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How safe was your town last year?
(by Margot Hojell - October 30, 2008)
Cedar Grove had a decrease in the crime rate index from 2006 to 2007, said Cedar Grove Capt. Richard Vanderstreet. Verona’s index increased, said Verona Police Chief Douglas Huber.
According to the latest New Jersey Municipal-County Defense and Demographic Data, here’s how the two towns fared.
Cedar Grove
According to the report, Cedar Grove’s Crime Index Total dropped from 219 in 2006 to 178 in 2007.
The number of violent crimes was eight, the same as 2007. The number of non-violent crimes was 211, higher again than the number in 2007, which was 170.
In 2006 there was a higher crime rate per 1,000, which was 17.2, as compared to 13.9 which was the crime rate Per 1,000 in 2007. The violent crime rate per 1,000 for 2006 was the same as 2007, totaling 0.6 in 2006 and 0.6 in 2007. The nonviolent crime rate per 1,000 was slightly higher in 2006, totaling 16.6. The nonviolent crime rate per 1,000 was 13.2 in 2007.
There were no murders, rapes, or robberies in 2006, although there was one robbery in 2007, according to the report. There was one fewer aggravated assault in 2007, down to seven from eight.
There were 36 burglaries in Cedar Grove; that amounted to a higher number in 2006 than 2007, which was 27, the report said. The larceny went down from 2006 to 2007, in 2006 there was 168, and in 2007 there was 137. There was one more motor vehicle theft in 2006, seven, then in 2007, which was six. There was one more arson in 2006, four, than in 2007, which was three.
There were more accounts of domestic violence in 2006, 63, than in 2007, which was 57, and four accounts of bias crime in 2006, which is one lower than in 2007, which was five.
Although the crime rate is down in Cedar Grove in 2007 as compared to 2006, “officers realize the need to remain vigilant and we continue to practice a pro-active approach to policing,” Vanderstreet said. “[We] encourage residents to report any suspicious activity as it occurs. All such reports are investigated.”
Verona
Cedar Grove is considered a suburban town, as oppose to Verona, which is an Urban-Suburban city, according to the report.
In Verona in 2006, there was a higher crime index total, which was 215, as compared to 126 in 2007. In 2006 there was one more violent crime, nine, than in 2007, which was eight. There were more nonviolent crimes in 2006, a total amounting to 206, as compared to 118 nonviolent crimes in 2007, according to the report.
The crime rate per 1,000 was 16.4 in 2006, compared to a lower crime rate per 1,000 in 2007, a total amounting to 9.7. The violent crime rate per 1,000 was 0.7 in 2006, which was higher than in 2007, which was 0.6. The Nonviolent Crime Rate per 1,000 was higher in 2006, 15.7, as compared to 2007, which is 9.1.
Both in 2006 and 2007, there were no murders in Verona. There was one rape in 2006 and one in 2007. There were zero robberies in both 2006 and 2007. There were eight aggravated assaults in 2006, which is one higher than in 2007, which was seven.
The number of burglaries went down, from 38 in 2006 to 28 last year. There were higher numbers of larceny in 2006, a total amounting to 146, as compared to 82 in 2007. The motor vehicle theft in 2006 was higher than 2007, with 22 in 2006 as compared to eight in 2007, the report stated.
There was one arson in 2006 and none in 2007. The domestic violence count was slightly higher in 2006, with 11 accounts to nine in 2007. There were no bias crimes in 2006 or 2007.
“Violent crime rate increased 0.6 in Verona,” Huber said. “The county itself went up 6.8 percent in violent crime rate 2006 to 2007.”
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