FBI Releases 2015 Crime Statistics for Evergreen Park

EVERGREEN PARK, IL -- The FBI released its annual ”Crime in the United States 2015” report, mentioned by Hillary Clinton in last week’s presidential debate, which includes information about Evergreen Park.

The FBI’s Uniform Crime Report measures crime indexes, including murder/non-negligent homicide, rape, robbery, aggravated assault,; property crime and aggravated assault, falling under violent crime; and property crime, which includes burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft, and arson.

The FBI has also set a goal of 2021 for rolling out its first-ever use-of-force data base charting use of force by law enforcement agencies.

Nationwide, the uniform crime report for 2015 indicates a 3.9 percent increase in the estimated number of violent crimes, and 2.6 percent decrease in the estimated number of property crimes last year compared to 2014 data.

Although U.S. violent crime increased from 2014 figures (1,197,704 violent crimes were reported in the United States last year) the 2015 violent crime total was .07 percent lower than 2011 level, and 16.5 percent below the 2006 level, according to the report.

In 2015, Evergreen Park logged 30 violent crimes, including two rapes; 13 robberies and 15 aggravated assaults. There were no homicides in 2015.

Compared to Evergreen Park’s crime statistics from 2014, violent crime edged up slightly in 2015 from the 27 violent crimes reported the year before, including 8 aggravated assaults and 19 robberies. No rapes were reported 2014.

Evergreen Park racked up 625 property crimes in 2015, including 33 burglaries; 571 larceny/theft and 21 motor vehicle thefts. There were no arsons reported, compared to the two in 2014.

Compared to 2014, property crime increased from the 569 logged the year before. Burglaries dipped from the 43 reported the year before, as did motor vehicle thefts (25/2014).

Larceny/thefts showed gains from the 501 reported in 2014.

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 2015 crime in Evergreen Park and the uniform crime report, visit the FBI website.