ADDITIONAL ANALYSIS
Robbery - Burglary - Larceny
January - June 2008/2009
OFFENSES
TOTAL ARRESTS BY OFFENSE
January - June 2009
OFFENSES
Jan. - June Jan. - June Percent
2008
2009
Change
ROBBERY
Highway
3,582
3,467
-3
Commercial House
429
409
-5
Gas, Service Station
161
154
-4
Convenience Store
328
277
-16
Residence
485
523
8
85
142
67
617
607
-2
5,687
5,579
-2
13,457
12,549
-7
Night
3,394
2,907
-14
Day
6,380
5,954
-7
Unknown
3,683
3,688
*
Nonresidence (total)
5,260
4,403
Night
2,612
Bank
Miscellaneous
Total Robbery Offenses
BURGLARY
Residence (total)
Day
Unknown
Total Burglary Offenses
Adult Juvenile
Arrests Arrests
Total
Arrests
22
149
Rape
155
38
193
Robbery
1,494
681
2,175
Burlington
Aggravated Assault
3,653
717
4,370
Camden
Burglary
2,351
812
3,163
10,357
3,142
13,499
284
104
388
18,421
5,516
23,937
13
1
14
11,467
2,150
13,617
72
113
185
926
29
955
2,578
72
2,650
63
3
66
Larceny-Theft
Motor Vehicle Theft
SUBTOTAL Index Offenses
Manslaughter
Other Assaults
Arson
Forgery & Counterfeiting
Fraud
Embezzlement
-16
1,327
429
1,756
2,129
-18
Criminal/Malicious Mischief
1,938
1,344
3,282
917
746
-19
Weapons: Carrying, Possessing, etc.
1,815
701
2,516
1,731
1,528
-12
Prostitution and Commercialized Vice
701
13
714
18,717
16,952
-9
Sex Offenses (Except rape & prostitution)
619
155
774
24,865
2,975
27,840
150
12
162
7,185
28
7,213
13,524
130
13,654
Liquor Laws
2,335
1,108
3,443
9,418
2,122
11,540
943
18
961
76,713
3,916
80,629
Pocket-picking
609
602
-1
Purse-snatching
536
442
-18
10,443
11,241
8
Offenses against Family & Children
Driving Under the Influence
16,817
15,660
-7
Motor Vehicle parts & accessories
4,227
3,439
-19
Disorderly Conduct
Bicycles
2,825
2,433
-14
Vagrancy
12,629
11,132
-12
All Other Offenses (except traffic)
315
212
-33
Curfew & Loitering Law Violations
-
2,442
2,442
All Other
17,111
14,672
-14
Runaways
-
2,065
2,065
Total Larceny Offenses
65,512
59,833
-9
From coin-operated machines
* Indicates less than one-half of one percent.
GRAND TOTAL
Bergen
Cape May
Cumberland
Essex
Gloucester
Hudson
Hunterdon
Mercer
Stolen Property: Buying,
Receiving, Possessing, etc.
Gambling
From buildings
Atlantic
127
Drug Abuse Violations
From Motor Vehicles
County
Murder
LARCENY
Shoplifting
COUNTY CRIME INDEX TRENDS — PERCENT CHANGE — January - June 2008/2009
175,073
25,342 200,415
Middlesex
Monmouth
Morris
Ocean
Passaic
Salem
Somerset
Sussex
Union
Warren
Year
2008
2009
2008
2009
2008
2009
2008
2009
2008
2009
2008
2009
2008
2009
2008
2009
2008
2009
2008
2009
2008
2009
2008
2009
2008
2009
2008
2009
2008
2009
2008
2009
2008
2009
2008
2009
2008
2009
2008
2009
2008
2009
Murder Rape Robbery
16
12
6
2
7
4
35
19
1
8
7
50
52
2
19
17
16
12
9
5
3
7
3
3
2
11
5
2
1
1
1
12
5
2
* Percent change less than one-half of one percent.
