ADDITIONAL ANALYSIS
Robbery - Burglary - Larceny
January - June 2007/2008
OFFENSES
TOTAL ARRESTS BY OFFENSE
January - June 2008
OFFENSES
Jan. - June Jan. - June Percent
2007
2008
Change
ROBBERY
Highway
3,851
3,582
-7
Commercial House
442
429
-3
Gas, Service Station
217
161
-26
Convenience Store
278
328
18
Residence
467
485
4
Bank
110
85
-23
Miscellaneous
673
617
-8
6,038
5,687
-6
12,101
13,457
11
Night
3,267
3,394
4
Day
5,439
6,380
17
Unknown
3,395
3,683
8
Nonresidence (total)
5,350
5,260
Night
2,739
Total Robbery Offenses
BURGLARY
Residence (total)
Day
Unknown
Total Burglary Offenses
County
Adult Juvenile
Arrests Arrests
Total
Arrests
118
14
132
Rape
154
39
193
Robbery
1,371
757
2,128
Burlington
Aggravated Assault
3,749
789
4,538
Camden
Burglary
2,411
712
3,123
Larceny-Theft
9,836
2,919
12,755
375
130
505
18,014
5,360
23,374
9
-
9
11,036
2,461
13,497
81
117
198
870
32
902
2,539
77
2,616
68
4
72
Motor Vehicle Theft
SUBTOTAL Index Offenses
Manslaughter
Other Assaults
Arson
Forgery & Counterfeiting
Fraud
Embezzlement
-2
1,449
531
1,980
2,612
-5
Criminal/Malicious Mischief
1,963
1,668
3,631
999
917
-8
Weapons: Carrying, Possessing, etc.
1,839
817
2,656
1,612
1,731
7
Prostitution and Commercialized Vice
651
17
668
17,451
18,717
7
Sex Offenses (Except rape & prostitution)
610
186
796
24,548
3,029
27,577
88
18
106
8,172
92
8,264
11,901
170
12,071
2,504
1,240
3,744
Pocket-picking
610
609
*
Gambling
Purse-snatching
490
536
9
Offenses against Family & Children
9,554
10,443
9
Driving Under the Influence
13,869
16,817
21
Liquor Laws
Motor Vehicle parts & jaccessories
4,311
4,227
-2
Disorderly Conduct
8,932
2,403
11,335
Bicycles
2,980
2,825
-5
Vagrancy
1,006
16
1,022
75,633
4,298
79,931
12,876
12,629
-2
All Other Offenses (except traffic)
163
315
93
Curfew & Loitering Law Violations
-
2,423
2,423
All Other
16,500
17,111
4
Runaways
-
2,092
2,092
Total Larceny Offenses
61,353
65,512
7
GRAND TOTAL
From buildings
From coin-operated machines
* Indicates less than one-half of one percent.
Bergen
Cape May
Cumberland
Essex
Gloucester
Hudson
Hunterdon
Mercer
Stolen Property: Buying,
Receiving, Possessing, etc.
Drug Abuse Violations
From Motor Vehicles
Atlantic
Murder
LARCENY
Shoplifting
COUNTY CRIME INDEX TRENDS — PERCENT CHANGE — January - June 2007/2008
171,913
27,051 198,964
Middlesex
Monmouth
Morris
Ocean
Passaic
Salem
Somerset
Sussex
Union
Warren
Year
2007
2008
2007
2008
2007
2008
2007
2008
2007
2008
2007
2008
2007
2008
2007
2008
2007
2008
2007
2008
2007
2008
2007
2008
2007
2008
2007
2008
2007
2008
2007
2008
2007
2008
2007
2008
2007
2008
2007
2008
2007
2008
Murder Rape Robbery
7
16
2
6
4
7
16
35
6
8
72
50
2
12
19
14
16
4
9
6
3
1
3
5
3
13
11
1
3
2
1
1
12
12
3
-
* Percent change less than one-half of one percent.
