Montgomery Co. crime stats show downward trends, but continued problems

Overall crime has decreased “significantly” in Montgomery County, Maryland, according to crime statistics presented to the county council’s Public Safety Committee last week. According to the data for the first three quarters of this year, the number of homicides and rapes has dropped and the number of car thefts, which accelerated wildly during the pandemic, has slowed, with the actual number of auto thefts down by 2%.https://wtop.com/montgomery-county/2024/10/montgomery-county-crime-downward-trends-continued-problems/