A short street south of Central near Tramway went from 2 police calls a week to 10 this summer. It stayed high through early September.

The city publishes a feed of police calls. The Ledger keeps a copy and watches for blocks that break their own pattern. This one broke in July.

One short street, five times the calls

The 300 block of Whispering Sands Court SE is a short street of seven residential lots, about half a mile west of Tramway and south of Central.

From March 11, the oldest call in the feed, to July 4, it drew 32 calls, about 2 a week.

From July 5 to September 6, the newest day in the feed, it drew 95, about 10 a week. Every full week since July 19 has had 7 or more.

Nearly all of it is two kinds of call. Of the 95, 47 were about a suspicious person or vehicle and 45 were disturbances.

Since July 5, the calls have come at all times of day and on every day of the week. The block has had one fight call since March, on March 29, and no shooting, stabbing or robbery call.

What we do not know

A call is what someone reported, not what officers found. The feed does not say who called or what changed in July. It places calls on a block, not at an address.

The block is in APD’s Foothills Area Command. The Ledger has not yet asked the owners of the lots on the street or the command. Any answer, or none, will be added here with the date.

The calls map shows the block.