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Lakewood police report 2025: city sees sharp drops in violent and property crime, chief credits technology
Summary
Chief Smith told the Lakewood City Council the fourth-quarter 2025 report shows broad reductions across violent and property crimes, with homicides falling to zero and motor vehicle theft plunging after investment in Flock Safety and in-vehicle technology. Council members pressed for more disaggregated collision-severity data and asked about human-trafficking resources.
Chief Smith presented the Lakewood Police Departmentfourth-quarter 2025 report on Monday, telling the City Council that the departmentsaw substantial declines across multiple crime categories.
"This year was a banner year as far as our homicides," Chief Smith said, reporting that Lakewood went from five homicides in the prior year to zero in 2025. He summarized a broader decline in crime statistics, citing a 20.2% drop in aggravated assaults and a 42.9% decline in robberies. Overall, he described a 17.7% reduction across the categories he tracks.
Smith attributed part of the change to legislative reclassification of some offenses. "Our felony arrests were down 14.7% — that was basically from a change in our legislature, which moved some crimes that…
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