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Yahoo
04-04-2025
- Yahoo
Peoria sees increase in some crimes for second consecutive year, police report shows
The city of Peoria saw an increase in crimes reported for the second consecutive year, according to the Peoria Police Department's annual report released Wednesday. According to statistics from the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS), Peoria saw 16,753 crime reports in 2024, a 9.89% increase from 2023. The biggest increases came in crimes against people, up nearly 20% from 2023 and accounting for 36% of all reported crimes in Peoria. Among the crimes designated as crimes against people, intimidations went up by 33% year-over-year, from 406 in 2023 to 542 in 2024. Simple assaults also went up by 21% year-over-year, from 3,045 in 2023 to 3,692 last year. More: Peoria man found guilty for 2023 liquor store shooting that killed one The city also saw an increase in the number of rapes reported, with 167 reported in 2024 compared with 100 reported in 2023 – a 67% increase – while there was a slight jump in the number of aggravated assaults and kidnappings. However, there were slightly fewer murders – defined by NIBRS as the "willful killing of one human being by another" – reported in Peoria in 2024, with just 14 reported compared to 21 in 2023, according to Peoria police statistics. The number of crimes against property went up slightly to 5%, making up 54% of all crime reported in Peoria, while crimes against society went up 3%. The city saw a large increase in burglaries in 2024, with 1,608 reported according to NIBRS, up 88% from the 855 reported in 2023. There was also a 36% increase in the number of drug violations, going from 307 in 2023 to 416 in 2024, along with a 35% increase in the discovery of pornography or other obscene material. However, the number of motor vehicle thefts declined to 932 in 2024 from 1,150 in 2023, a decrease of 19%, with a decrease also being reported in the number of weapons law violations at the tune of a 16% decrease. The city reported a 20% increase in adult arrests, with a 32% increase in the number of women being arrested. In total, 4,342 adults were arrested in 2024, up from 3,630 in 2023. In terms of juvenile arrests, police said that they made 648 arrests of those under 18, up 15% from 2023. The department saw 225 girls arrested, an 18% increase from 2023. The department made 225 felony arrests in 2024, seizing over 34,000 grams of controlled substances, recovering 166 firearms and executing 111 search warrants. The department's crime scene unit also handled over 7,000 pieces of evidence and over 500 shell casings, with 438 DNA samples, 546 controlled substances and 407 firearms being examined, with 365 leads for the National Integrated Ballistic Information Network being made. More: Peoria conducts polygraph exams on police and fire recruits. Here's why that could change Despite the overall increase in arrests and crime, police reported fewer shootings and gunshot victims, with a 28% decrease in the overall number of shooting incidents and a 34% decrease in the number of victims. Just 90 people were struck by gunfire in 2024, compared to 136 in 2023, with just 18 deaths compared to 19 in 2023. The number of homicides in Peoria also went down 9%, from 25 in 2023 to 23 in 2024. The department lauded the work of their detectives in getting 17 of those homicides solved, at a rate of 73%. The department's clearance rate was higher than the national average of 58% recorded in NIBRS. The city also saw a 21% decrease in the number of ShotSpotter alerts, with 990 being reported in 2024, along with just 4,084 rounds being fired for a 26% decrease from 2023. However, the number of total calls for service went up 6%, with 125,268 calls being handled by dispatch for police. The department's patrol unit also handled 3,679 traffic accidents, with over 8,500 traffic stops also being conducted. Peoria Police Department spokesperson Semone Roth told the Journal Star that there wasn't an overarching reason for why certain crimes went up and others went down on the year, noting that no one can predict why they fluctuate from one year to another. The department's annual report also showed a 1% increase in the number of minority officers working for them, with 23% of all officers identifying as such. 41% of the 35 new officers hired in 2024 were minorities, with 13% of them being women. More: A traffic stop, cannabis and stolen gun: Documents reveal more on Peoria prosecutor arrest This article originally appeared on Journal Star: Peoria sees increase in some crimes for second consecutive year
Yahoo
17-03-2025
- Yahoo
Homicide, violent crime rates dropped in Los Angeles last year, officials say
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, Los Angeles Police Department Chief Jim McDonnell and other law enforcement officials held a press conference on Monday morning to discuss last year's safety statistics for the city. Offenses that were analyzed were mainly violent crimes, including homicide, robbery, rape, aggravated assault and property crimes such as burglary and vehicle theft. The message relayed to the public on Monday morning: crime is down. Homicide rates in particular have decreased significantly, officials said, evidenced by a 14% decrease across the city in 2024 as compared to 2023. The number of victims who were shot also went down by approximately 19% year-over-year, according to officials. Construction continues on D Line extension in Beverly Hills; Wilshire Blvd. closed for nearly a month A 28% decrease in homicides was reported for LAPD's Valley Bureau in 2024 compared to 2023, and in the Hollenbeck Division, which encompasses the communities of Boyle Heights, Lincoln Heights, El Sereno, Montecito Heights, Hermon, Rose Hills and Monterey Hills, homicides decreased in 2024 by 65%, the mayor's office stated. 'Homicides dropped in 2023 and again in 2024,' L.A. Mayor Bass said. 