Though December stats have not yet been signed, sealed and delivered, the Mountain View Police Department reports that in 2011 crime dropped in almost every single crime category, including homicides. None occurred in 2011.

In total, through the end of November, crime had fallen a total of 16 percent from 5167 in 2010 to 4316 in 2011.

"This is a huge accomplishment because 2010 saw less crime than any other year on record for us," said Mountain View Police Department Spokeswoman Liz Wylie. "So to be even lower is just phenomenal and is a huge testament to how hard our officers are working."

By Nov. 30, 2011, robberies had decreased by 10 percent from 41 in 2010 to 37 in 2011, aggravated assaults fell 8 percent from 109 to 100, burglaries dropped by 4 percent from 161 to 154, larceny went down 7 percent from 1087 to 1014, motor vehicle theft declined 5 percent from 93 to 88 and arsons plunged 57 percent from seven to three.

A closer look at the burglaries statistics demonstrates that while commercial burglaries decreased, residential ones rose 26 percent, from 65 homes burglarized in 2010 to 82 in 2011.

Statistics also show that forcible rapes increased 50 percent from four to six. Wylie explained that some of these after investigation end up "not to be legitimate or there isn’t enough to make an arrest," for example, like the "'he said/she said' date rapes."

"The initial report of a rape is what gets included in the statistic," Wylie said. "All rapes are technically considered 'forcible' by definition of rape." Wylie refers to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting definition.

According to Wylie, however, there haven't been the types of rape that "warranted warnings to the community."

"Nobody got dragged into the bushes and raped, or dragged into their house or anything like that," she said. "There were reports of date rapes or acquaintance rapes."

Aside from major violent crimes, in the non-violent crime categories an uptick could be noted in the number of prostitution and vice-related crimes reported. That jumped 267 percent, from three cases in 2010 to 11 in 2011. Driving under the influence cases also grew 6 percent from 285 to 303.

One more bias crime was reported to the police department and one more senior citizen suffered a crime than last year. But across all other the non-violent crimes there has been a drop.

For the most part crime also dropped for the past five years too, statistics show. December statistics should be available on Jan. 15.