Browse the weekly map of crimes as reported to the Richmond County Sheriff's Office or search the database of all crime reports. You can search by dates, neighborhood, address or type of crime.
To begin, we have limited the number of crime reports to those that most often affect residents at home - assaults, burglaries, robberies and drug crimes.
Please note that due to mapping limitations, some addresses could be misplaced.
Last update: May 17, 2012
Crimes reported May 9 - May 15, 2012
Analysis:For the week of May 9 through May 15, a total of 222 crimes tracked by The Augusta Chronicle were reported to the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office.
As usual, more than half of those crimes, 121, were assaults. Eight were serious enough to have potentially fatal consequences. The most assaults, 23, occurred on Thursday.
Other violent crimes reported during the week included eight robberies and six cases of reckless conduct.
There were a total of 59 burglaries during the week. The most break-ins, 10, occurred Friday. The East Augusta emergency response area had the most burglaries, six, followed by the areas of National Hills and Belair, each of which had four break-ins.
There were also 18 cases of property damage during the week.
The Richmond Hill emergency response area had the most crimes, 15. The East Augusta area had 11 and Lake Aumond emergency response area had 10.
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