Crimes Overall Down In Vienna: Annual Police Report

VIENNA, VA—For Town of Vienna residents, the news is mostly good from the police department's annual crime report. In 2017, crimes are overall down, while traffic arrests are up.

Crimes against people increased are remain few and far between. The 77 crimes, up from 68 in 2016, accounts for 66 simple assaults, two kidnappings/abductions, six sex offenses, one robbery and one homicide.

Property crimes have dropped from 556 to 387. Specific crimes that saw notable declines include: drug/narcotic offenses, destruction/damage/vandalism, fraud offenses and larceny/theft offenses. Police say thefts from vehicles continued to be a common incident and remind residents to remove all valuables and lock their vehicles.

Vienna police officers work with the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration to identify and arrest suspected drunk drivers. DWI arrests have dropped from 63 to 50.

Arrests overall have gone down from 527 to 402. Meanwhile, dispatch calls have grown. The 11,347 dispatch calls include incidents like alarms going off, animal cases, missing people, traffic complaints and suspicious events.

On the traffic side, crashes have gone done, and there have been no fatal incidents. Police handed out 7962 traffic citations and 829 parking tickets last year, compared to 7434 and 534 respectively in 2016.

The Vienna Police Department is led by Police Chief James Morris, a deputy chief and three lieutenants. The department consists of 41 police officers.

Read the full Town of Vienna Police Department 2017 annual report here.

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