FBI Report: Crime in Wyandotte Decreased in 2010

Crime in Wyandotte dropped noticeably in 2010 over the previous year, according to a national crime report released Monday by the FBI.

Violent crimes dropped 28 percent in the city, going from 64 to 46.

While most crime categories dropped in Wyandotte, the city did see increases in three types of crimes – arson, burglary and forcible rape.

There were five reports of rape in 2010, two more than the previous year, and one additional arson. Burglary cases saw the highest jump, up 24, from 119 to 143.

Wyandotte Police Chief Daniel Grant said he was happy to see a decrease in overall crime.

“With our economy being as difficult as it is right now, a lot of the communities are noticing the property crimes exploding somewhat," he said. "I was really quite happy to see our criminal cases in general as a whole were down significantly from the same time last year.”

The decrease in Wyandotte crime follows suit with national crime statistics as well, as outlined in the Crime in the United States report.

Nationally, violent crimes dropped 6 percent in 2010 compared with 2009, the fourth consecutive year of decline. For the eighth consecutive year, the volume of property crimes went down as well, 2.7 percent.

The report was compiled from data submitted to the FBI by more than 18,000 law enforcement agencies from around the nation. It tracks the number of reported murders and non-negligent manslaughters, forcible rapes, robberies, aggravated assaults, burglaries, larceny-thefts, motor vehicle thefts and arsons.

Here are Wyandotte's crime stats as reported by the FBI: