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APD, SAFE Alliance and Travis County DA present sexual‑assault data; APD cites coding changes and survivor readiness suspensions
Summary
APD’s special crimes unit, SAFE Alliance and the Travis County District Attorney’s office briefed the commission on Q1 sexual‑assault response data, explaining a title‑code change that affected felony counts, an increase in calls for service and a high share of cases suspended for ‘victim readiness.’
Representatives from the Austin Police Department’s special crimes unit (SCU), the SAFE Alliance (forensic nursing and advocacy) and the Travis County District Attorney’s Special Victims Unit briefed the Public Safety Commission on sexual‑assault response data for quarter one of 2025.
APD SCU described a multi‑agency effort to audit records and improve offense coding after detecting inconsistent use of an informational title code. The unit reported 374 new adult sexual‑crime cases in Q1 and explained that a marked increase in felony assault classifications beginning in September 2024 reflects a deliberate retitling and data‑cleaning effort rather than a sudden spike in incidents. APD said it retired the ambiguous “sexual‑assault information” title code and replaced it with “sex‑crimes information” to reduce confusion with Texas Penal Code offense titles; commanders and detectives were directed to retitle cases when the facts support a reportable offense.
APD also reported calls for service related to sexual crimes are about 14% higher…
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