37
27
15
14
37
25
88
63
20
13
8
15
63
78
22
17
35
34
12
2
29
32
45
35
34
28
21
9
33
24
31
30
4
5
8
9
4
3
38
44
2
4
263
281
165
144
136
123
534
585
29
27
176
137
1,166
1,242
98
100
879
683
3
308
364
255
268
244
241
58
51
102
101
598
533
29
20
67
47
9
563
605
17
15
Aggravated
Assault
355
377
287
307
209
161
756
872
105
77
322
254
1,238
1,174
182
171
801
732
30
19
312
367
419
430
326
342
139
126
248
229
613
459
57
47
68
65
36
34
385
435
43
58
Violent
Crime
Total
671
697
473
467
389
313
1,413
1,539
154
118
514
413
2,517
2,546
302
290
1,734
1,466
42
24
665
775
728
738
607
618
221
186
386
356
1,253
1,027
90
72
145
122
41
47
998
1,089
62
79
Burglary
939
828
860
947
730
712
1,765
1,600
405
518
696
668
2,532
2,064
777
666
1,537
1,356
98
136
830
717
1,342
1,219
1,034
1,098
521
477
1,219
911
1,264
1,051
193
177
388
389
197
147
1,241
1,133
149
138
Motor Nonviolent
LarcenyVehicle
Crime
Theft
Theft
Total
3,387
3,160
4,880
4,507
2,914
2,651
5,860
4,963
1,284
1,120
1,993
1,709
6,122
5,493
2,881
2,526
4,600
4,154
462
358
2,485
2,597
6,048
5,325
4,630
4,451
2,059
2,135
4,058
3,640
3,764
3,584
531
457
1,651
1,577
712
773
4,588
4,115
603
538
243
188
369
323
232
181
982
648
54
34
111
96
3,212
2,390
216
126
942
839
22
20
335
300
566
481
241
219
138
104
216
126
840
624
46
31
121
110
31
16
1,111
880
42
24
Total
Crime
Index
4,569 5,240
4,176 4,873
6,109 6,582
5,777 6,244
3,876 4,265
3,544 3,857
8,607 10,020
7,211 8,750
1,743 1,897
1,672 1,790
2,800 3,314
2,473 2,886
11,866 14,383
9,947 12,493
3,874 4,176
3,318 3,608
7,079 8,813
6,349 7,815
582
624
514
538
3,650 4,315
3,614 4,389
7,956 8,684
7,025 7,763
5,905 6,512
5,768 6,386
2,718 2,939
2,716 2,902
5,493 5,879
4,677 5,033
5,868 7,121
5,259 6,286
770
860
665
737
2,160 2,305
2,076 2,198
940
981
936
983
6,940 7,938
6,128 7,217
794
856
700
779
Percent
Arson
Change
-7
-5
-10
-13
-6
-13
-13
-14
-11
-14
2
-11
-2
-1
-14
-12
-14
-5
*
-9
-9
34
33
32
30
39
31
102
89
9
13
21
29
91
71
26
20
60
45
6
4
31
24
46
37
29
25
9
10
41
36
18
12
13
10
7
4
7
10
15
19
4
5
Domestic
Bias
Violence Incident
Offenses Reports
2,117
2,758
2,008
2,052
1,689
1,836
2,868
3,242
407
539
1,484
1,630
2,148
2,590
1,484
1,591
1,997
1,914
277
248
1,372
1,379
2,203
2,185
2,386
2,518
1,164
1,194
2,482
2,377
1,854
1,955
264
385
1,034
1,150
467
657
1,792
1,770
681
773
9
5
39
22
22
25
15
9
2
3
2
10
7
22
10
20
10
3
1
8
8
55
51
112
98
31
22
38
41
4
11
14
13
3
2
15
5
4
9
-10
8,405
9,362
NEW JERSEY UNIFORM CRIME REPORTING
(January - June 2008/2009)
7,790
8,614
34,367
31,720
37,263
34,536
51,149
45,035
61,079
54,755
-8
-10
Percent
Change
Statistics presented here were gathered under the Uniform Crime Reporting
Program of New Jersey and were submitted by all law enforcement agencies within
the state. Attempts at comparison of resulting crime figures should not be made
without first considering the individual crime factors that exist in each county.
