CRIME STATISTICS
he Newark Division of Police maintains data on reported crimes.  This information is key when determining such things as the need for new or the redistribution of existing personnel, the need for additional or specialized training, acquisition of equipment or other investigative resources to continue to keep our community safe.

Additionally this information is provided to other government agency for the purpose of acquiring federal and state funding grants, to students involved attending class in society related studies and many others upon request.

 Category
2001

2002

2003 2004 2005 2006
Drug Related Offenses 236 149 178 279 389 435
Sexual Abuse Related Offense 171  139 131 165  193  200
Aggravated Robbery/Robbery  58 52 42 53 41 69
Felonious Assault/Assault  464 422 423 356 512 460
Domestic Violence 738 607 637 626 625 618
Aggravated Burglary/Burglary 350 343 304 373 341 344
Breaking and Entering 223 245 282  230  241  303
Theft (general) 2216 2331 2139 2322 1991 2332
Motor Vehicle Theft  136

116

  108  111 116 234
Traffic accidents 2404 2347 2294 2230 2195 1897

Note:  Values indicated are in cases where an incident report was generated by a law enforcement officer.