Violent Crimes Up In Media: FBI 2016 Crime Report

MEDIA, PA – The FBI released its 2016 crime report recently, and we have the details on crime rates in Media 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 Media jumped from 2015 to 2016, while property crimes went down.

Thirty-four violent crimes were reported in 2016, while 2015 saw 23, according to the report.

In 2016, there were two rapes, five robberies, and 27 aggravated assaults.

To compare, 2015 saw no rapes, two robberies, and 21 aggravated assaults.

As for property crimes, Media saw a slight drop.

In 2015 there were 77 reported property crimes, while 2016 saw 58.

Data shows 54 theft/larceny incidents, three burglaries, and one each of vehicle thefts and arson.

Theft/larceny figures went down the most, as 2015 had 65 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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