Crime & Safety
FBI Releases 2010 Crime Stats For Marple Newtown
The Federal Bureau of Investigation recently released its annual Uniform Crime Reports. Check the list below to see how crime has changed in Marple and Newtown townships from 2004 through 2009.
The FBI released its 2010 Uniform Crime Report earlier this week.
Both and townships' crime statistics are listed below in charts by its incident categories in comparison with the state's crime statistics. The categories below include violent crime, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, property crime, forcible rape, larceny theft and and motor vehicle theft.
The data reflect communities that reported crime statistics for all 12 months of each year. The FBI notes that variations in population coverage and reporting practices may cause differences in reporting from year to year.
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The FBI cautions against using this data to rank police departments and community crime rates. When the FBI determines an agency’s data collection methodology does not comply with national UCR guidelines, that agency’s information will not be included in the Uniform Crime Report.
Violent Crime
Town
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122.3
Newtown 84.8
67.7
58.9
126.5
76
33.9
Pennsylvania 47,965 51,050 51,663 54,990 52,761 50,998
Robbery
Town
2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 Marple 27
6
2
4
10 Newtown 0
2
1
4
2
0
Pennsylvania 17,514 18,873 19,467 21,072 19,214 18,474
Aggravated Assault
Town
8
5
9
5
17 Newtown 9
6
6
10
7
4
Pennsylvania 26,139 27,984 28,003 29,551 29,205 28,339
Burglary
Town
2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 Marple 2649
47
25
19
38
Newtown 13
19
27
24
8
30
Pennsylvania 54,797 58,687 56,058
57,739 56,134 54,443
Property Crime
Town
221
278
Newtown 107
128
202
131
93
131
Pennsylvania 277,512
300,303
293,955
304,914
300,444
299,611
*Forcible Rape Rate
Town
2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 Marple 8.50
8.5
25.4
8.5
8.4
Newtown 8.5
0
0
8.4
0
0
Pennsylvania 3,535
3,586
3,618
3,458
3,486
3,651
* Rates are the number of reported offenses per 100,000 population
Larceny Theft
Town
2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 Marple 306276
267
306
192
218
Newtown 85
97
169
104
77
99
Pennsylvania 204,894 219,127 211,383 217,487 214,916 214,199
Motor Vehicle Theft
Town
2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 Marple 314
16
9
10
22
Newtown 9
12
6
3
8
2
Pennsylvania 30,969 29,394 29,688 26,514 22,489 17,821
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