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Durham police report falling violent‑crime totals but spike in homicides and commercial robberies
Summary
Police presented the department’s first-quarter 2025 report showing overall declines in several violent‑crime categories and improvements in case clearance, while homicides and commercial robberies rose and officers flagged staffing and recovery of stolen firearms as ongoing issues.
Durham police presented their first-quarter 2025 public safety report, saying overall violent‑crime totals fell compared with recent years but that homicides and commercial robberies increased during the period.
The quarterly presentation, delivered to the Durham City Council during its meeting, summarized five measures: violent crime, property crime, reported shootings, response times and staffing. A department presenter said the city had 15 homicides year to date and described an increase in homicides compared with the same period last year. The presenter also said commercial robberies rose sharply: "we saw an 84 percent increase in commercial robberies," and that 51 percent of those robberies involved a firearm.
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