Budget Commentary

2006 Budget Commentary

In 2005, the Newark Police Department experienced:

·         A 5.2% decrease in calls for service.

·         Part I crimes decreased by 7.0% and Part II crimes decreased by 1.2%. 

·         Miscellaneous calls for service decreased by 1.6%.

·         There was a 24.7% increase in the amount of stolen property.

·         Adult criminal arrests decreased by 11.8%.

·         Juvenile criminal arrests remained virtually the same.

·         A 17.2% increase of Part I crimes against persons.

·         A 13.8% decrease of Part I crimes against property.

·         Rapes, Aggravated Assaults, and Auto Thefts increased.

·         Robberies, Burglaries, Thefts, and Arsons decreased.

·         The number of Homicides remained the same.

·         Public order crimes increased by 2.4% in 2005.

·         Noise and Misdemeanor Assault incidents increased

·         Alcohol and Disorderly incidents decreased.

·         Traffic complaints decreased by 5.5%.

·         Parking meter summons decreased by 7.3%.

·         Other parking summons increased by 1.9 %.

·         DUI arrests increased by 16.0%

·         Other motor vehicle arrests decreased by 3.1%. 

·         Warnings for traffic violations decreased by 41.0%.

·         Fatal accidents remained the same.

·         Total number of accidents decreased by 8.4%.

Arrests

The Police Department continues to concentrate on order maintenance, with arrests in those areas accounting for 48.3% of all arrests.  This is an increase of 6.6 percentage points from 2004.

Unavailable Data

·         Comparisons are not available for crimes against persons overall, due to our current record/retrieval system.

·         Recovered property figures are unavailable due to our records management system, which limits our retrieval abilities.