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A MESSAGE

Words cannot express how proud
and fortunate I am to be working
alongside the dedicated men and
women of our Santa Clarita Valley
Sheriff's Station. Thanks to their
passion, hard work and dedication,
2018 wrapped up with the lowest
crime rate on record for the City of
Santa Clarita.
Part One crimes are down 20 percent from 2017.
Part One crimes include homicide, rape, robbery, burglary
and arson. This drop is due to the proactive efforts, crime
suppression operations and the all-around dedication of
our Sheriff's Deputies.

Our deputies are impacting crime through special
operations, directed patrol tactics, targeted traffic
enforcement, specialized deployments, the apprehension
of suspects and public education and awareness efforts.
Our local Sheriff's Deputies also focus on being nimble and
constantly reassessing the approach to crime prevention to
best meet the public's needs.

I want to emphasize that we could not have accomplished
the crime reduction alone. I want to thank the community
for being our eyes and ears in reporting suspicious behavior
and working with our deputies to keep our City safe. There CRIME/TRAFFIC STATS
are several simple steps that you as a community member
can take to make it much harder for criminals to commit Thanks to the efforts of the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff's Station, the City of Santa
crimes. The easiest target for a criminal is something they Clarita is experiencing the lowest crime rate in Santa Clarita history! Statistics revealed
have easy access to, such as an unlocked car door or a a 20 percent decrease in Part One crimes from 2017 to 2018. These figures surpass 2014
garage door left open. An even easier target is a valuable statistics, which were the previous lowest on record. Other statistics for 2018 include a
left in plain sight. For instance, leaving your purse, laptop or
23 percent decrease in robberies, 13.6 percent decrease in burglaries, 28 percent decrease
cellphone on your car seat.
in grand theft autos and 18.8 percent decrease in assaults.
Moving forward, togeth-er we will continue to build upon our
The City continued its Heads Up campaign that began in 2017 as an effort to build
City's reputation as a safe community. I want to say thank
awareness about distractions on the roadway for drivers and pedestrians. In 2018, the
you to the entire Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff Station team
traffic collision rate dropped 14 percent, exceeding the City's goal of 10 percent, and
and to the community for the continued support.
once again there were ZERO pedestrian and cyclist fatalities. The City's injury collision
rate decreased by 12 percent. 2018 now boasts the lowest traffic collision and injury
collision rates since 2001. Visit santa-clarita.com/HeadsUp for more information
Sincerely,
regarding traffic efforts.
Robert Lewis