Cedar Rapids police Chief Wayne Jerman presented a report at Monday’s Public Safety meeting finding the city’s violent crime has dropped 9 percent since November 2014.

“It’s encouraging to see violent crime down even with the number of shots fired incidents,” Chief Jerman said. “That’s indicative of the continued vigilance of the officers and citizens for letting us know when something is amiss. We can always stop it or prevent it from re-occurring.”

Despite the low crime the number of burglaries has gone up in certain Cedar Rapids neighborhoods.

“We saw burglaries were almost two times the average normal number of events reported, so that was very concerning,” Jerman said. “We’ve identified a number of groups and individuals who were responsible. We’ve made some arrests for those cases.”

Jerman said he encourages citizens to keep their doors and windows locked at all times.

“When you leave the house, even for a short errand, you should always lock your doors, and lock your windows, especially at night,” Jerman said. “A lot of the burglaries from last month through the analysis were mostly done during the day time.”