Nonviolent Crime Up in East Hanover, Florham Park in 2011

The number of burglaries reported in Florham Park in 2011—16—was more than double the amount the year before.

Meanwhile, East Hanover saw 11 more burglaries and 21 more larcenies in 2011 than it did in 2010, increases of about 61 percent and 14 percent, respectively.

Those are among the figures in the latest Uniform Crime Report, released Friday by the Department of Law & Public Safety.

Reports of nonviolent crime were up 9 percent in Morris County overall. Throughout New Jersey reports of nonviolent crime were up 3 percent, according to the 2011 Uniform Crime Report released Friday by the Department of Law & Public Safety.

The report showed violent crime stayed the same in Florham Park and decreased in East Hanover compared the year before.

The report also notes how the number of police officers in each town changed year over year. Florham Park had 33 officers and seven civilian police employees in 2011, for a total of 40 police employees, the same as in 2010. East Hanover had 32 officers and 4 civilian police employees for a total of 36 police employees in 2011, one less officer and four fewer civilian employees than the year before.

The report showed crime in New Jersey increased 3 percent overall. Attorney General Jeffrey Chiesa said in a news release about the report "the factors that influence crime trends are complex and interwoven" and law enforcement "remain committed to working harder and smarter to combat crime and protect New Jersey citizens during what remains a tough economic time for much of our state and our nation.”

The full report is available on the New Jersey State Police website.

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