Since 2001, The Total Number of Crimes against Persons Has Hovered Around 1,000 Per Year

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1 Since 2001, The Total Number of Crimes against Persons Has Hovered Around 1,000 Per Year ,011 1, ,051 1, ,002 Crimes against Persons Since the early part of the decade, the total number of crimes against persons typically has remained in a band around 1,000 per year, with no meaningful multiyear trend. Murder Rape (Forcible) Robbery Aggravated Assault Kidnapping/Abduction Other Sex Offenses Other Assaults Total ,011 1, ,051 1, ,002 Offenses against Property Declined Substantially in the Middle of the Decade, but Have Increased Substantially Since Then 3,842 3,300 3,998 3,922 3,617 3,441 3,171 3,626 3,876 3,879 Crimes against Property After hitting a ten year low of 3,171 in 2004, the number of offenses against property rose to 3,879 (an increase of 22.3%) by This growth in offenses against property was substantially higher than the rate of growth in population. Burglary Larceny Motor Vehicle Theft 1,959 1,695 1,914 1,790 1,613 1,531 1,490 1,708 1,763 1,753 Arson Fraud Embezzlement Vandalism 1,158 1,009 1,309 1,350 1,289 1, ,142 1,229 Counterfeit/Forgery Total 3,842 3,300 3,998 3,922 3,617 3,441 3,171 3,626 3,876 3,879 Source: data are from Capt. John Parrent, Albemarle County Police Department, 17 July Previous year data is taken from the 2005 Albemarle County Community Profile. 39

2 544 Number of Offenses against Society Increased between 2004 and Offenses against Society Overall, crimes against society in 2006 increased by 61.1% % over This phenomenon was due mainly to increases in drug offenses and public drunkenness. Offenses Drug Offenses Pornography/Obscene Gambling Prostitution Weapon Offenses Public Drunkenness Total Offenses % Change % -20.5% -14.0% 4.6% 5.8% -7.3% 26.7% 27.1% Alarm Calls Increased in ,342 2,669 2,879 2,841 2,560 2,639 2,276 2,407 2,477 Alarm Calls An alarm call is for an audible alarm going off (business or residence). This type of call can range from intrusion alarms, when a sensor has been tripped, to an incorrectly entered alarm code on a panel box. Alarm reports have continued to increase in 2006 with a 2.9 percentage change over the previous year. Calls 2,342 2,669 2,879 2,841 2,560 2,639 2,276 2,407 2,477 % Change % 7.9% -1.3% -9.9% 3.1% -13.8% 5.8% 2.9% Source: Captain John Parrent, Michael Schnur, Gerald Smith, Albemarle County Police Department. 25 June

3 Rater per 100,000 2,466 Crime Rate per 100,000 Residents Increased between 2004 and ,239 2,100 2,429 2,543 2, Crime Rate per 100,000 The County's crime rate dropped substantially between 2002 and 2004 but since then has increased to roughly 2,500 per 100,000 residents. Source: Capt. John Parrent, Albemarle County Police Department, 17 July Rate per 100, ,466 2,239 2,100 2,429 2,543 2,495 Note: The Crime Rate includes Part 1 crimes only. Part 1 crimes include murder, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, stolen motor vehicles, larceny, and arson. 66,878 Calls for Service Declined between 2002 and ,942 63,637 61,268 60, Calls for Service A new procedure was instituted, in 2002, to calculate calls for service utilizing Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD). A call for service is any call that requires a Police presence in any way (an actual police response, a phone call to victim, a note for an ofcr to update a past call, etc). Calls for service decreased in 2006 by 0.8%, leading to four consecutive years of declines in the number of calls Calls 66,878 65,942 63,637 61,268 60,773 % Change N/A -1.4% -3.5% -3.7% -0.8% Source: Captain John Parrent, Michael Schnur, Gerald Smith, Albemarle County Police Department. 25 June

4 Motor Vehicle Reports Since 2003, auto accidents have decline; fatalities were declining between 2002 and 2006 but nearly doubled in The number of summonses increased dramatically, by 48.8%, between 2005 and DUI's had decreased between 1998 and 2003, but have since jumped by 46.8%. Auto Accidents Have Experienced a Downward Trend Since ,402 2,472 2,579 2,700 2,879 3,299 3,213 3,141 3,017 2, Motor Vehicle Accident Fatalities Jumped in ,150 Summonses Have Experienced an Upward Trend Since ,999 6,525 8,321 11,065 Driving Under the Influence Has Increased Significantly in Recent Years ,432 6,978 6,279 6,954 7,347 Accidents 2,402 2,472 2,579 2,700 2,879 3,299 3,213 3,141 3,017 2,926 Summonses 6,978 7,150 6,279 6,999 6,954 6,525 7,347 7,432 8,321 11,065 D.U.I.s Fatalities Source: Data, with the exception of the 2002 DUI figure, is from Capt. John Parrent, Albemarle County Police Department, 17 July All other previous year data is from the 2005 Albemarle County Community Profile.

5 Albemarle Continues to Have the Second Lowest Number of Officers per 1,000 Population Among Peer Counties # of Officers Per 1,000 pop Virginia Albemarle Hanover Henrico James City Stafford Officers per 1,000 Population When compared to peer counties, Albemarle continues to have the second lowest number of officers per population with 1.28 officers for every 1,000 persons among peer counties. Albemarle does have, however, 0.10 more officers than does the State Virginia Albemarle Hanover Henrico James City Stafford Methodology: Sworn officers/yr. population; PD and/or Sheriff Depts; Hanover includes Ashland PD; VA includes county totals only. Source: Crime In Virginia Report, Virginia Department of State Police, ( Population: Weldon Cooper, ( 17 July Counties Data is from Capt. John Parrent, Albemarle County Police Department, 17 July