Violent crimes numbers in Gulfport

Index crimes -- those watched the most by Gulfport police officials -- are down this year with a couple of exceptions.

CRIME 2015 2016

Homicides 5 3

Forcible rape 16 13

Robbery 24 36

Aggravated assault 27 18

Assaults 568 515

Burglary 199 136

Larceny 831 791

Auto theft 40 31

Arson 4 7

-- Gulfport Police Department

This story was originally published April 28, 2016 at 5:31 AM with the headline "Violent crimes numbers in Gulfport ."