Overall crime in Lacey Township decreased in 2011 from 2010, according to data released with the state’s 2011 Uniform Crime Report.
The increase was owed to a decline in both the number of nonviolent and violent crimes recorded in the township, bucking statistics found in greater Ocean County, where crime escalated from 2010 to 2011. There was also a 3 percent rise in overall crime in New Jersey from 2010 to 2011, with increases in murder, robbery and rape.
Lacey recorded 773 total incidents of crime in 2011, down from 861 in 2010. However, the vast majority of crimes recorded were nonviolent—categorized as burglaries, larcenies, motor vehicle thefts and arson—with 745 compared to 819 in 2010. The number of violent incidents dipped, from 42 in 2010 to 28 in 2011.
The decline in nonviolent crimes is mainly attributed to less motor vehicle thefts in 2011, with 14 as compared to 17 in 2010. There were 107 burglaries in the township in 2011, down from 2010's 118. The township also experienced a slight decrease in larcenies (thefts without a weapon or force), with 624 in 2011 as compared to 684 in 2010.
The majority of violent crimes in Lacey were aggravated assault, according to the Uniform Crime Report, with 19 in 2011 and 31 in 2010. Lacey also recorded nine incidents of robbery in 2011 compared to 11 in 2010.
The overall crime rate per 1,000 residents waned from 31.1 in 2010 to 28.0 in 2011. The violent crime rate decreased from1.5 to 1.0 in the same time period and the nonviolent crime rate per 1,000 followed at 26.9 from 29.6 in 2010.
Countywide, the crime rate per 1,000 residents rose from 21.1 in 2010 to 21.8 in 2011. The violent crime rate per 1,000 declined by 0.1. The nonviolent crime rate increased, with 20.7 incidents per 1,000 in 2011 from 19.9 in 2010.
Ocean recorded an increase in only one recorded violent crime category -- rape with 48 in 2011 from 32 in 2010. The overall incidents of crime was 12,570 in 2011 as compared to 12,162 in 2010. The incline was primarily attributed to larceny with 9,326 in 2011 compared to 8,881 in 2010.
Lacey residents can easily compare how their municipality’s crime rate in 2011 compared to neighboring towns with an interactive map created by NJ Spotlight.
The map plots the total crime rate per 1,000 people for seven index crimes (violent crimes include murder, rape, robbery and aggravated assault, and non-violent crimes are burglary, larceny and motor vehicle theft) using data from the recently released 2011 Uniform Crime Report.
The crime rate per 1,000 was considerably lower in the nearby, smaller municipalities. Barnegat registered a 2011 rate of 11.8 and Ocean Township 19.4. In Berkeley Township, the crime rate per 1,000 was 16.0.
As required by statute, all law enforcement agencies in the state submit monthly and annual summary crime reports to the Uniform Crime Reporting Program, under the NJ State Police.
Information about 2012 will be released in December 2013.
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Police Chief takes an unauthorized sabbitical that began days before the hurricane and lasted well after the following Nor'Easter. Police and Town Council don't pass at least temporary power of authority to standing Captain. Lacey Township Police worked long hours for several weeks (as did Fire and EMT's) supporting the hurricane detail and did an outstanding job. It's not as though these things didn't happen, they could not have possibly have had the manpower to manage them. Chief Nally has time and time again not pushed for additional staffing, despite the crime rate increasing in Lacey Township, unless it included a pay raise for himself. It's got to be awful difficult for any team to follow their leader when their leader has no respect for them. Most of the lacey Police Department do an outstanding job. Maybe we'd have had more arrests if we weren't sitting outside Caffrey's and Captains Inn waiting for people to drive away after closing. It would be interesting to see what would happen if citizens could sit outside there when those same officers were off duty. I am not saying it's ok to drive drunk, it is not. I'm just not convinced that our Police Department is looking after the things they should be looking after, but blame most of that on their former leader.
do you really think crime is decreasing or do you believe they are just catching less ppl ? Just think if Le Tellier plan was in place the Tc could hire more cops with the savings
I have now seen reference to "Le Tellier plan" a number of times. What is that plan?
i for one have never been afraid of the police. they operate in a society where their every action is watched and scrutinized. if they break the law and get away with it, that is our fault. if they enforce laws that we don't care about, that is because we allow it. if they ignore laws that we want enforced, it is because we have failed to speak up and make it their priority as well. if we allow a no show chief to get paid a lot of money and not ever have to do his job, likewise it is our fault. hey, i think we might actually agree on something.
burglaries of homes in lacey 2005 58 2006 94 2007 95 2008 81 2009 100 2010 118 2011 107 the numbers for other crimes in lacey are similar within the uniform crime reports online. why is this not being reported. burglaries alone have increased by 85% in lacey since 2005 and based on the patch articles, i'm sure the 2012 numbers will be even higher! wtf! http://www.njsp.org/info/stats.html
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