Recent robbery: After being pepper-sprayed, police say NMSU student dove into suspect's car to get belongings In all, Las Cruces police investigated 430 incidents of aggravated assaults through September 2021 compared to 354 incidents in the same time frame in 2020.Дominguez said that aggravated assaults make up the majority of Las Cruces' violent crime rate. That trend continued until September, which saw a spike in aggravated assaults. Over the summer, Dominguez said that his department received fewer reports than normal. When Dominguez presented the data about aggravated assaults - which include shootings, fights, physical domestic violence or threats of violence - he drilled down on month-to-month reports.ДЇrom January to April, Dominguez said the department saw a notable increase in aggravated assaults. Over the summer, a man was killed at the DoГ±a Ana County Detention Center, bringing the area's total to 9. In October, another man was murdered bringing the total for 2021 to 8. In 2021, Dominguez said they've received 7 reports of homicide. In 2020, there were eight reported homicides by the end of September. Homicides have not seen a increase so far, Dominguez said. LCPD said they've fielded 58 reports of robberies in 2021 compared to 36 reports in 2020. In 2021, LCPD said they've seen a 61% increase in robberies compared to this time last year.

Unlike burglaries, larcenies and thefts, a robbery occurs when a person forcibly takes something from someone else using violence or the threat of violence. Specifically, LCPD saw a significant increase in reports of robberies. More: Here's our review of 30 years' worth of Las Cruces crime data. Many violent crimes did see a noteworthy increase.

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