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Business Plan

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) Department(s)
Core Crime Reduction • Crimes Against Person Police
PS • Crimes Against Property
1.1.1 • Crimes Against Society

Summary: Charts show the three crime code categories used in NIBRS. Data extracted
on 07/03/2023 – Subject to Change
The City of Arlington has experienced a reduction in
crime for the past eight years. Sustaining this reduction Crime Rate Reduction Project:
continues to be at the forefront of the mission for the Crimes Against Person*
Police Department. Geographic accountability,
technology, intelligence, and community engagement 2,500
all play a vital role when implementing a sustainable 2,000
and conducive crime reduction strategy. 1,500
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Beginning in January 2017, the Police Department -
began reporting data as part of the National Incident- FY21 FY21 FY22 FY22 FY22 FY22 FY23 FY23 FY23
Based Reporting System (NIBRS). This system captures 3rd 4th 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 1st 2nd 3rd
more detailed information for each single crime Qtr Qtr Qtr Qtr Qtr Qtr Qtr Qtr Qtr
occurrence rather than the traditional Summary
Uniform Crime Report (UCR), which is based on a Crime Rate Reduction Project:
hierarchy summary reporting system. NIBRS data Crimes Against Property*
identifies with precision when and where a crime takes
place, what type of crime occurred, and the 5,000
characteristics of its victims and perpetrators. While the 4,000
UCR data will be used for historical and overall 3,000
benchmarking of crime statistics, NIBRS data will 2,000
1,000
provide us with more defined, granular detail of the -
crime in our city. This will help the department’s overall FY21 FY21 FY22 FY22 FY22 FY22 FY23 FY23 FY23
crime reduction goal by giving crime analysts more data 3rd 4th 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 1st 2nd 3rd
and allowing for more targeted, proactive policing. The Qtr Qtr Qtr Qtr Qtr Qtr Qtr Qtr Qtr
department submits crime data in NIBRS format to the
Texas Department of Public Safety and receives a Crime Rate Reduction Project:
Summary UCR (Part I) report in response. Crimes Against Society*

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