Narberth's Violent Crimes Increased In 2016: FBI

NARBERTH BOROUGH, PA – The FBI released its crime data from 2016 recently, and we have the details on crime rates in Narberth Borough.

The information comes from the FBI’s annual report Crime in the United States. The publication is a statistical compilation of offense, arrest, and police employee data reported by law enforcement agencies voluntarily participating in the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program, according to the FBI.

According to FBI data, violent crimes in Narberth increased from 2015 to 2016, while property crimes went down ever so slightly.

While 2015 had just one violent crime incident, 2016 had five incidents.

Violent crimes include robbery, aggravated assault, rape, and murder/non-negligent manslaughter.

Data shows just two robberies and aggravated assaults each, as well as one rape.

Regarding property crime, 2015 saw 26 while 2016 saw 25, a negligible difference.

These crimes include theft/larceny, burglary, arson, and motor vehicle theft.

Narberth saw 23 thefts/larcenies and 3 vehicle thefts 2016. There were no arson cases or burglaries.

Nationally, the FBI said the 2016 statistics showed an increase in the estimated number of violent crimes, with a 4.1 percent rise when compared with 2015 data. Nationally, property crimes dropped 1.3 percent.

The 2016 statistics show the estimated rate of violent crime was 386.3 offenses per 100,000 inhabitants nationally, and the estimated rate of property crime was 2,450.7 offenses per 100,000 inhabitants. The violent crime rate rose 3.4 percent compared with the 2015 rate, and the property crime rate declined 2.0 percent.

The UCR Program report for 2016 included information from 16,782 agencies across the country, out of 18,481 city, county, university and college, state, tribal, and federal agencies eligible to participate,
the FBI said.

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