July 18, 2011

6 Month Crime Snapshot for 2011

We have posted the first six months of crime stats for Part 1 crimes on our website.  What are Part 1 crimes?
Homicide, Rape, Robbery, Aggravated Assault, Burglary, Larceny (Theft), Auto Theft and Arson.

Why do we report Part 1 crimes? We are one of 17,000 agencies across the country that provides these specific crime stats to the FBI. As part of the Uniform Crime Reporting program, this information provides a general snapshot of communities across the country. While there are a number of issues with using this data as a pure comparison tool, it does provide a general snapshot. Here is a comparison of January 1 - June 30, 2010 versus January 1 - June 30, 2011. Also, did you know you can view crime stats for the last 8 years on our website?




2010 2011    %   Change
Homicide 5 1 -80%
Rape 14 11 -21%
Robbery 54 44 -19%
Ag. Assault 192 162 -16%
Burglary 221 305 38%
Larceny 1152 1249 8%
Auto Theft 88 75 -15%
Arson 9 3 -67%