2016 Uniform Crime Report: Section Two2016 Percent Change 2 0 17 14 RAPE 1,362 0.2 448 32.9 1,452 0.2 493 34.0 2015 2016 Percent Change 7 0 10 3 ROBBERY 9,743 1.1 2,477 25.4 8,932

— State Summary & Offense Analysis — 9

Section TwoSection TwoSTATESUMMARY & OFFENSEANALYSIS

— State Summary & Offense Analysis —10

24 HOUR CRIME CYCLE IN NEW JERSEY 2016

Note: Arson is not includedin the Crime Index total.

1Murder

24 Robberies

30 Aggravated

Assaults

69 Burglaries

278 Larcenies

31 VehicleThefts

2Arsons

Rapes4


CRIME INDEX OFFENSE1 every 2 minutes and 44 seconds

VIOLENT CRIME 1 every 24 minutes

and 3 seconds

NON-VIOLENT CRIME 1 every 3 minutes and 49 seconds

MURDER1 every 23 hours and 14 minutes

ROBBERY1 every 59 minutes

RAPE1 every 6 hoursand 3 minutes

AGGRAVATED ASSAULT 1 every 47 minutes

and 15 seconds

BURGLARY1 every 20 minutes

and 55 seconds

LARCENY-THEFT 1 every 5 minutes and 11 seconds

MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT 1 every 46 minutes and

36 seconds

NEW JERSEY CRIME CLOCK 2016


CRIME INDEX FOR THE STATE - 2016

OFFENSESNUMBER OF

INDEXOFFENSES

RATE PER 1,000

INHABITANTS

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION

NUMBEROF

OFFENSES CLEARED

PERCENTOF

OFFENSES CLEARED

MURDER 378 * 0.2 203 53.7

RAPE 1,452 0.2 0.9 493 34.0

Rape 1,377 0.2 0.9 462 33.6

Attempted Rape 75 * 0.0 31 41.3

ROBBERY 8,932 1.0 5.6 2,446 27.4

Firearm 3,156 0.4 2.0 697 22.1

Knife or Cutting Instrument 782 0.1 0.5 255 32.6

Other Dangerous Weapon 579 0.1 0.4 167 28.8

Strong Arm (Hands, Fists, etc.) 4,415 0.5 2.8 1,327 30.1

AGGRAVATED ASSAULT 11,153 1.2 7.0 5,813 52.1

Firearm 2,200 0.2 1.4 662 30.1

Knife or Cutting Instrument 2,313 0.3 1.4 1,308 56.6

Other Dangerous Weapon 3,750 0.4 2.3 2,001 53.4

Strong Arm (Hands, Fists, etc.) 2,890 0.3 1.8 1,842 63.7

BURGLARY 25,198 2.8 15.7 3,769 15.0

Forcible Entry 13,871 1.5 8.7 2,152 15.5

Unlawful Entry - No Force 8,597 1.0 5.4 1,291 15.0

Attempted Forcible Entry 2,730 0.3 1.7 326 11.9

LARCENY - THEFT 101,594 11.3 63.5 21,639 21.3

MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT 11,310 1.3 7.1 595 5.3

Automobiles 9,715 1.1 6.1 496 5.1

Trucks and Buses 578 0.1 0.4 30 5.2

Other Vehicles 1,017 0.1 0.6 69 6.8

TOTAL CRIME INDEX 160,017 17.9 100.0 34,958 21.8

VIOLENT CRIME 21,915 2.4 13.7 8,955 40.9

NONVIOLENT CRIME 138,102 15.4 86.3 26,003 18.8* Not calculated due to small volume. Percent distribution may not add to 100 due to rounding. Breakdowns may not equal totals due to rounding.


CRIME TRENDS - NUMBER - RATE - CLEARANCES 2015/2016 - PERCENT CHANGES

INDEX OFFENSESNUMBER OFOFFENSES

RATE PER1,000

INHABITANTS

NUMBER OFOFFENSESCLEARED

PERCENT OFOFFENSESCLEARED

MURDER369 0.0 174 47.2378 0.0 53.7

2015 2016

Percent Change 2 0 17 14

RAPE1,362 0.2 448 32.91,452 0.2 493 34.0

20152016

Percent Change 7 0 10 3

ROBBERY 9,743 1.1 2,477 25.48,932 1.0 2,446 27.4

20152016

Percent Change -8 -9 -1 8

AGGRAVATED ASSAULT11,425 1.3 5,966 52.211,153 1.2 5,813 52.1

20152016


BURGLARY27,890 3.1 3,981 14.325,198 2.8 3,769 15.0

20152016


LARCENY - THEFT106,059 11.9 23,417 22.1101,594 11.3 21,639 21.3

20152016

Percent Change -4 -5 -8 -4

MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT11,763 1.3 668 5.711,310 1.3 595 5.3

