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Public Safety

Goal 1: Utilize Targeted Initiatives and Industry
Best Practices and Policies to Foster a Safe Environment
Objective 1: Improve Quality of Life and Place
Project Performance Measure(s) City Service Team (Department)
Core Crime Reduction  Crimes Against Person Neighborhood Services (Police)
PS  Crimes Against Property
1.1.1  Crimes Against Society
Summary:

The City of Arlington has experienced a reduction in Crime Rate Reduction Project:
crime for the past seven years. Sustaining this Crimes Against Person*
reduction in crime continues to be at the forefront of 2,500
the mission for the Police Department. Geographic
accountability, technology, intelligence, and 2,000
community engagement all play a vital role when 1,500
implementing a sustainable and conducive crime
1,000
reduction strategy.
FY19 FY20 FY20 FY20 FY20 FY21 FY21 FY21 FY21
2nd
4th
3rd
3rd
4th
4th
1st
2nd
1st
Beginning in January 2017, the Police Department
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began reporting data as part of the National Incident‐
Based Reporting System (NIBRS). This system
captures more detailed information for each single Crime Rate Reduction Project:
crime occurrence rather than the traditional Crimes Against Property*
Summary Uniform Crime Report (UCR), which is
based on a hierarchy summary reporting system. 4,400
4,200
NIBRS data identifies with precision when and where
4,000
a crime takes place, what type of crime occurred, and 3,800
the characteristics of its victims and perpetrators. 3,600
3,400
While the UCR data will be used for historical and 3,200
3,000
overall benchmarking of crime statistics, NIBRS data
FY19 FY20 FY20 FY20 FY20 FY21 FY21 FY21 FY21
will provide us with more defined, granular detail of
4th 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
the crime in our city. This will help the department’s Qtr Qtr Qtr Qtr Qtr Qtr Qtr Qtr Qtr
overall crime reduction goal by giving crime analysts
more data and allowing for more targeted, proactive
policing. The department submits crime data in Crime Rate Reduction Project:
NIBRS format to the Texas Department of Public Crimes Against Society*
Safety and receives a Summary UCR (Part I) report in
response. 1,500
1,300
1,100
Update:
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In the 4 quarter compared to the previous 900
700
quarter, 500
 Crimes Against Person decreased by 3%, FY19 FY20 FY20 FY20 FY20 FY21 FY21 FY21 FY21
including an 18% decrease in Aggravated 4th 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Assaults. Qtr Qtr Qtr Qtr Qtr Qtr Qtr Qtr Qtr
 Crimes Against Property decreased by 3%,
driven by a 42% decrease in Fraud Offenses.
 Crimes Against Society increased by 14% * Charts show the three crime code categories used in NIBRS.

overall. Data extracted on 10/5/21

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