Crime stories usually spread through fragments.
A neighbor posts about a theft. Someone mentions police lights. A rumor moves faster than the report. By the time the city publishes numbers, the public conversation may already be distorted.
Anna’s own 2026 monthly police reports give residents a cleaner view.
The reports for January, February, and March are posted on the city’s Reports and Statistics page. They show the same basic pattern across the first quarter: total Part A NIBRS crimes are lower for calendar year-to-date compared with the prior calendar year, but higher for fiscal year-to-date.
The dominant number is 14.1 percent.
That is the fiscal-year-to-date increase in total Part A NIBRS crimes shown in the March 2026 report: 355 fiscal-year-to-date compared with 311 last fiscal-year-to-date.
Quick Read
- Anna’s March 2026 police report shows 64 Part A NIBRS crimes for the month, compared with 58 in March 2025.
- Calendar year-to-date Part A crimes were 143, compared with 166 the prior calendar year-to-date.
- Fiscal year-to-date Part A crimes were 355, compared with 311 last fiscal year-to-date.
- Aggravated assault fiscal year-to-date was 29, compared with 19.
- Other theft fiscal year-to-date was 93, compared with 51.
- Auto theft fiscal year-to-date was 6, compared with 15.
- DWI Part B arrests fiscal year-to-date were 27, compared with 43.
The Pattern
The public should not reduce this to “crime is up” or “crime is down.”
The data is mixed.
Anna’s March report shows calendar year-to-date total Part A crimes down 13.9 percent compared with the same calendar period last year. But fiscal year-to-date total Part A crimes are up 14.1 percent.
That difference matters because timeframes matter.
Calendar year-to-date captures January through March.
Fiscal year-to-date captures a longer period in the city’s reporting year.
The broader fiscal-year view shows more pressure than the first-quarter calendar view.
What Is Rising
The categories with the most practical resident impact are not always the ones that generate the loudest rumor.
In the March report, “Other Theft” stands out. Fiscal year-to-date, Anna reported 93 other theft offenses compared with 51 the prior fiscal year-to-date, an 82.4 percent increase.
Aggravated assault also increased fiscal year-to-date, from 19 to 29.
Weapons violations increased from 6 to 11 fiscal year-to-date.
Simple assault increased from 43 to 57 fiscal year-to-date.
Those categories point to a workload increase for police, even though some other categories moved in the opposite direction.
What Is Not Rising
The same March report shows no murders for the month, calendar year-to-date, or fiscal year-to-date.
Auto theft was lower fiscal year-to-date, with 6 compared with 15.
Criminal mischief was lower fiscal year-to-date, with 27 compared with 38.
DWI arrests were also lower fiscal year-to-date, with 27 compared with 43.
That does not make the city risk-free.
It means the public should track specific categories instead of reacting to general fear.
What Residents Should Do
The practical lesson is simple.
Lock vehicles. Remove valuables. Report thefts. Preserve video. Use the city’s crime map and reports instead of relying only on neighborhood posts.
Residents should also pay attention to timeframes.
A single incident can dominate social media for days. A quarterly report shows whether that incident is part of a broader pattern.
Bottom Line
Anna’s official reports show a city with measurable public-safety pressure, especially in theft and assault categories.
They do not support every rumor.
The warning is more controlled than the online version: if Anna keeps growing, residents should expect police workload to grow with it, and the most useful public conversation will be the one tied to the city’s actual numbers.
