Pasadena Crime Rate Continues Upward Trajectory, Up 14%

The overall crime rate in Pasadena during 2013 continued its upward trend relative to 2012 with a year-to-date overall jump of 14%, the Pasadena Police Department said in a monthly crime statistical report released Tuesday night.

October spiked by 25% over last October. Police figures show the increase in the number of crimes reported rising to 448 in October, 2013 from the 323 reported during October, 2012.

Vehicle burglaries posted a 31% increase this year over the same point last year.

In sheer volume, however, thefts are up 24% with 1,383 cases reported.

So far this year, the biggest increases have been posted in homicides, which rose to three for the year over last year’s two.

In violent crime categories, homicides have risen to three this year over last year’s two; rapes are up by 9%; and assaults (both simple and with a deadly weapon) are each up a modest 2%.

The biggest drop in any category came as robberies were down 15%.