Report: Crime Rates At Lakeforest Mall Show Little Change

The number of crimes occuring annually at Lakeforest Mall have remained about the same for a number of years, according to a report by The Gazette.

Since January 2010, four to six serious incidents per year—which include burglary, assault, robbery and carjacking—have occurred on mall property, according to data from the Gaithersburg Police Department cited in The Gazette report.

“We do have a lot of officers work there part-time, in collaboration with mall security,” in an effort to curb incidents like those, Gaithersburg police Officer Dan Lane said, according to the report.

The mall was sold to Five Mile Capital Partners in September and will be managed by Urban Retail Properties.

Mall officials declined to comment on the topic of mall security, according to the report.

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