Crimemapping.com: The interactive window into Pottstown crime

Instead of going to crimemapping.com, you can see the site right here. Every Friday morning, we will post a summary of the crimes that occurred during the week and you can see them on the interactive map.
 

From Nov. 7 through Nov. 14, 23 crimes were reported in the borough:

• Arson: 0
• Assaults: 2
• Burglaries: 5 
• Disturbing the peace: 4
• Drug/Alcohol violation: 1
• DUI: 0
• Fraud: 3
• Homicide: 0 
• Motor vehicle theft: 1
• Robbery: 2 
• Sex crimes: 0 
• Theft/Larceny: 2 
• Vandalism: 3
• Vehicle break-in: 0 
• Weapons crimes: 0 

For the first 14 days of the month, 66 crimes were reported which is down by more than half from the same time frame in October. During the first two weeks of last month, 140 crimes were reported around the borough, according to crimemapping.com.

Police Chief Richard Drumheller said the decrease in crime could be a result of directed patrols.

"We sent out patrols to look for the suspects in robberies and break-ins, and we were successful," he said.

Drumheller acknowledged that crime ebbs and flows and many factors are involved in a drastic rise or fall in crime.