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  "source_url": "https://www.mobilepd.org/uploads/MPDAnnualReportReleasedMay2026.pdf",
  "retrieved_date": "2026-10-08",
  "sha256": "8a5f34758755be9988efcd56b74af09dceb1db1aa2acf5794462c45f5b025aa0",
  "table_title": "PART I CRIME COMPARISON 2016 THROUGH DECEMBER 2025 YTD",
  "table_unit": "REPORTED CRIMES; retain category labels, not unique incidents or victims",
  "table_location": "printed page 6, PDF page 8",
  "column_labels": [
    "2024",
    "2025YTD"
  ],
  "rows": [
    {
      "source_label": "HOMICIDE",
      "2024": 38,
      "2025YTD": 32
    },
    {
      "source_label": "SEX CRIME",
      "2024": 69,
      "2025YTD": 47
    },
    {
      "source_label": "ROBBERY",
      "2024": 125,
      "2025YTD": 111
    },
    {
      "source_label": "AGGRAVATED ASSAULT",
      "2024": 1334,
      "2025YTD": 1187
    },
    {
      "source_label": "BURGLARY",
      "2024": 782,
      "2025YTD": 729
    },
    {
      "source_label": "LARCENY",
      "2024": 4747,
      "2025YTD": 4147
    },
    {
      "source_label": "MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT",
      "2024": 429,
      "2025YTD": 433
    }
  ],
  "total_crime": {
    "2024": 7524,
    "2025YTD": 6686,
    "scope": "only listed Part I categories"
  },
  "homicide_detail": {
    "source_label": "Total Homicide Cases",
    "2025": 32,
    "table_location": "printed page 16, PDF page 18",
    "monthly_counts": {
      "January": 4,
      "February": 4,
      "March": 2,
      "April": 2,
      "May": 2,
      "June": 4,
      "July": 4,
      "August": 2,
      "September": 2,
      "October": 2,
      "November": 2,
      "December": 2
    }
  },
  "source_footnote_exact": "Population and crime totals include the jurisdiction.",
  "source_population": 261280,
  "source_population_note": "Population furnished by South Alabama Regional Planning Commission.",
  "coverage_conclusion": "agency reporting footprint includes police jurisdiction; not established as corporate-city-only counts",
  "unresolved": [
    "exact geographic boundary vintage of statistical coverage",
    "case versus victim equivalence beyond the explicit homicide case label",
    "definitions and counting methodology of other offense categories",
    "constant coverage across annexation and older reporting years"
  ],
  "checks": {
    "seven_category_sums_match_published_totals": true,
    "2025_first_four_sum_matches_published_violent_crime_total": true,
    "monthly_homicide_sum_matches_cases": true,
    "homicide_row_matches_case_detail": true
  }
}