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Crime rate spikes in Chattanooga

267 views · Published 21 March 2013 · 0:55 · Indexed 12 November 2026

Channel: chattanooga times free press · 2013 · News & Politics

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First of all, another shooting death in Chattanooga.

Police say a man in his twenties was found shot to death last night in an alley near Vance Avenue.

This on top of new police data that shows crime spiked in the city last year.

The city's crime rate increased the most in Hixson and North Chattanooga last year and was also up sharply in Brainerd. Downtown was the only area to see a decrease.
Total reported crimes also went up by 7 percent.
Police Chief Bobby Dodd says the spike in crime just looks like a big increase because crime has actually gone down for the past ten years.
Last year the crime rate was one-thousand thirty-seven per 100,000 people for violent crimes including homicide, rape, and aggravated assault. Officers were able to close 38 percent of those cases.
Police have also noticed a spike in robberies, mainly at restaurants and convenience stores.

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