The Pleasant Hill Police Department's latest monthly snapshot shows overall crime up 3.6% in September 2026 compared with the same period last year.
September by the numbers
- 2,118 calls for service, bringing the 2026 total to 20,491
- 48 arrests (47 adults, one juvenile): 16 felonies and 32 misdemeanors
- 117 citations, 66% of them for hazardous violations
- 86 larcenies, a category that includes shoplifting, car break-ins, bike theft and purse snatching
- 5 residential burglaries, 1 business burglary and 5 robberies
- 5 auto thefts, a decrease from last year
- 1 aggravated assault
- 5 injury collisions, 13 non-injury collisions and 7 drunk-driving incidents
The department said the increases came in residential and business burglaries, robberies and larcenies. It posts the snapshot monthly on social media and keeps fuller figures on the city's crime statistics page.
Reading the numbers
One month is a small sample in a city of about 34,000, so a handful of incidents can swing the percentages. Larceny, which includes retail theft, makes up most of the reported crime. Police routinely remind drivers not to leave bags or electronics visible in parked cars, the simplest way to avoid becoming a theft statistic.