The Vicksburg Police Department (VPD) submitted crime statistics for March during the Monday meeting of the Vicksburg Board of Mayor and Aldermen (BOMA) with the numbers showing a slight uptick in major crimes, including the year’s first murder.

Categories of rape and robbery also saw a lone report each in March, a rise of one from February in both categories. Other March numbers included:

• 3,798 logged calls;
• 1,055 reports;
• 284 arrests, up from 194 in February;
• 224 warrants issued;
• 319 citations issued;
• 61 warnings issued;
• 19 DUIs;
• Two auto thefts; up from one in February;
• Three aggravated assaults, down from four in February;
•  Two residential burglaries, down from four in February;
• Eight auto burglaries, up from five in February and including two from secured vehicles (up one from the prior month) and six from unsecured vehicles (up from four in February);
• 13 domestic violence reports, down 41% from 22 in February.

For the second consecutive month, there were no reports of manslaughter, business burglary, carjackings or kidnappings.