Police calls for service in San Jose, August 2026
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San Jose’s open-data portal lists 22,697 police calls for service for August 2026, down 3.8% on a year earlier. The 12-month average is 22,495 a month.
This counts the rows of a police data feed, so it moves with how and when events are recorded as well as with how many happen. It is a count of records, not the department’s own crime statistic, and a change in the reporting system shows up as a step in the line.
The heavier line is the 12-month average, which takes out the seasonal swing; compare a month with the same month a year earlier rather than with the month before. The newest month is left out until it is complete.
Source: San José Open Data, police calls for service, counted by month. Auto-generated each build.