West Columbia Police Department has released its data for the month of August.

The West Columbia Police Department responded to 3,059 calls in August. Down from 3,131 in July.
There were 107 collisions responded to, compared to 84 the month before.

Top locations for car crashes were: Augusta Road and Wade Street (5); Meeting Street and Alexander Road (5); Augusta Road and Methodist Park Road (3); and Sunset Boulevard and Mathias Road (3.)

There were 15 vehicle break-ins, 9 burglaries, 7 catalytic converter thefts, 7 DUIs and 12 vehicle thefts.

The response time was 6:30 compared to 6:05 in July.

The top calls for service were: “suspicious person”; Alarm; accident; larceny; civil issue.
Of the 15 theft from vehicle calls, 87% used no force.