306
415
5,764
6,286
1,720
1,913
613
748
1,411
2,647
5,918
24,391
1,910
26,393
6,233
2,727
9,720
9,930
10,571
9,314
32,833
29,678
7,745
6,043
The New Jersey Crime Index decreased 9 percent for the six-month period January
through June 2009, compared with January through June 2008.
The violent crime category, which consists of Murder, Rape, Robbery and
Aggravated Assault, decreased 3 percent, and the nonviolent crime group consisting
of Burglary, Larceny-Theft and Motor Vehicle Theft decreased 10 percent.
Individual decreases in violent crime were recorded as follows: Murder, -22 percent,
Rape, -13 percent, Robbery, -2 percent, Aggravated Assault, -3 percent.
In the non-violent crime category, decreases were recorded as follows: Burglary,
-9 percent, Larceny-Theft, -9 percent, and Motor Vehicle Theft, -23 percent.
Arson decreased 13 percent. The number of Domestic Violence offenses increased
8 percent, and the number of reported Bias Incident offenses decreased 17
percent.
Recorded below are the individual crime volumes and percent changes for this
six-month period.
STATE OF NEW JERSEY - CRIME INDEX TRENDS
January - June Percent Change 2008/2009
430
509
1,563
1,638
4,741
4,784
Offenses known to police:
Jan. - June
2008
201
Jan. - June
2009
156
586
511
-13
Robbery
5,687
5,579
-2
Aggravated Assault
6,931
6,736
-3
Burglary
18,717
16,952
-9
Larceny-Theft
65,512
59,833
-9
Motor Vehicle Theft
10,070
7,760
-23
107,704
97,527
-9
Violent Crime
13,405
12,982
-3
Nonviolent Crime
94,299
84,545
-10
Index Offenses
Murder
129
162
42
68
12
Total Crime Index
9
914
17
153
869
197
23
4,536
316
127
169
321
4,656
Rape
2009
2008
Domestic Violence
Bias Incidents
Percent
Change
-22
640
557
-13
32,181
34,743
8
426
354
-17
Prepared by the Uniform Crime Reporting Unit, New Jersey State Police,
in conjunction with the Advisory Representative on Uniform Crime Reporting,
New Jersey State Chiefs of Police Association.
Rural
2009
2008
Suburban
2009
2008
Arson
Urban
Total
Crime
Index
Nonviolent
Crime
Total
Motor
Vehicle
Theft
Violent
Crime Burglary LarcenyTheft
Total
Year Murder Rape Robbery Aggravated
Assault
Character
Nonviolent Crime
Violent Crime
URBAN - SUBURBAN - RURAL CRIMES
The individual offenses for each of the areas are listed below.
CRIME INDEX TRENDS - PERCENT CHANGE
January - June 2008/2009
Issued by the State of New Jersey
Office of the Attorney General
Department of Law & Public Safety
Paula T. Dow, Attorney General
Col. Joseph R. Fuentes, Superintendent, New Jersey State Police
State of New Jersey
Department of Law & Public Safety
Division of State Police
(Uniform Crime Reporting Unit)
Post Office Box 7068
West Trenton, New Jersey 08628-0068
Issued by the State of New Jersey
Office of the Attorney General
Department of Law & Public Safety
Paula T. Dow, Attorney General
Col. Joseph R. Fuentes, Superintendent, New Jersey State Police
All 2009 crime figures from reporting units are preliminary.
Final figures are published in the Annual Report.