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News Release: 040409, 2008Crime
April 7, 2009
Violent crime down in 2008
Violent crimes decreased by nearly nine percent in 2008 compared to 2007 while overall index crime increased by nearly 10 percent. Index crimes, reported monthly to the FBI, include murder, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, larceny and motor vehicle theft.
A breakdown of individual crimes finds the number of robberies and motor vehicle thefts dropped, reported rape numbers were unchanged and homicides, aggravated assaults, burglaries and larcenies increased compared to 2007. Violent crimes (murder, rape, robbery and aggravated assault) decreased by 8.9 percent while property crimes (burglary, larceny and motor vehicle theft) largely fueled by larcenies, increased by 10.9 percent.
|
Crime |
Jan. – Dec. 2007 |
Jan. – Dec. 2008 |
|
Murder |
13 |
22 |
|
Rape |
95 |
95 |
|
Robbery |
597 |
450 |
|
Aggravated Assault |
339 |
386 |
|
Burglary |
1,409 |
1,438 |
|
Larceny |
14,244 |
16,244 |
|
Motor Vehicle Theft |
1,459 |
1,288 |
|
Total |
18,156 |
19,923 |
The following is a breakdown of the index crime reported in the fourth quarter 2008 by month.
|
Crime |
OCTOBER |
NOVEMBER |
DECEMBER |
TOTAL |
|
Murder |
0 |
6 |
1 |
7 |
|
Rape |
12 |
7 |
9 |
28 |
|
Robbery |
40 |
40 |
46 |
126 |
|
Aggravated Assault |
35 |
27 |
29 |
91 |
|
Burglary |
122 |
96 |
137 |
355 |
|
Larceny |
1,477 |
1,268 |
1,458 |
4,203 |
|
Motor Vehicle Theft |
108 |
120 |
72 |
300 |
|
Total |
1,794 |
1,564 |
1,752 |
5,110 |
The Fairfax County Police Department releases reported crimes using the FBI’s “Uniform Crime Report” criteria. The year-to-date data contained in this release is subject to change due to data revision and updating.
These statistics are used in making decisions about deployment of police resources to better respond to the needs of the community, to identify trends and to implement new and continuing strategies to enhance public safety.
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