Violent, Property Crimes Up In Malvern: FBI 2016 Crime Report

MALVERN, PA – The FBI released its 2016 crime report recently, and we have the details on crime rates in Malvern.

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.

Both violent and property crimes in Malvern increased from 2015 to 2016, the FBI report shows.

According to the FBI, while 2015 saw 18 property crimes, the number jumped to 29 in 2016.

Theft/larceny incidents accounted for the biggest change, going from 18 in 2015 to 27 in 2016.

2016 saw two burglaries, compared to zero in 2015.

As for violent crimes, Malvern's overall figure tripled from two to six.

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

Data shows five incidents of aggravated assault and one incident of robbery. 2015 saw just two aggravated assault incidents.

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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