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DeSoto police report overall crime down in 2024 but hotspots persist along I‑35 corridor
Summary
Chief Joe Costa presented 2024 crime numbers showing an 8.4% decline from the prior year and a five-year decline of 3.6%, while identifying concentrations of theft and vehicle-related crime along the I‑35 corridor.
Chief Joe Costa, DeSoto’s police chief, told the town-hall audience that the department’s five-year comparison shows crime trending down and offered a ward-level view of hot spots.
"Crime went down last year, 8.4%. And over the five years, it went down 3.6%," Chief Costa said, citing 2024 totals of 1,650 reported crimes compared with 1,823 the year before. He described robberies, burglaries, drug offenses, larceny and…
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