'Three of the four geographic bureaus within the LAPD saw a reduction in homicides.' 'The number of Angelenos shot decreased by 20%,' Bass added. 'Citywide violent crimes, which also decreased in 2023, fell again in 2024.' It wasn't just homicides that officials analyzed, as data surrounding other violent crimes was also released Monday that showed aggravated assaults and rapes decreased; there were 2,371 fewer aggravated assault incidents and 97 fewer rapes in 2024, decreases of 10% and 6%, respectively. Robbery rates remained flat, officials added. Driver allowed to use bathroom after crashing into L.A. home As for property crimes, which include burglary, vehicle theft, vehicle part theft and property theft, those rates decreased too. According to authorities, there were 7,259 fewer incidents regarding those offenses in 2024 as compared to 2023, which marks a nearly 7% decrease. 'Hundreds of arrests were made and more than $36 million in stolen merchandise recovered by the Organized Retail Crime Task Force to address retail theft in Los Angeles,' Mayor Bass' office said in a press release. 'More than 100 arrests were made by the Heavy Metal Task Force and thousands of pounds of copper wire recovered.' Traffic safety crimes were also looked at, and the data found that felony hit-and-runs, deadly DUIs and fatal collisions all fell by 6.5%, 36.7% and 7%, respectively. One good increase was reported: LAPD reported a four-year high of applications to join the department last November. Viral towel debate finally answered Officials released a statement detailing the way the data is gathered, which can be viewed below. In 2024, LAPD transitioned its data collection process to align with the federally reported National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) in order to bring the Department in line with National reporting standard expectations as mandated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Many cities throughout the country underwent this change in prior years. This new system captures data on all offenses within a single incident, providing a more comprehensive view of crime. NIBRS also includes more data elements, such as victim and offender demographics, relationships, and the presence of weapons, enhancing crime analysis and reporting accuracy. For 2024, the Person and Property Crime statistics are a combination of the Summary Reporting System (SRS) and the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) standards, meaning data provided are the most accurate estimations due to the change in methodology for each category. Homicides and Victims Shot are counted by hand and not affected by the change in data procedure. Looking to improve on their successes, both Bass and McDonnell pledged to keep working on the fight against crime, especially property crimes. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
CBS News
17-03-2025
- CBS News
LAPD's 2024 end-of-year crime report shows decrease in homicides, overall violent crimes
The Los Angeles Police Department's newly released 2024 end-of-year crime report showed that homicides and person crime have decreased across the city, officials announced Monday. Mayor Karen Bass and LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell held a press conference detailing findings from the report. Bass and McDonnell were joined by members of the LA Board of Police Commissioners and other community members. McDonnell who was sworn in as chief in November 2024, highlighted the 14% decrease in homicides and 19% decrease in shooting victims a significant stride to reduce crime. He credited the improvements to targeted enforcement and strategic policing. The Valley Bureau of the LAPD had the most significant decrease of 28% in homicides in 2024. In 2023, the LAPD released its first end-of-the-year crime report in nine years. The department reported LA has a 3% decrease in violent crime in every category and a 17% decrease in homicides. "This progress is the direct result of the tireless work of our law enforcement officers, community leaders and residents who have come together to build a safer, stronger city," Bass said. "While we recognize this progress, we remain committed to sustaining these reductions and ensuring that every resident feels safe in their home, on their street and in their community." Aside from the decrease in homicides, the city saw an overall drop in violent crimes which include homicide, rape, robbery and aggravated assault. Robberies remained flat with 8,637 in 2024 and 8,696 in 2023. McDonnell attributed the successful seizure of more than 7,600 illegal firearms to the decrease in victims shot. Of those firearms seized, 790 were identified as ghost guns. Citywide property crimes which include burglary, motor vehicle theft, theft from motor vehicles and theft were down by 7,259 from 2023. McDonnell pointed out that DUI-related crashes were down 36.7%. "This downward trend is likely, partly attributed to DUI enforcement at checkpoints and expanded public education in safe driving," McDonnell said. Bass said as mayor, public safety is her top priority, and the city will continue to take "bold steps" to keep crime down. In last year's report, authorities said the city saw a jump in traffic-related deaths, including fatal hit-and-runs and fatal pedestrian and bicycle collisions. In 2024, felony hit-and-run crashes dropped by nearly 6.5% and fatal traffic collisions involving pedestrians dropped by 7%. This year, the LAPD transitioned its data collection process to cooperate with the federally reported National Incident-Based Reporting System. This transition brought the department in line with national reporting standard expectations that are set by the FBI. "This new system captures data on all offenses within a single incident, providing a more comprehensive view of crime, the LAPD said. "NIBRS also includes more data elements, such as victim and offender demographics, relationships, and the presence of weapons, enhancing crime analysis and reporting accuracy."
