Crime & Safety
Violent Crime, Thefts Trending Down In Hoboken: Police Chief
Hoboken is halfway through 2018, and there's good news for local residents, the city's police chief says.
HOBOKEN, NJ — Hoboken is halfway through 2018, and there’s good news for local residents, the city’s police chief says. According to the Hoboken Police Department’s mid-year crime statistics report, 10 of 13 categories are trending downward, including violent crime, theft and “overall crime.”
Hoboken Police Chief Ken Ferrante released some of the city’s mid-year stats on Thursday, writing:
“10 of 13 categories are DOWN! After having only 70 reported thefts in June which was down 31.3% from June 2017, year to date, the Theft category is now down 13.1%. Violent Crime is down 3.9%. Overall crime is down 10.1%.”
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Thank you Chief @KenFerrante and @HobokenPD for keeping our #MileSquare safe. For as long as I am Mayor, you will always have my gratitude and support for the work you all do everyday. On behalf of #Hoboken, thank you! https://t.co/wMkUHjzMaF
— Ravinder S. Bhalla (@RaviBhalla) July 5, 2018
Thanks to @HobokenPD Uniformed Officers on Patrol, our Detectives from our Investigations bureau and all of our supervisors, commanders and training staff for making the commitment to make @CityofHoboken residents and visitors as safe as possible! Congratulations to all of you! https://t.co/xeA4klSihP
— Chief Ken Ferrante (@KenFerrante) July 5, 2018
Also thank you to all of our @HobokenPD Civilian employees from our communications officers to all of our office staffs, who are also 100% part of being responsible for having a hand in our department's success.
— Chief Ken Ferrante (@KenFerrante) July 5, 2018
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