Lubbock Halloween Crime Report Reveals Surprising Stats

Holidays are always a time when people are out and about more than usual. Parties, trick-or-treating, and family get-togethers have a tendency to draw out the worst in people.

Looking at Lubbock's reported crimes over Halloween weekend this year, we can see what areas of the city had the highest activity and what the most common crime committed on Halloween day actually was.

Real quick, it's important to know that what I'm about to share does not include every single crime committed in the city, but rather the crimes that were reported on crimemapping.com. This online map is a service used by the City of Lubbock as an interactive tool for its citizens.

Halloween Crime in Lubbock Neighborhoods

Over Halloween weekend in Lubbock, the neighborhood with the most reported crimes happened to be Arnett Benson. Well, the northwestern corner of Arnett Benson, to be exact.

Here's a map of Lubbock's neighborhoods, if you need a reminder of where Arnett Benson is located:

There were a total of five crimes reported in this area last weekend, including three cases of assault, one case of vandalism, and one robbery.

In total, there were 35 crimes reported to crimemapping.com on Halloween weekend throughout Lubbock. Of the total crimes, 12 were assault charges.

Strangely enough, the site only reports one DUI arrest that entire weekend. Somehow, I don't believe that.

Lubbock Halloween Day Crimes

Regardless, let's quickly take a look at total crime on Halloween day. There were 12 crimes included on the map for October 31 this year, and no one neighborhood had more reports than the other.

Of the 12 reported crimes on Halloween in Lubbock, three were classified as assault, three were weapon charges, and three were reports of larceny with two robberies and one stolen vehicle.

If you want to check out the local crime hotspots in your Lubbock neighborhood, then you can always visit crimemapping.com to see the latest activity in the city.

Another way to keep up with Lubbock criminal activity is to stay up to date with the police department's news releases. These are updated whenever a major arrest is made or when LPD is searching for a missing person/wanted suspect.

Stay safe, Lubbock!

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