Yahoo
13-03-2025
- Yahoo
Naperville sees crime drop across the board in 2024
Crime was down across the board in Naperville last year compared to 2023, according to statistics released by the Naperville Police Department. However, Naperville Police Chief Jason Arres wants to emphasize the crime has stayed relatively consistent over the past three years, he said. 'Obviously, I'm going … say, 'Hey, I love the fact that crime is down.' That's the trend we want to see,' he said. 'But I'm also conscientious that it's not (by) astronomical numbers.' The police department breaks down annually reported crime data into three categories: property crimes, personal crimes and crimes against society. Property crime was down slightly last year, dropping to 2,487 incidents from 2,599 in 2023 — a difference of about 112 cases. That's after rising 192 incidents between 2022 and 2023. Personal crime, which police measure by the number of victims not incidents, there were 167 fewer people victimized in 2024 than in 2023, with reported crimes totaling 1,000 last year. From 2022 to 2023, personal crime changed by less than a percent. There were 369 reported crimes against society last year, down 42 incidents from 2023. That's after a year-to-year decline of 185 incidents from 2022 to 2023. 'I like it when I see massive, massive drops,' Arres said. 'And I don't like it if it was a massive, massive raise. We're very consistent. … These numbers are pretty consistent across the board, and there's not a ton of anomalies.' Police also track traffic crash data. Last year, there were 2,791 crashes that did not result in injury, 457 that had injuries and eight crash-related fatalities, data shows. Crashes were up by 445 incidents over 2023. Traffic crashes in 2024 were also the highest they have been since 2019. To prevent crashes, Arres stressed that 'safety is a partnership.' 'The responsibility really falls on the person that's in the driver's seat of a car. … So, yes, police have a super important role in traffic safety, but that's enforcing the law,' he said. 'What we really need as a community and as a society as a whole is for people to follow the traffic laws.' While contextualizing crime statistics, Arres said the department switched to the Federal National Incident Based Reporting System (NIBRS) in 2022. The system they used previously kept track of only the most serious crimes whereas NIBRS tallies every single crime in its official data, he said. 'We're kind of starting on a clean sheet of music, so to speak. … We only have three years of a baseline,' Arres said. Most recent data, which police published in late February, shows that property offenses accounted for about 64% of Naperville's total reported crime in 2024. These are mostly cases of fraud, theft and vandalism, police say. Theft made up nearly half of all property crimes reported. Most notably, shoplifting increased to 430 incidents last year, up 47 from 383 reports in 2023. Motor vehicle theft also rose slightly, from 81 incidents in 2023 to 94 in 2024, data shows. These incidents have been on the rise since 2022, largely due to a social media trend that gave people step-by-step instructions on how to steal Kias and Hyundais through videos posted to platforms such as TikTok, Arres said. That said, he noted that of the 94 reports of motor vehicle theft last year, a third were attempts and only about half involved a forced entry. 'We could have lowered that number … had we just locked our cars,' he said. Another property crime that hit residents particularly hard last year was fraud. Naperville residents reported losing nearly $5.5 million to scammers in 2024, a sum authorities have said is a dramatic increase from previous years. For personal crimes, the largest year-to-year difference was in reports of intimidation, which dropped from 355 in 2023 to 155 in 2024. Intimidation is when someone places another person in 'reasonable fear of bodily harm through the use of threatening words and/or other conduct, but without displaying a weapon or subjecting the victim to actual physical attack,' NIBRS offense definitions state. Asked about the decline in cases of intimidation, Arres said, 'We're still doing a deeper dive on the data to figure out possibly what the reason behind that is.' As for crimes against society, drug/narcotic violations totaled 231 last year, down 20 from 251 violations in 2023. Weapon law violations were also down, dropping from 116 in 2023 to 91 in 2024. Speaking to the latter, Arres said that while weapon violations 'still grab headlines,' people are 'catching wind of how proactive we are, so it's eliminating that crime of opportunity. … I think it speaks to the job that our men and women do on a daily basis by proactively getting out there and enforcing the laws.' tkenny@
