Arlington County’s 2006 crime statistics were recently made public — good news! Crime rates are at their lowest since 1960! In fact, we’re experiencing our 5th straight year of decline with an 8.7% overall decline over 2005. Almost every reported category reported a decline.
Areas of Decline
Vehichle Thefts
Homicide
Forcible Rape
Aggravated Assault
Larcenies
In fact, Vehicle Thefts are down an amazing 71.8% over the last 10 years! There were only 2 categories that reported slight increases over 2005: burglaries (up .8%) and robberies (up 3.1%). However, overall, even these categories are down significantly when the 10 year trend is evaluated.
These low crime rates are a direct result from a very active police force in cooperation with a heightened awareness from citizens, including watch groups that have formed within the civic associations.
So thank you, Arlington County Police and attentive citizens for keeping us so safe! We appreciate it. To read the report, click here.
Jennifer
