A Brief Bon Air Crime Analysis for March, 2019

This is a analysis for March 2019 based on data posted by the Louisville Metro Police Department at and website website at https://data.louisvilleky.gov/dataset/crime-reports/resource/6d81fdf8-27e7-41ac-9ae4-1bfd8730f002 

It is a Microsoft Excel file that requires just a touch of manipulation and sorting 

There were 53 police reports from March 1, 2019 and through March 31, 2019 within the historical Bon Air Neighborhood.  This area is being defined as being within the boundaries of Bardstown Rd on the west, Hikes Point on the south, Furman on the east and Taylorsville Rd and the Watterson on the north.  The file does not give precise addresses, and so the information can reflect on incidences on the other side of the boundaries.

The 40218 portion of the neighborhood had 38 police reports and the 40220 section had 15 reports.

The block that continues to lead the neighborhood in calls is 3300 Bardstown Rd, which is the intersection of Bardstown Rd and Goldsmith Lane.  It is significant that 21 of the police calls happened at private residences.

As noted below, there have been many car thefts that can be preventable if people lock their cars and do not warm them up unlocked. 

A listing of the different facts are as follows
There were

• Ten (10) Theft by Unlawful Taking (TBUT) reports
• Nine (9) Assault 4th degree reports
• Six (6) criminal mischief charges.
• Five (5) burglaries
• Five (5) other types of thefts.
• Two (2) robberies in Farnsley Park
• Two (2) violations of DVO/EPO 

Overall since 1/1/2019, there have been 195 police calls in and around the Bon Air Neighborhood.
The significant locations to report:

• The block of 3300 Bardstown Rd had 34 reports.
• The 3100 block of Dell Brooke had nine reports
• The 300 block of Chanel Ct had nine reports. (This is a condominium location)

These three locations accounted for 25 percent of the calls
With regard to categories of of crimes in the Bon Air Neighborhood so far in 2019 there were:

• 41 Larcenies
• 27 Assaults
• 27 Car thefts (spread out but mostly on Chanel Ct, Dell Brooke, 2800 Hikes Lane)
• 16  Burglaries (Around 3200 Stratford Ave, 2200 Hikes Lane, 3300 Bardstown Rd)
• 15 Fraud cases (Predominantly at businesses)
• 6 Robberies (3 of them were in Farnsley Park)
• 5 Drug-related charges (I thought that there would be more)

  The Bon Air Neighborhood Association will have a General Membership meeting in which we will have a member of the department speak about what is happening in the neighborhood and to answer any questions.  That meeting will be May 13, 2019 at 6: 30 pm  at the Creekside 3535 Bardstown Road.  We hope to see you there.