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Mobile officials cite declines in major crimes as police release 2024 report
Summary
Mayor William S. Stimpson and Mobile Police Department leaders told the City Council that Part 1 crimes fell in 2024, while council members pressed for data on mental-health links and praised the department's recent response to a Dolphin Street shooting.
Mobile Mayor William S. Stimpson and Mobile Police Department leaders told the City Council on May 13 that data in the department's 2024 annual report show broad declines in major crimes, and council members used the update to both thank officers for recent responses and press for additional breakdowns.
The report, presented to the council and summarized by Chief Jackson of the Mobile Police Department, showed a 24% drop in all Part 1 crimes compared with 2023 and an 11% decline in violent crime. "We were down 24% in all Part 1 crimes," Chief Jackson told the council, and he listed additional year‑over‑year decreases: homicides down 24%, assaults down 36%, forcible rapes down 59%,…
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