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The SAPD is once again reporting their daily crime data online

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Remember a few weeks back when we noticed that the SAPD was no longer reporting crime data to Crimemapping – a website that logs crime activity throughout the U.S.? Well today the SAPD finally admitted what happened.

The SAPD noted in a press release that  the Department changed its computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) system and apparently because of that the link between the CAD and CrimeMapping.com stopped working and had to be rebuilt. Continue reading→

Over 800 crimes were reported in Santa Ana this week

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Santa Ana crime summary for the week of 9/25/16, courtesy of Crimemapping.com

The elections are upon us and the Santa Ana City Council incumbents who are up for re-election – Vince Sarmiento and Roman Reyna, want you to believe that crime is going down in our city. However even though the SAPD does not report their crime log (unlike many other cities including Anaheim, Irvine and Fountain Valley), we can take a look at the crimes occurring in our city on Crimemapping.com.

Crimemapping.com reports that there were over 800 crimes committed in Santa Ana during the past week, from last Sunday through yesterday. These crimes included: Continue reading→

538 crimes were reported from Jan. 25 through today in Santa Ana

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It is hard to fathom how much crime happens in Santa Ana on a regular basis. There were 538 crimes reported in our city this week, from Monday, January 25, 2016 through today, by CrimeMapping.

The crimes included 12 Assaults with Deadly Weapons and Shootings at Occupied Dwellings:

  • Assault/Deadly Weapon – 600 BLOCK N MAIN ST Santa Ana Police 1/26/2016 08:16 PM
  • Assault/Deadly Weapon – 3000 BLOCK W EDINGER AV Santa Ana Police 1/26/2016 03:46 PM
  • Assault/Deadly Weapon – 400 BLOCK E CHESTNUT AV Santa Ana Police 1/26/2016 06:20 PM
  • Assault/Deadly Weapon – 1000 BLOCK N TUSTIN AV Santa Ana Police 1/26/2016 09:45 PM
  • Assault/Deadly Weapon – 2900 BLOCK W MCFADDEN AV Santa Ana Police 1/27/2016 08:35 PM
  • Assault/Deadly Weapon 2016-02609 S GRAND AV / E 1ST ST Santa Ana Police 1/28/2016 07:16 AM
  • Assault/Deadly Weapon 2016-02422 400 BLOCK N GRAND AV Santa Ana Police 1/26/2016 06:56 AM
  • Assault/Deadly Weapon – 1000 BLOCK W CIVIC CENTER DR Santa Ana Police 1/25/2016 06:45 PM
  • Assault/Deadly Weapon 2016-02347 E 4TH ST / N POINSETTIA ST Santa Ana Police 1/25/2016 01:06 PM
  • Assault/Deadly Weapon 2016-02635 700 BLOCK N FAIRVIEW ST Santa Ana Police 1/28/2016 12:48 PM
  • Shooting at Occupied Dwelling 2016-02677 300 BLOCK S BIRCH ST Santa Ana Police 1/28/2016 09:09 PM
  • Shooting At Occupied Dwelling 2016-02701 W RUSSELL AV / S OLIVE ST Santa Ana Police 1/29/2016 02:18 AM

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Over 600 crimes were committed in Santa Ana this week including 36 weapons charges

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It was another bad week in Santa Ana, from January 18 through today as 622 crimes were committed, according to CrimeMapping, compared to 573 crimes in the previous week.

The crimes committed this week included 36 weapons charges ranging from Assaults with Deadly Weapons to Shootings at Occupied Dwellings. There were 55 weapons charges committed in Santa Ana in the week of January 11.

The Assaults with Deadly Weapons and Shootings at Occupied Dwellings committed this week occurred at: Continue reading→