Besides homicides, crimes against property saw the highest jump with a 14 percent increase...
San Antonio Police Chief William McManus speaks to reporters on the West Side as police investigate a possible murder-suicide in February 2022. San Antonio saw 231 homicides in 2022, the most in the last 30 years.Chelsey Eckols was in her car with a friend on March 27, 2022, when a barrage of bullets ripped through the Sunday evening air.
While the broader category of crimes against persons saw a 2.5 percent increase, homicides rose 43.5 percent in 2022 — to 231 recorded homicides last year from 161 in 2021. McManus noted that last year’s number includes 53 migrants who died when they were left in a sweltering tractor-trailer in June.
A holiday burglary vehicle task force within the San Antonio Police Department that operated from November 2022 through Jan. 6 resulted in 58 arrests, 30 weapons recovered and 39 stolen vehicles recovered.
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