The crime statistics have been released for the year, but what does it really mean for the areas you live in?
Statistics in Montclair and surroundings show there are a number of increases in the following types of crime:
- Crime detected as a result of police action, that is including illegal possession of firearms went from 15 to 26 cases reported.
- Drug related crimes saw an increase of 25 per cent which is 484 cases last year compared to this year’s 605 reported cases.
- Driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol has increased from 188 to 203 within a year.
- Aggravated robbery by trios including; carjacking, truck jacking, robbery at residential premises and at non-residential premises increased by 19.4 per cent with a total of 104 cases compared to last year’s statistics of 87.
This year saw a decrease in community reported serious crimes, including commercial crime and shoplifting which reduced from 2,243 incidents to 1,947, representing a 14.5% decrease. There is also a decrease in property-related crimes which relates to burglary at residential and non-residential premises and theft of and out of vehicle. According to the statistics, these dropped from 961 cases to 822.
Wentworth has seen a number of decreases in its criminals activities, including contact crimes against a person (murder, common assault and robbery) which dropped from 597 to 537 reported cases. Community reported serious crimes, including commercial crime and shoplifting has dropped drastically from 1,517 to 1,315 within a year. But, drug related and possession of illegal firearm and ammunition crime is still on the rise with drugs now sitting at a 21.1 per cent increase and illegal firearms at 183.3 per cent increase.
Brighton Beach sees a slight decrease of 0.9 per cent in contact crimes including common assault which dropped from 177 to 173, property related crimes with 6.9 per cent which includes, burglary at residential and non-residential premises and theft of and out of vehicle. An increase is shown in crime detected crimes with a noticeable increase in driving under the influence of drugs and alcohol with a 4.1 per cent incline while other crimes including drug-related crime remained stagnate.
