final quarter of 2022, a quick look back at crime statistics from the previous nine months can give some helpful insight into where the City of Dallas is headed as the year draws to...
Dallas Auto Thefts Continue to Rev Up
The City of Dallas saw Motor Vehicle Thefts increase year-over-year yet again in August, jumping 91 from 2,274 in 2022 compared to that month in 2021, according to the City's crime statistics....
See Which Districts Saw Crime Score Increases
As summer turns to autumn and September flips to October, The Dallas Express will soon be naming a new Crime Boss of the Month (CBOM). In September, Gay Donnell Willis was named CBOM after the City...
‘Violent Street Crimes’ Up in Dallas
The City of Dallas Police Department put its Violent Crime Reduction Plan into action in May 2021, and a year later claimed that overall โviolent street crimeโ -- murder, robbery, and non-family...
City of Dallas Suffers 700 August Assaults
Last month, 745 residents of Dallas were assaulted. The city averaged 24.03 assaults per day, a slight increase from August 2021, when assaults totaled 733, or 23.6 per day. Out of the city's 14...
District 13’s Crime Rose in Eight of the Last Nine Months
Gay Donnell Willis, City of Dallas District 13 councilwoman, was named The Dallas Express Crime Boss of the Month (CBOM) for September after the Crime Score in her district increased by 23.11% in...
District 7’s Adam Bazaldua: Crime Boss Runner-Up for Second Straight Month
Councilman Adam Bazaldua, representing Dallas' District 7, is the Crime Boss of the Month (CBOM) runner-up for the second month in a row. Unfortunately for the residents of that region, the district...
Gay Donnell Willis of Dallas District 13 Oversees 23.1% Increase in Crime Score
Gay Donnell Willis, the councilwoman for City of Dallas District 13, has been named The Dallas Express Crime Boss of the Month (CBOM) for September after the crime score in that region climbed...
Did Crime Really Decrease in Dallas?
At the start of this month, the public crime data used in The Dallas Express Crime Boss feature initially created a false sense of security. Based on incomplete figures available at the time, it...
Dallas Car Theft Increases Again in July
Despite a slight dip in crime reports in the City of Dallas when comparing July 2022 to July 2021, Motor Vehicle Theft was not among the reductions. This problem has persisted throughout the year,...
Dallas’ District 12 Rounds Out July Crime Score Increases
A total of five City of Dallas districts saw crime score increases in July of 2022 over the same month in 2021. District 12 saw an overall increase in crimes, rising from 264 reports to 314. The...
District 13 Home to 7.47% Crime Increase in July
Councilwoman Gay Donnell Willis and the City of Dallas District she represents, District 13, have never earned the dubious "Crime Boss of the Month" (CBOM) honor, but in July, the district saw an...
Spotlighting Crime in Councilwoman Jaynie Schultz’s District 11
The City of Dallas District 11 saw 41 more crimes reported last month compared to July of 2021. The severity of the crimes committed last month hoisted Councilwoman Jaynie Schultz's district to the...
Councilman Adam Bazaldua: August Crime Boss Runner-Up
Following a hiccup in data by Dallas Open Records for July '22 crime stats in the City of Dallas, Crime Boss of the Month (CBOM) for August Adam West and District 1 went from an unbelievable 30%...
City of Dallas Corrects Crime Statistics, West Keeps Crime Boss Title
It seemed like good news when the July 2022 crime data for the City of Dallas showed resounding decreases in wrongdoing across the board for all 14 districts in the region, some plummeting by as...
Dallas’ Deceptive Data Shows Crime ‘Decrease,’ West Still Crime Boss
It almost looked like good news for the City of Dallas, with all 14 districts in the region seemingly experiencing a decrease in crime in July of 2022. Districts 3,6,8, 9, and 14 each looked to have...