City of Evanston Blog
Crime Drops 13% in 2009
The Evanston Police Department released its 2009 crime stats yesterday.
From the Police Department's Press Release:
"While other communities throughout the nation may have seen a rise in crime between 2008 and 2009, the City of Evanston has achieved a significant decline as it pertains to major part-one crime categories. Statistics indicate that murder is down 50%, criminal sexual assault rose from 5 incidents to 7 translating to a 40% increase, robbery was down a significant 29.6%, aggravated battery & assault down 5.7%, burglary down 12.6%, theft down 12.9%, motor vehicle theft down 23% and arson rose from 8 to 11, equaling an increase of 37.5%. This statistical analysis equates to a year to date comparison aggregate for 2008 to 2009 indicating a total overall decline in crime of 13.4%."
More details can be found on our website.
well now that its 2011...the crime obviously went up because of all the shootings and the drug findings here. just saying.
January 21, 2011 10:37 PM