You might see crime reported on a lot in the papers and on TV, but how prevalent is crime, really, in Barnstable?
All property and violent crimes from 2001 and 2011 are archived and searchable in a database hosted by the Cape Cod Times, which use information provided by the FBI's uniform crime reports.
"This searchable database from those public records shows the number of reported violent crimes - subdivided into four categories - and reported property crimes - also subdivided into four categories - and the rate of crime per 1,000 residents 2001-2011 in each Cape town," the Times explained.
There were an average of 130 violent crimes each year, excluding years 2004 and 2005 when data was not available, and an average of 1,059 property crimes throughout all the years. Both of those averages are quite a bit less than those reported in Barnstable.
The crime rate--that is, number of crimes per 1,000 residents-- fluctuated between 2 in 2006 and 2007, and 6 during 2010. Property and violent crimes, themselves, however, did not dramatically fluctuate.
To look at all Barnstable records, click here.
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