crime statistics--crime down during first six months

Chief DeCarlo today released statistics on Part I Criminal Offenses for the first six months of 2010. Part I Offenses are considered serious crimes by the United States Department of Justice. Included in this category are Aggravated Assault, Burglary, Homicide, Larceny, Motor Vehicle Theft, Robbery and Rape.

During the first half of 2010, a total of 381 Part I Offenses were reported to the department as compared to the 471 reported during the first half of 2009. This represents a decrease of ninety (90) offenses constituting a decrease of approximately 19%. Decreases were noted in five of the seven crime categories with Homicides remaining unchanged and an increase in felony assault from 11 in 2009 to 15 this year.

The largest decrease was motor vehicle thefts which decreased 55% this year. Burglaries which had shown an increase of 45% from 2008 to 2009 was down 47% this year.

In reporting these statistics, the Greenburgh Police Department utilizes the New York State Incident Based Reporting System (NYSIBRS) as opposed to the Uniform Crime Reporting System (UCR) generally employed by police agencies in New York and throughout the nation. The difference in the two systems is that NYSBIRS, which is based on the U.S. Department of Justice’s, National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS), reports multiple offenses committed during the same incident while UCR reports only the most serious offense involved in the incident.

For example, utilizing the UCR system to report an incident where an individual unlawfully enters a building to commit a crime (Burglary) and while in the building forcible rapes (Rape), robs (Robbery) and murders (Homicide) a person, would result in the single Part I Offense of Homicide being reported, since Homicide is the most serious offense related to the incident. In contrast, however, use of the NIBRS format would result in four Part I Offenses being reported; the Homicide, a Rape, Robbery and a Burglary.

Since NIBRS reports all crimes associated with an incident, the number of offenses reported is quite likely to increase even though the number of criminal incidents may decline. The data collected by NIBRS does, however, provide a more comprehensive description of criminal activity thereby allowing law enforcement to utilize its resources in a more efficient and effective manner. In New York State today, 232 police agencies report crimes utilizing

NYSIBRS. Fourteen municipal police departments in Westchester use the format and of these, Greenburgh and one other agency have passed all New York State and Federal certification requirements. Although a comparatively small number of agencies presently use the NIBRS format, this number will continue to increase each year and there is no doubt that it will one day supersede UCR as the standard for reporting criminal offenses in the United States. The Department’s new computer system that was implemented in June 2009, will only document reports in the NYSIBRS format so we can no longer compare NYSIBRS reports against UCR reports for this department and UCR reports of other agencies.




For additional information contact
Lt. Brian Joseph Ryan
Public Information Officer
(914) 682-5339















PART 1 AND SELECTED PART 2 OFFENSES

PART 1 OFFENSE 2009 6 MONTH
IBR 2010
6 MONTH
IBR % +/-
HOMICIDE 0 0 0
RAPE 5 1 -80.0
ROBBERY 20 15 -25.0
FELONY ASSAULT 11 15 36.0
BURGLARY 60 32 -47.0
MV THEFT 20 9 -55.0
LARCENY 355 310 -13.0
TOTAL PART 1 471 381 -19.0
Selected Part 2 Offenses
SIMPLE ASSAULT. 28 29 4.0
DWI 71 34 -52.0
SEX OFFENSES (EXCEPT RAPE) 3 6 100.0
DRUGS 69 62 -10.0
CRIMINAL MISCHIEF 130 85 -34.0
FRAUD/FORGERY 98 95 -3.0
PUBLIC ORDER 212 161 -24.0
THEFT OFFENSES 19 18 -5.0
PART II TOTALS 630 490 -22.0


OTHER SELECTED STATISTICS



Arrest Statistics 2009 2010 (6 month) % +/-
Arrests - Total 755 692 -8.00
Felony 84 106 26.0
Misdemeanor 552 550 -0.36
Violation 35 56 60.0
Warrant 78 60 -23.0
Juvenile 6 0 -100.0



Miscellaneous Statistics 2009 2010 (6 month) % +/-
CALLS FOR SERVICE 18,968 21268 12.0
Reportable M.V.A’s 660 854 29.0
Injuries (Reportable MVA’s) 151 193 28.0
Impounded Vehicles 152 148 -3.0
Animal Control Total 1,072 1049 -2.0
Alarm Responses 2,043 2078 -2.0



Traffic Tickets 2009 2010 (6 month) % +/-
UTT’s Issued – Total 3,436 3246 -6.0



Parking Tickets 2009 2010 (6 month) % +/-
Total Issued by Patrols 2,612 2790 -7.0
Snow Parking 1,250 1600 28.0
Handicapped 94 81 -14.0
Fire Zones & Hydrants 298 251 -16.0