Overall Crime in Tyler is Down

TYLER – Tyler police have released the city’s crime statistics for 2018. Overall, crime in the city dropped. The report shows crime in Tyler was down nearly 3% last year. The Part 1 crimes, the major crimes, dropped by just over 4% compared with the previous year. But there was a nearly 35% increase in sexual assault. There were 105 sexual assault cases last year, compared to 78 in 2017. The least serious offenses, Part 2 crimes, were down about 1%. But, sexual offenses that were not rapes were up by 83% last year. Police Chief Jimmy Toler it was a challenging year, but the over all crime stats are heading in the right direction, down.