Chicago Tribune
13-03-2025
- Chicago Tribune
Naperville sees crime drop across the board in 2024
Crime was down across the board in Naperville last year compared to 2023, according to statistics released by the Naperville Police Department. However, Naperville Police Chief Jason Arres wants to emphasize the crime has stayed relatively consistent over the past three years, he said. 'Obviously, I'm going … say, 'Hey, I love the fact that crime is down.' That's the trend we want to see,' he said. 'But I'm also conscientious that it's not (by) astronomical numbers.' The police department breaks down annually reported crime data into three categories: property crimes, personal crimes and crimes against society. Property crime was down slightly last year, dropping to 2,487 incidents from 2,599 in 2023 — a difference of about 112 cases. That's after rising 192 incidents between 2022 and 2023. Personal crime, which police measure by the number of victims not incidents, there were 167 fewer people victimized in 2024 than in 2023, with reported crimes totaling 1,000 last year. From 2022 to 2023, personal crime changed by less than a percent. There were 369 reported crimes against society last year, down 42 incidents from 2023. That's after a year-to-year decline of 185 incidents from 2022 to 2023. 'I like it when I see massive, massive drops,' Arres said. 'And I don't like it if it was a massive, massive raise. We're very consistent. … These numbers are pretty consistent across the board, and there's not a ton of anomalies.' Police also track traffic crash data. Last year, there were 2,791 crashes that did not result in injury, 457 that had injuries and eight crash-related fatalities, data shows. Crashes were up by 445 incidents over 2023. Traffic crashes in 2024 were also the highest they have been since 2019. To prevent crashes, Arres stressed that 'safety is a partnership.' 'The responsibility really falls on the person that's in the driver's seat of a car. … So, yes, police have a super important role in traffic safety, but that's enforcing the law,' he said. 'What we really need as a community and as a society as a whole is for people to follow the traffic laws.' While contextualizing crime statistics, Arres said the department switched to the Federal National Incident Based Reporting System (NIBRS) in 2022. The system they used previously kept track of only the most serious crimes whereas NIBRS tallies every single crime in its official data, he said. 'We're kind of starting on a clean sheet of music, so to speak. … We only have three years of a baseline,' Arres said. Most recent data, which police published in late February, shows that property offenses accounted for about 64% of Naperville's total reported crime in 2024. These are mostly cases of fraud, theft and vandalism, police say. Theft made up nearly half of all property crimes reported. Most notably, shoplifting increased to 430 incidents last year, up 47 from 383 reports in 2023. Motor vehicle theft also rose slightly, from 81 incidents in 2023 to 94 in 2024, data shows. These incidents have been on the rise since 2022, largely due to a social media trend that gave people step-by-step instructions on how to steal Kias and Hyundais through videos posted to platforms such as TikTok, Arres said. That said, he noted that of the 94 reports of motor vehicle theft last year, a third were attempts and only about half involved a forced entry. 'We could have lowered that number … had we just locked our cars,' he said. Another property crime that hit residents particularly hard last year was fraud. Naperville residents reported losing nearly $5.5 million to scammers in 2024, a sum authorities have said is a dramatic increase from previous years. For personal crimes, the largest year-to-year difference was in reports of intimidation, which dropped from 355 in 2023 to 155 in 2024. Intimidation is when someone places another person in 'reasonable fear of bodily harm through the use of threatening words and/or other conduct, but without displaying a weapon or subjecting the victim to actual physical attack,' NIBRS offense definitions state. Asked about the decline in cases of intimidation, Arres said, 'We're still doing a deeper dive on the data to figure out possibly what the reason behind that is.' As for crimes against society, drug/narcotic violations totaled 231 last year, down 20 from 251 violations in 2023. Weapon law violations were also down, dropping from 116 in 2023 to 91 in 2024. Speaking to the latter, Arres said that while weapon violations 'still grab headlines,' people are 'catching wind of how proactive we are, so it's eliminating that crime of opportunity. … I think it speaks to the job that our men and women do on a daily basis by proactively getting out there and enforcing the laws.'
