DATA TO FIND OUT. MILWAUKEE POLICE CRIME STATS DON’T EXACTLY NAME STREETS. THEY’RE BASICALLY A HEXAGON. BUT THE AREA DOWNTOWN WITH MORE CAR THEFTS IN THE LAST YEAR THAN ANYWHERE ELSE BASICALLY SPANS FROM WISCONSIN TO STATE STREET, SIX STREET TO THE RIVER. 103 CARS WERE TAKEN FROM THIS AREA IN THE LAST YEAR. CAR THEFTS IN MILWAUKEE HAVE DROPPED 41% SO FAR THIS YEAR, COMPARED TO LAST. STILL, DOWNTOWN IN THE EAST SIDE ARE THE AREAS WITH THE MOST CARS TAKEN. THE DARKER BLUE HEXAGON ON MILWAUKEE’S POLICE CRIME STATS MAP. THE MORE CARS TAKEN IN THE LAST YEAR. THE EAST SIDE ON UW CAMPUS, POLICE CHASED A STOLEN KIA BEFORE ENDING IN THIS FIERY CRASH AND PILE UP A SHORT TIME LATER. THE SUSPECTS SPRINTING AWAY FROM POLICE LEAVING THE CARS TO BURN. UW SENT OUT THIS ALERT TO STUDENTS JUST MINUTES BEFORE THE CRASH. NOT BECAUSE OF AN UPTICK IN CAR THEFTS ON THEIR CAMPUS, BUT IN THE EAST SIDE NEIGHBORHOODS NEARBY. ARE THESE ARE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE MAKING DECISIONS TO BE DESTRUCTIVE, RIGHT? THEY’RE MAKING THE DECISION TO STEAL THESE VEHICLES, TO USE THEM AS MISSILES. MAYOR CAVALIER JOHNSON SAYS POLICE ARE CONSTANTLY WORKING TO TWEAK PLANS FOR SPECIFIC CRIME IN NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS THE CITY. NOBODY SHOULD HAVE TO DEAL WITH THAT. NOBODY SHOULD. AND NO NEIGHBORHOOD THROUGHOUT. THIS CITY OR ANY OTHER COMMUNITY IN OUR REGION OR IN OUR STATE. BACK DOWNTOWN, IN THE AREA WHERE THE MOST CARS ARE TAKEN, VALET SERVICES, PARKED, CARS IN CERTAIN GARAGES WITH NO WAY FOR THE CARS TO GET OUT WITHOUT A CODE. WE MAKE SURE THAT CERTAIN VEHICLES THAT ARE MORE SUSCEPTIBLE. TO BEING STOLEN ARE IN CERTAIN LOCATIONS THAT ARE UNACCESSIBLE BY ANYONE OTHER THAN VALET. WE DO EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY CAN’T BREAK IN ANYTHING LIKE THAT. STILL, 5838 CARS STOLEN SO FAR THIS YEAR IN MILWAUKEE. PLENTY OF REASONS TO