Violent Crime Stats in Glastonbury Revealed for 2014

New data released by the FBI this week shows that Connecticut saw the fourth largest violent crime drop in the nation, according to state officials.

To underscore that point, state officials say, the FBI’s annual crime report also shows that Connecticut had a 9.7 percent decrease in violent crime.

The nearly double-digit violent crime decrease for 2014 builds upon a drop the state experienced in the previous year, which showed that violent crime in 2013 decreased 10.1 percent over the year prior, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy said in a prepared statement.

Glastonbury appears to follow the same trend as the state, with reported violent crimes decreasing in 2014 when compared to 2013.

According to the FBI data, there were 10 violent crimes reported in Glastonbury in 2014 and 17 such crimes in 2013.

• To sign up for breaking Glastonbury news alerts and weather updates, click here.

For a breakdown, there was one rape, five robberies and four aggravated assaults reported in 2014 in Glastonbury, while there were no rapes, five robberies and 12 aggravated assaults reported in 2013. There weren’t any murders reported in either year. The number of burglaries reported in 2014 increased 80 from 666; larcenies/thefts increased from 210 to 201, and there was one arson reported, as opposed to none in 2013. There were seven motor vehicle thefts in 2013 and in 2014.

Notable statistics for the state of Connecticut in the FBI’s annual report for 2014 include:

• In states with a population of more than 1.3 million people, Connecticut saw the biggest drop in violent crime of any state in the nation.
• Violent crime in Connecticut during 2014 decreased an overall 9.7 percent, which includes a 5.5 percent decrease in murders, a 12.2 percent decrease in rape, an 11 percent decrease in robberies, and an 8.4% decrease in aggravated assaults.
• Although violent crimes have largely held steady in Connecticut since 2000, the state has experienced a 15 percent drop over the last two years alone.
• Nonviolent property crimes also decreased in the state in 2014, including a 7.6 percent drop in burglaries, a 2.1 percent drop in larcenies, and a 2.1 percent drop in motor vehicle thefts.
• The total number of index crimes reported for Connecticut in 2014 is the lowest total since 1967.
• Seventeen states experienced an increase in violent crime over the last year.

“To our police officers, to our public safety officials, thank you,” Malloy said in a statement. “Thank you for all the work you do each and every day in our communities. We are making extraordinary strides in Connecticut, with crime at almost a 50-year low and violent crime dropping dramatically each year. We’re being smart on crime - and it’s working.”

Photo credit: Tex Texin via Flickr.com.