20152016

Percent Change -4 0 -11 -7

TOTAL CRIME INDEX168,611 18.9 37,131 22.0160,017 17.9 34,958 21.8

20152016


VIOLENT CRIME22,899 2.6 9,065 39.621,915 2.4 8,955 40.9

20152016


NONVIOLENT CRIME145,712 16.3 28,066 19.3138,102 15.4 26,003 18.8

20152016


* Percent change due to application of expanded rape definition. Refer to page 7 and 27 for more information.

203


Index Offenses ClearedAdult and Juvenile Distribution - 2016

4

4

2

3

3

90

2

3

6

6

8

7

7

10

8

7

91

416

15

301

487

0,089

36

2,035

7,923

4,112

77

12

282

550

59

2,923

3

1,891

Actual

Numbers

By

Percentage

Due to rounding, the percentage may not add to 100.


5 30,194,342 702,435 2.3 0.42016 34,657,933 1,829,857 5.3 12.5

15 161 130 20

5 45,262,440 1,975,597 4 5.62016 $44,558,753 1,709,855 3.8 16.0

-2 -13 -14 3

5 335,605 5,763 1.72016 237,974 13,248 5.6

-29 130 229

2015 439,015 331,197 4.5 9 2016 745,019 287,712 22.4 2.1

6 -3 -9 11

2015 7,318,348 8,666,217 5 40.52016 4,991,687 6,443,908 7.8 41.4

-2 -3 -1 2

5 138,892 7,065,603 7.8 1.5 2016 77,504,338 8,001,848 10.3 27.9

-15 13 32 -11

746,812289,688,642 7.55

277,695,704 79,286,428 28.6 2016 100.0

4 -1


TYPE AND VALUES OF PROPERTY STOLEN AND RECOVERED 2015/2016


STATE OF NEW JERSEYFIVE YEAR RECAPITULATION OF OFFENSES

2012 THROUGH 2016OFFENSES 2012 2013 2014 2015

MURDER 387 401 354 369

RAPE 1,038 874 950 1,362

Rape 969 827 893 1,308

Attempted Rape 69 47 57 54

ROBBERY 11,384 12,087 10,492 9,743

Firearm 3,990 4,613 3,714 3,304

Knife or Cutting Instrument 932 867 808 850

Other Dangerous Weapon 719 687 623 609

Strong Arm (Hands, Fists, etc.) 5,743 5,920 5,347 4,980

AGGRAVATED ASSAULT 12,933 12,090 11,208 11,425

Firearm 2,402 2,304 2,083 2,110

Knife or Cutting Instrument 2,826 2,568 2,398 2,504

Other Dangerous Weapon 3,839 3,742 3,505 3,567

Aggravated (Hands, Fists, Feet, etc.) 3,866 3,476 3,222 3,244

BURGLARY 42,384 35,795 31,740 27,890

Forcible Entry 24,891 20,486 17,883 15,217

Unlawful Entry - No Force 12,992 11,598 10,482 9,554

Attempted Forcible Entry

LARCENY - THEFT 122,770 117,958 111,620 106,059

33,391 31,155 29,821 28,634

MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT 16,471 13,709 11,702 11,763

729 713 651 658

Other Vehicles

TOTAL CRIME INDEX 207,367 192,914 178,066 168,611

CRIME RATE PER 1,000 23.4 21.8 20.0 18.9

VIOLENT CRIME 25,742 25,452 23,004 22,899

NONVIOLENT CRIME 181,625 167,462 155,062 145,712

2016

378

1,452

1,377

75

8,932

3,156

782

579

4,415

11,153

2,200

2,313

3,750

2,890

25,198

13,871

8,597

2,730

101,594

11,310

9,715

578

1,017

160,017

21,915

138,102

46,951

26,830

27,813

17.9


STATEWIDE CRIME SUMMARY - 2016

60,017 6 5 5

8 victims a decrease of 5 to 2015.

The month of 15,686 the month of

1,169

77.7 6 4 5 3 9 1 4

7,243 5 5

4 9

2 6

70 0

seven 1

The ethnic origin

8

and

21,915 6 4 percent 5

decreased 4 percent 2016

VIOLENT CRIME SUMMARY

VOLUME/RATE/TREND


033 479

10.5 6, n in 22 5

,175 violent crime arrests 2 5

7 .

1 6

6 4

79 violent crime 1

ix 2

-two

38,102 6 5 5

6 5.4 6

3,653 9,690

67.2 6 5 5

NONVIOLENT CRIME SUMMARY

27,068 6 5.

3 9 2016

0 90

5 10



7 represented 3

one 6 3 percent

The ethnic origin 9

Twenty-one 6 7

TOTAL ARREST SUMMARY308,117 p 6 n in 2 5

6 remained the same p

in 2 8,092 6 0,025 6

4 6

Fifty-nine 6

The ethnic orgin

POLICE OFFICERS KILLED AND ASSAULTED SUMMARY no 6

873 6



CRIME IN NEW JERSEY, UNITED STATES AND THE NORTHEAST REGION

• Violent crime in New Jersey decreased 4.3 percent compared to the previous year, while the Northeast Region decreased 1.2 percent overall. Violent crime in the United States increased by 4.0 percent overall.

• Nonviolent crime in New Jersey decreased 5.2 percent, while the Northeast Region decreased 4.4 percent overall. Nonviolent crime in the United States decreased 1.3 percent when compared to the 2015 figure.

INDIVIDUAL INDEX OFFENSES Percent Change

2015/2016New Jersey United States Northeastern States

Murder +2.4

Rape

Robbery

Aggravated Assault - 2.4

Burglary

Larceny-Theft

Motor Vehicle Theft - 3.9 +7.4

Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania.* Percent change less than one-half of one percent.

+6.6

- 8.3

- 9.7

- 4.2

+8.6

+4.9

+1.2

+5.1

- 4.6

- 1.5

- 0.6

+1.4

- 5.6

+0.7

- 9.6

- 3.7

+0.9


MURDER

78 6 2 369 5

-half of one percent all

age group 20

4 8 6 6

Twenty-two 6 7

3 33 percent 79 murders.

three Tuesday 43

August, November and December (38), March 21

four 5 15

ifty-two 6

9 35

204 6 4 in 5

in 10 174 91 de 41 22 13

eventy 25 and 13 percent were Hispanic ethnic origin



ifty-four 6 203 78 6

89 11

Statistic Breakdown

August, November and December

:

:

:

rrests:

24

89

7

ictims:

80

71

Sunday

20


59

59

55

44

43

55

6317%

15%

11%

12%

15%

16%

16%

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday


2 - 2 2 - 0 0 00.5

6 3 3 2 4 0 0 06

4 2 2 1 3 0 0 01.1

3 2 6 6 0 0 05

77 5 12 2 64 0 020.5

6 7 10 2 5 0 0 07.9

57 52 43 0 0 15.2

39 9 8 1 0 010.1

17 12 5 5 2 0 0 04

15 9 6 4 9 0 2 04.0

2 8 4 7 4 0 1 03.2

7 2 5 9 8 0 0 04.5

0 7 2 0 0

5 3 2 5 - 0 0 03

5 1 4 2 1 1 03

8 6 2 4 4 0 0 01

78 01 77 2 66 3 0

79.6 20.4 7.0 70.4 8


MURDER VICTIMS BY AGE, SEX AND RACE 2016

10 14 4 3 - - 3 1 0 08


MURDER — DISTRIBUTION BY TYPE OF WEAPON2016

WEAPON PERCENT DISTRIBUTION OFFENSES

Handgun 72.5% 274

Rifle 1.1% 4

Cutting Instruments 8.5% 32

Blunt Object 5.6% 21

Hands, Fists, Feet, etc. 5.8% 22

Fire 0.8% 3

Strangulation, Hanging, Drowning, Asphyxiation 1.9% 7

Other/Unknown 4.0% 15

TOTAL 100.0% 378



Due to rounding, the percentage may not add to 100.*Less than one-half of one percent.

RELATIONSHIP OF MURDER VICTIMS TO OFFENDER


MURDER CIRCUMSTANCES


MURDERS BY COUNTY - 2016

0SUSSEX 19

PASSAIC

10BERGEN

1WARREN 0

MORRIS124

ESSEX30 —HUDSON

0HUNTERDON

5SOMERSET

23UNION

9 MIDDLESEX

26MERCER 7

MONMOUTH

20BURLINGTON

4OCEAN

21ATLANTIC

57CAMDEN

6GLOUCESTER

5SALEM

11 CUMBERLAND

0CAPE MAY


:

452 6 7 1,362 5 *

7

five 5 rape attempts

during r s 561

398 for rape in 6 5

3 23

three persons for rape 35 2

The H ethnic origin 41

Twenty-five

four 6 6

September:

:

:

rape

1

5

3

RAPE

* This significant increase is due to the expanded rape definition change in 2015.


ROBBERY:

8,933 6 8 5

1

6

0

in 1 14

10,445,928

3,054 6 3 5

0 11

6

.

The H ethnic origin 21

seven 8

October

4

:

:

:

:

:


ROBBERY WEAPON DISTRIBUTION2016

PLACE OF OCCURRENCECLASSIFICATION NUMBER OF

OFFENSESTOTAL VALUE

AVERAGE VALUE

PERCENTDISTRIBUTIONOF OFFENSES

HIGHWAY 5,393 $ 5,024,518 $ 932 60.4

COMMERCIAL HOUSE 640 $ 2,345,697 $ 3,665 7.2

GAS, SERVICE STATION 287 $ 118,440 $ 413 3.2

CONVENIENCE STORE 527 $ 331,539 $ 629 5.9

RESIDENCE 909 $ 1,128,446 $ 1,241 10.2

BANK 133 $ 398,466 $ 2,996 1.5

MISCELLANEOUS 1,043 $ 1,098,822 $ 1,054 11.7

TOTAL FOR NEW JERSEY 8,932 $ 10,445,928 $ 1,169 100.0



30 — State Summary & Offense Analysis —

CARJACKING STATISTICAL SUMMARY

Highlights of carjacking offense statistics for 2016 are listed below:

There were 184 carjacking offenses reported to the police; which involved 190 victims, including passengers.

Carjackings decreased 1% when comparing 2016 to 2015 reported offenses.

Seventeen of the 565 municipalities in New Jersey reported carjackings.

Firearms were involved in 71% (130) of all carjackings. Shootings were involved in 4 percent (7) of all carjackings.

New Jersey registered vehicles represented 83% (153) of all carjackings. Toyota represented the most frequently carjackedvehicle at 13%. The most frequently targeted vehicle year was 2015 with 12% (22).

Seventy percent (129) of all carjacked vehicles were recovered. The average value of a carjacked motor vehicle was $8,011.

Carjackings occurred in a residential area 89% (163) of the time. The hours of darkness (6:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m.) accountedfor 79% (146) of all carjackings.

Eight percent (15) of all carjackings were witnessed.

The most frequent victim age group was 30-34, which accounted for 19% (36) of the victim total (190). Sixty-eight percent(129) of all victims were male. Fifty-five percent (104) of all victims were black.

The total number of offenders was 355. Complete offender information was supplied for 22% (78) of the offenders. Of allknown offenders, 20-24 was the most frequent offender age group and accounted for 63% (49). Ninety-seven percent (76)of all known offenders were male. Ninety-five percent (74) of all known offenders were black.

Of the total arrests for carjacking (5), adults accounted for 100% (5).

October had the highest number of offenses with 32, accounting for 17% of all carjacking offenses.

Sunday recorded the highest number of offenses with (41), accounting for 22% of all carjackings.

Region I, which consists of Essex, Hudson, and Union counties, accounted for 76% (139) of all carjackings, with the vastmajority occurring in Essex County.

No murders were reported in 2016 as a result of carjacking.

Three percent (5) of all carjackings (184) were cleared by arrest.


CARJACKING OFFENSESCOUNTY AND STATE TOTALS - 2016

County Number ofOffenses

Estimated TotalVehicle Value

Actual Number of VehiclesRecovered

OffensesCleared by

Arrest

Number ofPersonsArrested

Atlantic - - - - -

Bergen - - - - -

Burlington 2 $11,500 1 1 1

Camden 7 $35,950 3

Cape May - - - - -

Cumberland - - - - -

Essex 132 $942,000 107 - 2

Gloucester - - - - -

Hudson 5 $52,547 5 - -

Hunterdon - - - - -

Mercer 19 $112,601 8 2 2

Middlesex 4 $71,000 3 - -

Monmouth - - - - -

Morris - - - - -

Ocean - - - - -

Passaic 4 $103,500 - - -

Salem - - - - -

Somerset - - - - -

Sussex - - - - -

Union 11 $145,101 2 - -

Warren - - - - -

TOTAL 184 $1,474,199 129 3 5


AGGRAVATED ASSAULT:

153 6, a de 5

1

6 decreased 8 percent to 1.2 5

20

519 6 2 5 2 1

4 6

The ethnic origin

September :

:

:

:

aggravated assault

4


201

Weapons

4


AGGRAVATED ASSAULT WEAPON DISTRIBUTION

2016

3,750

2,890

2,3132,200

Strong Arm (Hands, Fists, Feet, etc.)

26%


BURGLARY:

5,198 6 10 5

6 8

2.8 6

6

nine

57.2 270

401 1,872

3 430

3 2

Sixty-two percent of all persons arrested for burglary were white, 37 percent were black, and the remaining 2 percent were other races.

The ethnic origin 1

ifteen 7

August

burglary

6

: :

:

:

:

2


BURGLARY - 2016

334 10,121,129 2,335 7.2

7,643 6,628,278 176 3

6,063 6,325,890 693 4.1

18,040 3,075,297 1.62,401

15 6,784,644 1,930 3.9

060 512,123 427 2

583 5,834,316 2,259 3

158 4,131,083 8.41,872

5,198 57,206,380 270


LARCENY-THEFT:

1,594 6 4 5

4

4 percent 3 6

5

two 5

6 2,127

5

2 8

one 6

The ethnic origin

one 7

larceny

6

:

:

:

:

2

1

25-29


LARCENY-THEFT (Except Motor Vehicle Theft) - 2016

6,951 2,475,058 70 6.2

6,830 027,897 3 6.4

813 36,698 7.4

1,594 95,939,653 44

22 291,739 04

668 260,808 390 7

3,806 353,765 3.4

954 2,857,637 586 1.6

3,730 084,456 559 3.7

5,846 134,083 65 8

6,955 28,313,871 670 7

306 1 991 402 3

27,607 2,520,303 540 7.2

1,594 95,939,653 44

ADDITIONAL ANALYSIS OF LARCENY-THEFT


:

MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT

310 6 4 decrease 5

5

9,715

57

1,017

6

5

9

1 6

5

10,085

6 4

511 is a 23 percent decrease 5

de 23 1

8 2

Fifty-nine 40 , and 1 percent were other races

The ethnic origin 1

Five 6 0

October

motor vehicle

: :

:

:

4 8

59

In Uniform Crime Reporting, motor vehicle theft includes all thefts and attempted thefts of motor vehicles. This includes the theft or attempted theft of motor vehicle which is defined as a self-propelled vehicle that runs on the surface and not on the rails. This definition excludes taking a motor vehicle for temporary use, such as a family situation, or unauthorized use by others having lawful access to the vehicle. This motor vehicle theft category includes the subheadings of auto, trucks and buses, and other vehicles (motorcycles, mopeds, etc.)


MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT VALUES

7,548 66.7%

35.2%

3

31.5

3,980

3,568

3 ,762

58% OF STOLEN VALUE RECOVERED

MOTOR VEHICLES RECOVERED

Recovery of Motor Vehicles

$114,991,687

$66,443,908


ARSON:

83 reported 6 2 5

five 7

6

18

9.8 6,771

2,428 2,537

747

86 6 7 in 5

in 6 23

35

ixty-six 31 3

The ethnic origin 5

31 1

April :

:

Most frequent offender:

:

:

arson

7

66


ARSON - 2016

59 5,873,1477 58 7 19

64 1,358,2711 26 1 6 3

1 770,8674 10 48 10

0 0 0

28 02,3755 1 54 3

35 117,6026 0 57 80

5 62,840 5 33 1 20

23 8,485,1025 34 3842 28

4 1,155,9485 22 5

37,100 3 27

5 193,0486 25 16 4

06 99,40018 24 823 75

83 9,777,550 83 31 1


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0

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2016 Uniform Crime Report: Section Two2016 Percent Change 2 0 17 14 RAPE 1,362 0.2 448 32.9 1,452 0.2 493 34.0 2015 2016 Percent Change 7 0 10 3 ROBBERY 9,743 1.1 2,477 25.4 8,932