Bon Air Crime Analysis for July 2019 (and a reminder of National Night Out)

This is an analysis for July, 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

As usual it includes the crimes reported within the boundaries of the historical Bon Air Neighborhood as defined:
1) Bardstown Road on the West
2) Hikes Lane on the South
3) Furman Blvd on the East and
4) Taylorsville Rd and the Watterson Expressway on the North. 

Also as usual, the crime reports do not include precise addresses, so some of the information can reflect crimes happening just on the other side of the boundaries. 

The amount of crime was about the same from June.  There were 52 police reports and 51 reports in June. Again, this is still what I will call a favorable trend given that there were 73 reports in May. 

There were 31 reports in the 40218 area of the neighborhood and 21 reports in the 40220 portion, which would suggest a diminutive increase in the 40220 section from 19 in June. 

As what is the usual, the 3300 Block of Bardstown Rd was our location of most police reports in the neighborhood with seven (7) reports . I have decided to add the 2200 block of Goldsmith in this number from here on out because they are one particular area with two (2) reports, so this area had nine for almost 20 percent of the police reports.  

What happened in this area was: 
Burglary

• 2 Vehicle Break-ins
• 1 Burglary
• 1 Vehicle theft
• 1 death investigation
• 1 person identified as failing to comply with the sex offender registry
• 1 theft by unlawful taking
• 1 cold check charge
• 1 assault

The death investigation was reported to have been in an apartment/residence and not a hotel/motel.

Other areas of higher police report activity include:

• 3700 Bardstown Rd =4  (This is the intersection of Bardstown and Hikes Lane)
• 3200 Commander Drive =4 (but there were four charges at one time)

Otherwise the breakdown for the different sections were as follows:
For the 40218 section of the neighborhood there were:

• 2 assault events
• 3 burglary reports
• 2200 Goldsmith
• Fureen Drive
• 2300 Terrier Ct (apartments)
• 2 fraud reports
• 3 motor vehicle thefts
• 5 theft/larceny reports
• 2 vandalism reports
• 7 vehicle break-ins

                 These vehicle break-ins were spread out throughout the 40218 section at

• 2200 BLOCK GOLDSMITH LN                                    
• 2200 BLOCK LIVERPOOL LN                                    
• 2500 BLOCK MEADOW DR                                       
• 3300 BLOCK BARDSTOWN RD                                    
• 3400 BLOCK BARDSTOWN RD                                    
• 3400 BLOCK BARDSTOWN RD                                    
• 3600 BLOCK DOWNING WAY                                      

For the 40220 section the breakdown was: 

• 4 assault events
• 2 burglary reports (these were at)
• Maxon Drive--a garage not a house
• 2600 block of Meadow Drive
• 4 drug and alcohol violations
• (3 of these were around the Bon Air Manor 3200 Commander and 2800 Del Rio and one of the charges was for possessoin of heroin). 
• 2 motor vehicle thefts
• 1 vandalism complaint
• 1 vehicle break-in/theft
• 3 weapon charges (it looked like one person was given three charges of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. 

There was one death investigation on the 3000 block of Nadina, but nothing more appeared to become of that in the media. 

It is a good that many home owners in the neighborhood have alarms and the special doorbell cameras that go to their smart phones.  I do believe that those systems/devices deter crime.  I would say that burglars/thieves look for crimes of opportunity.

That being said, school starts on August 14, and it is important to make sure you lock your car and do not warm up your car with the doors open. We have had a history of car thefts by adolescents looking for an easy way to get to school when they do not want to walk. 

Lastly, the Bon Air Neighborhood Association is hosting three National Night Out locations at 

• 2227 Bashford Manor Lane (the Bed and Breakfast)
• Glenbrook Lane and 
• Commander Drive. 

It will run from 6 pm to 8 pm.  Come and get to know your neighbors.  It is a great way to fight crime. Bring a chair and maybe a snack to share.

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