Look Up Crime Stats in Your Community

Patch has created a searchable database of the FBI's recently released 2011 stats on violent crimes and property crimes.

The FBI recently released its 2011 Uniform Crime Report, which compiles information from local law enforcement about violent crimes and property crimes in their communities. Use the pull-down menu to find your city or town. Violent crimes and property crimes are listed as totals, and are then broken down into several categories. Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery, and aggravated assault are all categories of violent crimes. Burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft, and arson are all categories of property crimes. For more crime data or a further explanation of the types of crimes listed, you can visit the FBI's website.

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May Crime Stats Rise Slightly Year Over Year, Too Early to Tell Why

Darien Police Chief Ernest Brown said he'll need more months' worth of data to determine whether it's attributable to an anomaly, a change in crime patterns or a shift in policies after he joined the department.

It’s too early to tell what exactly caused the uptick in police activity during May 2012 compared to May 2011.  But Police Chief Ernest Brown said there’s a good chance that some of it’s because he’s asked officers to do some things differently from retired Chief Robert Pavelchik.  The number of minutes spent responding to events is up 183 percent year over year for May, according to Brown’s report. That could be due in part to the fact that Brown said he has asked officers to keep the clock running on events until they finish writing the case report. Previously, he said officers would frequently mark an event as closed even if they still had some administrative work to complete.  Self-generated events—activity such as traffic stops …

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By the Numbers: March 2012 Crime Statistics

Police Chief Ernest Brown presented a report of criminal activity during February in Darien.

There were 90 arrests in Darien from March 1-March 28, Chief Ernest Brown wrote in a report released last week. It was an increase of one over February, during which the Darien Police Department made 89 arrests. The demographics of people who were arrested break down as follows: Officers wrote case reports for 198 incidents. Some of the offenses include: Overall, there were 2,720 police events during Feburary, the report said. Patrol officers responded to 2,220, while civilans or DU-COMM personnel handled 500 of them. Darien residents made 526 9-1-1 calls during March. Police issued a total of 385 citations. Nearly 85 percent were traffic related. The busiest days of the week were Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. The DU-COMM dispatch center…

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By the Numbers: February 2012 Crime Statistics

Police Chief Ernest Brown presented a report of criminal activity during February in Darien.

There were 89 arrests in Darien during the month of February, Chief Ernest Brown wrote in a report released last week. It was an increase of one over January, during which the Darien Police Department made 88 arrests. The demographics of people who were arrested break down as follows: Officers wrote case reports for 196 incidents. Some of the offenses include: Overall, there were 2,256 calls for police service. Citations were issued in 366 of the cases. Sundays were busiest, with 79 total citations reported. Eighty-five percent of the citations were written during traffic stops. The DU-COMM dispatch center provided the statistics for Brown's report.

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Darien Crime Statistics: January 2011

January's crime by the numbers.

These statistics are compiled from Darien police reports during January based on the primary charge or incident in each circumstance. They do not include secondary charges.