Property Crimes Up In Haverford: FBI 2016 Crime Report

HAVERFORD TOWNSHIP, PA – The FBI released its 2016 crime report recently, and we have the details on crime rates in Haverford Township.

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, property crimes in Haverford jumped from 2015 to 2016, while violent crimes remained the same.

The FBI data shows while 2015 saw 591 property crimes, 2016 had 696.

Vehicle thefts and theft/larceny incidents accounted for the biggest change.

In 2015, there were 522 thefts/larcenies. But 2016 saw 605.

Vehicle thefts more than quadrupled, jumping from seven in 2015 to 29 in 2016.

One arson case was reported in 2016, compared to zero in 2015.

As for violent crimes, the township's overall figure remained the same at 25.

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

Data shows 10 incidents of robbery and aggravated assault each in 2016, as well as one rape.

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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