FBI 2016 Report Shows Violent and Property Crime Down in Alsip

ALSIP, IL -- The FBI released its annual Crime in the United States 2016 report, which includes information about Alsip. The Uniform Crime Report measures crime indexes, including murder/non-negligent homicide, rape, robbery, and aggravated assault, falling under violent crime; and property crime, which includes burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft, and arson.

Violent crime increased nationwide for the second consecutive year, while property crime decreased for the 14th straight year, according to the FBI’s annual report on national crime statistics released this week. There were an estimated 17,250 murders in the U.S. last year, an 8.6 percent increase from 2015.

Overall, violent crime in the United States rose 4.1 percent last year, while property crime fell 1.3 percent compared to 2015 figures. Chicago played a large role in the 2016’s nationwide violent crime surge. According to the FBI report, there were 765 homicides in Chicago in 2016, compared to 478 murders in 2015, marking the deadliest year in nearly two decades.

In 2016, with a population of 19,537, violent and property crime went down in Alsip compared to the year before. Alsip logged 19 violent crimes in 2016. All of Alsip’s violent crime fell under one category, with 19 robberies reported. Compared to the same time period in 2015, Alsip reported one homicide, 27 robberies and one aggravated assault.

Property crime also went down in Alsip, with 546 reported in 2016, compared to 564 from the year before. Alsip racked up 109 burglaries, 407 larceny/thefts, 30 motor vehicle thefts and 1 arson.
Of 2015 property crimes, Alsip recorded 81 burglaries, 439 cases of larceny/theft, 44 motor vehicle thefts and two cases of arson.

The FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) program has been in effect since 1930. The resulting “Crime in the United States” report is a nationwide, cooperative statistical effort by nearly 18,000 city, university and college, county,state, tribal and federal law enforcement agencies. Law enforcement agencies voluntarily report data on crimes brought to their attention over a year’s course.

The data is used to generate reliable information for use in law enforcement administration, operation and management. In recent years the data has become one of the country’s leading social indicators, the FBI says.
For more information about 2016 crime statistics in Alsip and the uniform crime report, visit the FBI website. There were no 2016 crime statistics available for Crestwood in the Uniform Crime Report.