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Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Plainfield 2006 crime stats

Plainfield's crime stats are a good news/bad news story.

The FBI's annual Uniform Crime Reports stats were released yesterday, and today's papers -- except for the Ledger -- are carrying the story (see links at end).

The good news is that violent crime in Plainfield dropped in 2006, going AGAINST the national trend -- which saw a steeper than expected 2% increase.

The bad news is that OTHER CRIME
didn't.

Uniform Crime Reports - 2005-2006
PLAINFIELD, NJ


2006
2005
MURDER
10
15
RAPE
12
16
ROBBERY
260
244
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT
289
242
PROPERTY CRIME
1615
1577
BURGLARY
494
371
LARCENY
947
853
CAR THEFT
174
353


Murder
s dropped significantly from 2005 -- which I think was an anomalous year -- as did rapes. Perhaps surprisingly, auto thefts (though not a violent crime) dropped 50%, from 353 to 174.

The shocker comes in what DID NOT drop.
  • Burglaries up 33%.
  • Aggravated Assaults up 19%.
  • Larceny up 11%.
  • Robberies up 7%.
  • Property Crimes up 2.5%.
Let's hope the violent crimes continue to drop.

The others need to, too.


-- Dan Damon

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