33
37
17
15
35
37
56
88
15
20
21
8
72
63
12
22
41
35
4
12
23
29
37
45
35
34
17
21
15
33
16
31
5
4
14
8
3
4
37
38
3
2
331
263
157
165
127
136
611
534
51
29
209
176
1,255
1,166
91
98
904
879
3
352
308
322
255
235
244
58
58
96
102
562
598
15
29
46
67
4
604
563
5
17
Aggravated
Assault
402
355
274
287
200
209
759
756
111
105
307
322
1,209
1,238
183
182
869
801
34
30
396
312
350
419
367
326
127
139
249
248
644
613
81
57
41
68
53
36
425
385
40
43
Violent
Crime
Total
773
671
450
473
366
389
1,442
1,413
177
154
543
514
2,608
2,517
288
302
1,826
1,734
41
42
785
665
713
728
643
607
203
221
365
386
1,235
1,253
102
90
104
145
61
41
1,078
998
51
62
Burglary
923
939
890
860
626
730
1,693
1,765
465
405
677
696
2,173
2,532
613
777
1,376
1,537
116
98
764
830
1,342
1,342
1,059
1,034
571
521
902
1,219
1,383
1,264
194
193
404
388
129
197
1,027
1,241
124
149
Motor Nonviolent
LarcenyVehicle
Crime
Theft
Theft
Total
3,332
3,387
4,539
4,880
2,760
2,914
5,211
5,860
1,426
1,284
2,046
1,993
5,749
6,122
2,407
2,881
4,405
4,600
427
462
2,519
2,485
5,296
6,048
4,246
4,630
2,216
2,059
3,728
4,058
3,464
3,764
528
531
1,737
1,651
631
712
4,167
4,588
519
603
244
243
462
369
253
232
975
982
60
54
134
111
3,307
3,212
216
216
990
942
26
22
362
335
616
566
263
241
109
138
176
216
671
840
50
46
146
121
33
31
1,064
1,111
40
42
Total
Crime
Index
4,499 5,272
4,569 5,240
5,891 6,341
6,109 6,582
3,639 4,005
3,876 4,265
7,879 9,321
8,607 10,020
1,951 2,128
1,743 1,897
2,857 3,400
2,800 3,314
11,229 13,837
11,866 14,383
3,236 3,524
3,874 4,176
6,771 8,597
7,079 8,813
569
610
582
624
3,645 4,430
3,650 4,315
7,254 7,967
7,956 8,684
5,568 6,211
5,905 6,512
2,896 3,099
2,718 2,939
4,806 5,171
5,493 5,879
5,518 6,753
5,868 7,121
772
874
770
860
2,287 2,391
2,160 2,305
793
854
940
981
6,258 7,336
6,940 7,938
683
734
794
856
Percent
Arson
Change
-1
4
6
8
-11
-3
4
19
3
2
-3
9
5
-5
14
5
-2
-4
15
8
17
39
34
22
32
51
39
129
102
4
9
16
21
91
91
34
26
68
60
7
6
20
31
48
46
28
29
21
9
37
41
15
18
8
13
10
7
8
7
16
15
9
4
Domestic
Bias
Violence Incident
Offenses Reports
2,600
2,117
2,175
2,008
1,735
1,689
3,144
2,868
483
407
1,543
1,484
2,387
2,148
1,502
1,484
2,147
1,997
273
277
1,559
1,372
2,434
2,203
2,678
2,386
1,192
1,164
2,544
2,482
1,968
1,854
315
267
1,056
1,034
478
467
1,761
1,792
615
681
12
9
26
39
4
22
21
15
8
2
3
15
10
25
22
10
20
5
3
11
8
52
55
88
112
13
31
42
38
18
4
16
14
4
3
7
15
5
4
10
9,362
8,492
5
8,614
1,913
162
9
2008
68
8
2007
45
135
509
748
6,286
415
7,763
430
1,687
729
541
5,646
37,263
6,233
2,727
23
2008
197
869
1,638
26,393
1,910
34,536
35,659
32,994
1,883
25,273
5,838
2,665
1,612
18
2007
156
879
10,571
9,930
4,784
169
2008
321
4,656
9,926
10,460
5,024
158
2007
310
NEW JERSEY UNIFORM CRIME REPORTING
(January - June 2007/2008)
4,968
30,434
32,833
7,787
7,745
48,147
51,149
58,607
61,079
4
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.
The New Jersey Crime Index increased 5 percent for the six-month period
January through June 2008, compared with January through June 2007.
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 increased 6
percent.
Individual increases in violent crime were recorded as follows: Murder, 9
percent and Rape, 15 percent. Robbery decreased 6 percent and Aggravated
Assault decreased 3 percent.
In the non-violent crime category, increases were recorded as follows: Burglary
and Larceny-Theft both increased 7 percent, while Motor Vehicle Theft experienced
a change of less than one-half of one percent.
Arson decreased 6 percent. The number of Domestic Violence offenses
decreased 7 percent, and the number of reported Bias Incident offenses increased
11 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 2007/2008
Offenses known to police:
Index Offenses
Murder
Rape
Robbery
Aggravated Assault
Burglary
Larceny-Theft
Motor Vehicle Theft
Total Crime Index
Violent Crime
Nonviolent Crime
Arson
Domestic Violence
Bias Incidents
Jan. - June
2007
184
511
6,038
7,121
17,451
61,353
10,100
102,758
13,854
88,904
681
34,589
384
Jan. - June
2008
201
586
5,687
6,931
18,717
65,512
10,070
107,704
13,405
94,299
640
32,181
426
Percent
Change
9
15
-6
-3
7
7
*
5
-3
6
-6
-7
11
Rural
Suburban
* Percent change less than one-half of one percent.
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 2007/2008
Issued by the State of New Jersey
Office of the Attorney General
Department of Law & Public Safety
Anne Milgram, 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
Dept. of Law & Public Safety
Anne Milgram, Attorney General
Col. Joseph R. Fuentes Superintendent, New Jersey State Police
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.
All 2008 crime figures from reporting units are preliminary.
Final figures are published in the Annual Report.